Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Designing for All, After Considering Differences
The DeafSpace design principles were developed at Gallaudet University, a well-respected university in Washington, DC whose mission focuses on educating people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Gallaudet is, as their website reports, “a world class institute of changemakers in the deaf and signing community.” The people of Gallaudet, and the designers associated with developing its on-campus spaces, carefully considered how space design can support, or thwart, the acoustically challenged as they set out to live the lives they’ve planned, and organized what they learned into DeafSpace design. Now, as reported in this Fast Company article (https://www.fastcompany.com/90738970/one-architects-mission-to-bring-deafspace-design-to-the-masses?partner=feedburner&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feedburner+fastcompany&utm_content=feedburner&cid=eem524:524:s00:04/08/2022_fc&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=Compass&utm_campaign=eem524:524:s00:04/08/2022_fc ), DeafSpace seems to be having “a moment.” DeafSpace is, according to the Fast Company article, being used to design a public space for the first time. It’s great that DeafSpace design is getting attention as a result of this project because its principles should really be applied in most design projects; they improve …
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