What Does Colour Look Like?

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Tessira Crawford
Royal Danish Academy

This paper shares observations of the limitations of the existing design practice within architecture for the inclusive design of space and architecture. This paper specifically focuses on what could be missing during the study of perception within architecture, among observations of architects’ simplification of phenomenology and tools that visualise phenomena. This paper reflects on an ongoing case study of Matt, a YouTuber diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, and the potential bias within today’s architectural design process. Openly acknowledging this bias will begin limiting its potential, encouraging the observation of others as unique – inclusively studying perception in architecture – and proposing the assessment of theories, methods and tools in architectural phenomenology – continuously testing their inclusivity to eliminate notions of an ideal.

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phenomenology, perception, body, inclusive, atypical

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Crawford, Tessira. “What Does Colour Look Like?”. Temes de Disseny, no. 38, pp. 46-63, doi:10.46467/TdD38.2022.46-63.
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Author Biography

Tessira Crawford, Royal Danish Academy

Tessira Crawford is a lighting and spatial designer interested in exploring methods and tools that enable designers to design for inclusive spaces. Her work focuses on the study of spatially perceived light and shadow for the making of simulations that are inclusive of other perceptions. She holds an MA in Computation in Architecture from Royal Danish Academy, a Master of Architecture from University of California-Berkeley, and a BDes in Architecture from University of Florida. She has participated in papers on light and representation, at Royal Danish Academy and University of Florida, and assisted in lectures on digital design and architecture at IT University of Copenhagen, University of California-Berkeley and University of Florida.

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