The DisOrdinary Architecture Project

The DisOrdinary Architecture Project is an informal platform that foregrounds disabled creativity, to shift modes of practice beyond conventional notions of access. We promote new models of practice for the built environment, led by the creativity and experiences of Disabled, Deaf and Neurodivergent artists. The DisOrdinary Architecture Project believes that thinking differently about disability (and ability) can open up the design of our built surroundings to new forms of creativity and critique. Instead of treating disabled people as merely a ‘technical’ or ‘legal’ problem for architecture and urban design, we show how starting from disability – from the rich differences that biodiversity and neuro-divergence bring – is a powerful creative force for design. We want to start from difference to challenge assumptions about ‘what is normal’ in the design of our built surroundings.