Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
David Gissen, Professor of Architecture and Urban History at Parsons School of Design, teaches a course called The Design of Disability. He shares how his experiences as an architect and professor with a disability inspired him to write his latest book, "The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes Beyond Access," and shape his classes to demonstrate how disability has shaped cities throughout history, as well as how designers with disabilities are shaping the current landscape.
Get David Gissen's Book here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/Plone/book-division/books/the-architecture-of-disability
Learn more about David Gissen here: davidgissen.org
Learn more about Parsons here: https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/
David Gissen, Professor of Architecture and Urban History at Parsons School of Design, teaches a course called The Design of Disability. He shares how his experiences as an architect and professor with a disability inspired him to write his latest book, "The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes Beyond Access," and shape his classes to demonstrate how disability has shaped cities throughout history, as well as how designers with disabilities are shaping the current landscape.
Get David Gissen's Book here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/Plone/book-division/books/the-architecture-of-disability
Learn more about David Gissen here: davidgissen.org
Learn more about Parsons here: https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/
