Wood & Wellbeing: Design Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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Join us for an insightful session on an innovative project at the intersection of architecture and accessibility. We’ll explore design strategies behind the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth in Vancouver, Washington, where designers followed DeafSpace principles as part of a deaf-led design process for the bilingual school. This case study presentation explores how an exposed wood structure contributes to the sustainability, accessibility, and inclusivity of the Center, including ADA-compliant and barrier-free design. Further discussion will detail how the biophilic benefits of wood helped frame strategies for visual aids and wayfinding. And, in a pioneering mass timber application, how wood’s acoustic vibrations help extend occupants’ sensory reach. Don’t miss this webinar on designing inspiring, safe, and inclusive learning environments.
Register- Location:
- Online
- Date/Time:
- February 12, 2025 | 1:00pm-2:00pm ET
- Credits:
- Attendees can earn 1.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 1.0 PDH credit or 0.10 ICC credit and 1 hour of ADA and Barrier-Free Design CE
Bonus content – Attendees are invited to stay for the end of the non-accredited portion of the webinar starting at 2:00pm ET featuring WoodWorks Partner Kalesnikoff Mass Timber for a manufacturer Q&A. Learn more about their products and services and how they can be a resource on your next project.
Speaker
Brendan Connolly, AIA, LEED AP BD+C | Mithun
Brendan is a design leader and managing partner at Mithun. He has led the firm’s education and cultural practice for two decades, with projects ranging from K-12 schools to universities, environmental education centers and museums. In all projects, he seeks to advance sustainable performance and enhance human experience through the legible application of biophilic design, mass timber, and living building, passive house, and zero carbon and energy solutions.
Hansel Bauman | Hansel Bauman architecture + planning
Hansel Bauman is a pioneer of DeafSpace design—architecture enabling deaf ways-of-being. From 2006 to 2019 he was the campus architect and co-director of the DeafSpace Project at Gallaudet University developing and implementing design guidelines for buildings made by and for deaf users—for which he received the 2015 International Association of Universal Design, Gold Award. Hansel lectures internationally, with work featured at the Copper Hewitt Museum in New York, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich, Switzerland, and in major publications such as Metropolis, the Economist, and Scientific American. He has also advised the US Green Building Council on new LEED Pilot Credits for Inclusive Design and served on the 2024 GSA Design Excellence Awards Jury.
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