Gallaudet How Architecture Changes For The Deaf

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: Curbed's feature on DeafSpace at Gallaudet University campus for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and staff.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/gallaudet-how-architecture-changes-for.html" title="How architecture changes for the Deaf"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4dx2BI_3s5hJ3GDqOq4BWCb7NwXGCH605W5sDxp-vNhzf06IWruwgPeqT0vskOfPF2oO6aZr_0FMcBRyyE24_sn1EqbfIBVpYOpB4NbNS_XJHQFzCUqCj7Mp4XgfEmjSQ6jfQkQLskV8/s400/deafspace.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />WASHINGTON -- <a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/3/2/11060484/deaf-university-design-architecture" target="_blank">Vox</a>: We live in a world made for people who <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing" target="_blank">hear</a>. But what would our cities looks like if they were designed for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a>? DeafSpace is an emerging approach to design and architecture that is informed by the unique sensory experience of those who don't hear. In conjunction with <a href="http://www.curbed.com/2016/3/2/11140210/gallaudet-deafspace-washington-dc" target="blank">Curbed's feature on DeafSpace</a>, we visited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaudet_University" target="_blank">Gallaudet University</a> to see what <a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/campus-design/deafspace.html" target="_blank">DeafSpace</a> looks like in action:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNGp1aviGvE" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br />People who hear might not realize what role sound plays in everyday life. If you want a passerby's attention, you shout his name. If a professor needs to explain a math problem, it's not a problem to talk while writing concepts on the board.<br /><br /><br /><br />But people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing depend on different senses to navigate everything from social interactions to academics. The concept of DeafSpace uses that experience to inform the design of environments.<br /><br /><br /><br />Gallaudet University - a school located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." target="_blank">Washington, DC</a>, and the world’s only institution of higher education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is in the process of modifying the historic university’s campus to create a more inclusive environment for the Deaf student body.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gallaudet.edu/campus-design/contact-us/campus-design-and-planning/bauman-hansel.html" target="_blank">Hansel Bauman</a>, the architect behind DeafSpace, has redesigned parts of Gallaudet's campus around five basic principles: space and proximity, sensory reach, mobility and proximity, light and color, and acoustics. DeafSpace is the project that has grown up around Bauman's work and is quickly gaining recognition both inside and outside deaf communities.<br /><br /><br /><br />On our recent visit to the campus we sat down with <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickbehm" target="_blank">Derrick Behm</a>, a former student who now works in the Office of <a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/campus-design/services.html" target="_blank">Campus Design and Planning</a>. He walked us through some of the background of the DeafSpace project while also giving us a demonstration of how these concepts play out in action, which you can see in the video above.<br /><br /><br /><br />For a more in-depth look into the history, traditions, and design elements driving DeafSpace, read Amanda Hurley's <a href="http://www.curbed.com/2016/3/2/11140210/gallaudet-deafspace-washington-dc" target="_blank">feature about DeafSpace</a> on our sister site Curbed. <a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/3/2/11060484/deaf-university-design-architecture" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>

Gallaudet How Architecture Changes For The Deaf

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