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The ASL and Deaf Studies Department will offer "DeafSpace:  DST 595," the last in a series of four DeafSpace seminar courses that explore the relationship between architecture and deaf experiences. In this course, students will learn basic concepts about architecture, culture, human behavior, and how we sense the world around us. Students will conduct research and design projects that investigate ways to alter the Gallaudet campus to make it more conducive and expressive of deaf ways of being.

To learn more and/or to sign up for the fall course, attend the DeafSpace Open House on Thursday, March 27, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., JSAC Flex A & B.

The course is limited to qualifying graduate and undergraduate students, so sign up early. Prospective students will be asked to complete a brief questionnaire and interview to determine eligibility. Course instructors Dr. Ben Bahan and Hansel Bauman and students from previous DeafSpace classes will be on hand at the open house to share their work and answer questions.

The results of this coursework provide a basis for the University's DeafSpace Campus Design Guide now being developed by architect  and course instructor Hansel Bauman. The Design Guide will provide architectural and landscape design guidelines for all new campus buildings and improvements to transform the campus into one that embodies deaf cognitive, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities.

Students' work from previous semesters has already provided valuable design guidance for the Clerc Hall renovation project scheduled to begin next year, and for the revitalization of the Capital City Market area adjacent to Gallaudet's 6th Street frontage. During the fall semester, students will build upon this body of work and apply their insights toward the design of a new library on the Gallaudet campus, slated for development sometime in the next 10 years.