“Members of the deaf community often struggle in buildings and spaces designed for hearing people, unaware of fire alarms or people knocking on doors. However, architects at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. are creating spaces thatContinue reading

 The structural elements fall into five categories: sensory reach; space and proximity; mobility and proximity; light and colour; and acoustics. These structural elements were created in America in 2005 by Hansel Bauman and the Gallaudet University’sContinue reading

The architect Hansel Bauman along with Gallaudet University’s American Sign Language Deaf Studies Department in 2005 created the DeafSpace Project. The project was founded so that during the building of structural environments, the needs ofContinue reading

DeafSpace defines  how people who are deaf adjust to spaces, or create spaces in order to communicate sufficiently and stay safe. People who are deaf rely on different architectural and safety features inside a spaceContinue reading

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