JRA is hosting a talk alongside an exhibition where visitors are invited to interact with visions of an accessible city, designed for the senses. Homing in on sight, sound, smell, touch, and movement, the evening will showcase a range of exhibits that reveal how practicality can be blended with beauty, to produce a built environment that better meets the needs of people with disabilities, neurodiversity, and mental health challenges.
Works were invited from consultants, architects, children at mainstream and Special Educational Needs schools, wellbeing practitioners, disabled people’s organisations and our Materials Research Group.
The exhibition aims to change the conversation around design for disability by creating collaborations between designers and users and championing the voices of underrepresented communities. The result shifts the focus from compliance to creating better spaces for all. The project doesn’t just give voice, but also movement, sight, smell, and touch.
