Output details
16 - Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
Leeds Beckett University
Article title
Design for All: Architecture and Democracy
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
-
Title of journal
ILISSIA
Article number
-
Volume number
5-6
Issue number
-
First page of article
90
ISSN of journal
1791-2555
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Design for All constitutes an imperative for contemporary museums. The term is associated with
the practical consideration for accessibility regarding both the building and the museum’s
collections and programme. State-of-the-art technologies under the service of the Design for All,
assist museums to address persons with disabilities and their special needs, but also to extend
access to a wider range of audience groups - from the perspective of their own needs and
interests. Nevertheless, the Design for All history and underlying theories predate its current
application in museum design and provide a privileged terrain to discuss the relation between
architecture and democracy.
