2024-05-18T07:58:06-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150156856/the-architecture-beyond-sight-program-at-the-bartlett-brings-design-opportunities-to-the-visually-impaired Katherine Guimapang 2019-09-05T12:30:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6dcfbd9a087e2a84eb7f302e9af98715.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This summer, several architecture institutions provided workshops and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150154202/archinect-looks-back-at-the-work-of-2019-s-summer-architecture-school-intensiveshttps://archinect.com/news/article/150154202/archinect-looks-back-at-the-work-of-2019-s-summer-architecture-school-intensives" target="_blank">summer intensives for prospective students and adults</a> looking to immerse themselves in an architecture and design environment. The&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/299/university-college-london-ucl" target="_blank">Bartlett School of Architecture</a>'s Architecture Beyond Sight program provides an excellent opportunity for designers to allow inclusivity to exist at the forefront during the design process.<br></p> <p>Initiated by Bartlett's faculty of the Built Environment dean <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/prof-alan-penn" target="_blank">Alan Penn</a> in collaboration with architect and researcher&nbsp;<a href="http://www.carlosmouraopereira.net/" target="_blank">Carlos Mour&atilde;o Pereira</a>, the program&nbsp;challenges the conventional approach of designing with sight.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/83/8366dcaa7417d2775670addecfadff3c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/83/8366dcaa7417d2775670addecfadff3c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Artist Rachel Gadsden with Judit Pusztaszeri. Image courtesy of Proffessor Alan Penn via disordinaryarchtiecture.com</figcaption></figure><p><a href="http://disordinaryarchitecture.com/wp/projects-501/" target="_blank">Architecture Beyond Sight</a>&nbsp;is an engaging summer workshop that challenges "architecture's obsession with visual fixation" Dean Penn shares on the Bartlett school site. During week-long workshop participants are presented with an "alternative to architecture's visual bias, b...</p>