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Nursing homes and other institutionsdesigned for persons with impairments are not,in fact, designed for persons with impairments.They are typically designed for theimpairments, not the persons, and therebybecome a part of the problem by reinforcingphysical and cultural manifestations of theimpairments. In the essay that follows, Idescribe an architectural design project inwhich students were asked to make changes to anexisting nursing home for the persons who livedthere. This requires not only becoming familiarwith the spaces, but with the personsthemselves and designing space to helparticulate their voices and being.
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Bermann, K. Love and space in the nursing home. Theor Med Bioeth 24, 511–523 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:META.0000006932.58225.72
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:META.0000006932.58225.72