Many More Parts than M! : Reimagining disability, inclusion and access beyond compliance

This publication by The DisOrdinary Architecture Project combines proactive ideas, drawing on lived experience and a compendium of innovative examples, aimed at helping architects and built environment professionals design more accessible environments. It explores ways to engage with built environment accessibility in ways that go beyond conventional checklists, templates, design guidance and legal compliance.

It seeks to provoke thinking about disability and access differently, beyond functional access, and look through the lens of a ‘disabled ecology’ where our environment disables us as a result of social and environment inequalities. Organised around an alphabet of key terms, mostly drawn from disability arts, activism and scholarship, the catalogue can be read in any order, enabling some immediate creative thinking as well as providing sources for more in-depth information.

The publication is mainly aimed at built environment and cultural sector students, educators and professionals. It is intended for browsing and for following up on some of the ideas, artists and projects included.