{"product_id":"architecture-of-disability","title":"Architecture of Disability","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radical critique of architecture that places disability at the heart of the built environment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Disability\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With its provocative proposal for “the construction of disability,” this book fundamentally reconsiders how we conceive of and experience disability in our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stressing the connection between architectural form and the capacities of the human body, David Gissen demonstrates how disability haunts the history and practice of architecture. Examining various historic sites, landscape designs, and urban spaces, he deconstructs the prevailing functionalist approach to accommodating disabled people in architecture and instead asserts that physical capacity is essential to the conception of all designed space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By recontextualizing the history of architecture through the discourse of disability, \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Disability\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique challenge to current modes of architectural practice, theory, and education. Envisioning an architectural design that fully integrates disabled persons into its production, it advocates for looking beyond traditional notions of accessibility and shows how certain incapacities can offer us the means to positively reimagine the roots of architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218197008728,"sku":"9781517912505","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781517912505_32cbe918-2042-417d-97ab-ee0368fc2450.jpg?v=1779850813","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/architecture-of-disability","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}