Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
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Architecture Research Group
Research is driven by an autism-friendly design project which provides design students with opportunities to hear the autistic voice.
Inclusion of people with autism is recognised as a major societal issue.
Aims of the project:
A semi-live design project taught through studio, case studies and sharing specialist knowledge.
Joan Love is a tutor on BA(Hons) Interior Architecture. Her research is driven by an autism-friendly design project which provides design students with opportunities to hear the autistic voice. The students learn how to respect the deep sensibility required to be able to work with a complex series of human centred needs.
Advancing the design of autism schools is at the centre of a teaching model developed and implemented over a number of years to enhance the student experience in focusing on a unique user type (Love, 2019). In essence, this work contributes to paving the road for future professionals to address the unique particularities of designing responsive spatial environments.
Joan is a consultant for Leeds City Council on a bespoke adult autism accommodation project in Leeds.
Joan’s article has been published on The National Autistic Societies Knowledge Base.
Joan Love is a senior lecturer who has experience of interior design in architectural practice. Her research explores autism-friendly design, sensory spaces and neurodiversity and the built environment.
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