2023 Spring ARCH 269 002 LEC 002

Spring 2023

ARCH 269 002 - LEC 002

Special Topics in Construction and Materials

Social Justice in Design: An Introduction to Disability Culture, A.D.A. + Inclusive Design

Christopher Downey, Alicia Marie Coto

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023
Fr
09:00 am - 11:59 am
Class #:33669
Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Architecture

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 3
Enrolled: 5
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 8
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
4 reserved for Students in the Master of Architecture Program

Hours & Workload

2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Final Exam

MON, MAY 8TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Wurster 270

Other classes by Christopher Downey

Other classes by Alicia Marie Coto

Course Catalog Description

Selected topics in construction and materials. For current offerings, see departmental website.

Class Description

This seminar examines the innate opportunity within architecture through its immense role in shaping the world we live to recognize, foster and deliver social justice in design. Building off a foundation of the disability community that developed on the UC Berkeley campus in the late 1960’s, this seminar is explicitly “people-first” and is rooted in the DNA of its student body. We follow the development of this community on campus as it expanded out into the city of Berkeley, across the Bay and eventually across the country emerging as the core energy of the disability rights movement that tirelessly demonstrated and secured various disability rights legislation culminating in the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) of 1991. Noting the limitations of this legislation as the minimum level of accessibility required by federal legislation, this seminar considers A.D.A. but then goes beyond to explore the emergence of a more philosophical approach to architecture through the Principles of Universal Design and to what today is more broadly understood as Inclusive Design. Questions will be raised regarding the difference of accommodation and inclusion, universal and user experience design as well as access to function and access to delight. The seminar includes reading assignments and discussions, campus accessibility surveys and recommendations for barrier removal culminating in an inclusive design proposal on campus. It looks not only at how to accommodate and better include people with disabilities but also how to learn from those different life experiences and to recognize potential opportunities for new creative possibilities while securing and empowering social justice in design.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
4 reserved for Students in the Master of Architecture Program

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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Associated Sections

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