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SENSORY DEAFSPACE
by Xiaoji Zhou
# community engagement
# cultural identity
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# social equity
“making Deaf sensories visible to the public through spatial design and community engagement”
Harvard Graduate School of Design | Fall 2020 Instructor Collaborator Sierra Bainbridge, Jeffrey Mansfield Shi Tang
The redesign of the Sign Language Corner at Hankou Riverside Park aims to make the marginalized group visible to the public. It is a DeafSpace that amplifies the sensories of Deaf users, a comfortable place for private and public gatherings that attracts all ages. The redesign celebrates Deaf Gain by enhancing the visual, tactile, and enclosure qualities that are outdated ever since the Sign Language Corner was established in 2006. It has the capacity to accommodate and encourage communications between Deaf and hearing people beyond the regular Deaf gatherings that are held every Tuesday and Friday with 200 to 400 participants.
“embrace,” a semi-sheltered space of transparent gathering
09/22 and rainy condition
Wuhan
ProSigner [a national Deaf rights promotion group and a volunteer group with one of the founders based in Wuhan] other
[National] China Institutions Deaf Rights Promotion Group Deaf Individuals hard of hearing / deaf 140,000 1/3 elder total of 82.96 million urban areas 25.96% total 11.08 million differently-abled 340,000 [Regional]
Deaf-Gain Experiment
