Access Landscape

Awarded:  National Endowment for the Arts Grant, $20,000

San Fernando Valley Chapter Citation Award in Small Projects

Designers: Jeanine Centuori, Russell Rock

Assistant: Manny Ramirez

This hypothetical design research project proposes a series of architectural additions for peoples with disabilities.  An existing campus facility was outfitted with architectural features that privilege amenities geared for those with mobility challenges.  Ramps and guiding handrails are the key features. A series of handrail attachments, or charms, are provided for specific functions.

Designed as circuitry, they create a comprehensive network throughout the campus.  They are designed to provide physical, emotional, and psychological support. Wear IT is a wheelchair friendly body tote that is also designed to be stored along handrails.  Hold IT offers a continuous display case for artworks along handrails. Up Down provides a flip-able table and seat attached to handrails.  These amenities are designed to provide offer playful and exciting connective tissue throughout campus landscapes for a community that is often overlooked.