What is the value of imperfect design?

In this conversation, hosts Mandy and Tom explore concepts of the ‘imperfect’ and imperfect design beauty with three key guests: Jos Boys (DisOrdinary Architecture Co-Director), Grace Choi (Grace Choi Architecture Architect Director) and Nikki Dravers (REfUSE Café Food Partnership Co-ordinator), and contributions from staff and volunteers at the REfUSE Café in Chester Le Street.

As with each episode, this conversation builds on from our recent ‘Many More Parts than M!’ Compendium (launched in early 2024) and explories how we can engage with built environment accessibility in ways that take us beyond conventional checklists and design guidance.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 Soundbite

0:28 Introduction

1:15 Jos Boys on the Imperfect Design Principle

14:38 Exploration of REfUSE CiC and those involved

22:25 Are we in an Inclusion Emergency?

32:35 Closing thoughts

Transcript for the conversation here.

This episode was recorded and produced by Mandy Redvers-Rowe (Blind Theatre Producer) and Tom Walker (Partially Sighted Sound Engineer) for The DisOrdinary Architecture Project.

Find out more about The DisOrdinary Architecture Project here. ‘

The first compendium mentioned was ‘Many More Parts than M!’ from DisOrdinary Architecture. You can access the compendium here.

The second book mentioned was Inclusion Emergency: Diversity in Architecture. Written by Grace choi and Hannah Durham. You can access the book here.

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