This ground-breaking book aims to take a new and innovative view on how disability and
architecture might be connected. Rather than putting disability at the end of the design …

Background The material landscape we construct within our personal lives and inherit in
public environments has significant impact upon our daily experiences. They affect our …

People are living longer and over their lifespan may develop a range of disabilities that are
no longer perceived as a barrier to enjoying a high quality of life. With increased user …

Empathy plays a fundamental role in building relationships. To foster close relationships and
lasting engagements between humans and robots, empathy models can provide direct clues …

This paper describes, analyses and reflects on a co-creation process between people with
and without disabilities as they redesign the Brussels metro transport system over a two …

This paper provides a critical examination of the taken for granted nature of the
codes/guidelines used towards the creation of designed spaces, their social relations with …

The aim of this paper is to challenge established positions in architectural design by
discussing a more refined user perspective. The motivation is threefold. Firstly, fields like …

Wie wir Dinge gestalten, hat einen maßgeblichen Einfluss darauf, was oder wen wir als"
normal" oder" normabweichend" empfinden. Design markiert somit die Grenzbereiche …

With shifting demographics and emerging populations that do not fit the universal ideal,
designers more than ever need to be receptive and responsive to heterogeneity and …

This paper reflects on multisensorial and multimodal processes by considering spatial
design differently through three case studies in Canada and Belgium that involved persons …