The DisOrdinary Architecture Project

The DisOrdinary Architecture Project is a not-for-profit platform aiming to radically reimagine the built environment by taking a different approach to disability. Rather than a ‘technical’ or ‘legal’ problem, they see the diverse experiences of disabled people as a creative and critical force.

Founded in 2007 by two impressive figures, Jos Boys of the legendary Matrix feminist design collective and contemporary disabled artist Zoe Partington, DisOrdinary Architecture work with a committed network of 25+ disabled artists, designers and architects based across the UK to deliver talks, experiential workshops, CPD training, development programmes, public interventions, publishing and design provocations.

Their celebration of difference has taken them across numerous universities, like The Bartlett UCL, and countless architectural studios, and they’ve delivered talks at V&A Museum, Royal Academy and Tate Modern, exhibited in galleries and festivals. More recent projects include Seats at the Table, a collaboration with Re-Fabricate at London Festival of Architecture, and Many More Parts Than M!, a prototype compendium of creative ways to ‘do’ disability beyond compliance.

WHAT WE DO FOR The DisOrdinary Architecture Project

Longtime admirers of Jos Boys’ critical writing around disability and design, we had the fortune of coming into contact through The Supporting Act Foundation, which awarded funding to DisOrdinary Architecture. One thing led to another and Zetteler is on board to champion their dismantling of the status quo.

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