Bibliograph

The architecture of disability, buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access, David Gissen

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The architecture of disability, buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access, David Gissen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The architecture of disability

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

David Gissen

Sub title

buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access

Summary

"By recontextualizing the history of architecture through the discourse of disability, this book 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 help to positively reimagine the roots of architecture"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Impaired Monuments: Architecture, History, and the Preservation of Disability -- Of a Weaker Nature: Wilderness, Urban Landscapes, and Biocapacity -- The Urbanization of Disability -- A Form of Impairment: Empathy and Disfigurement in Architectural Aesthetics -- Disabling Environments: Human Physiology and Its Architectural Conditions -- The Construction of Disability: Another Architectural Theory of Tectonics

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