Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
|
Daily Overview |
| Session | |
|
PAPERS: Queer(ing) Experience by Design Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-5-edinburgh Session Chair: Jess Parris Westbrook (they/them), Jess Westbrook | |
    | |
Queering Portobello Promenade: testing ‘queer’ inclusive spatial design and thinking. 1: Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom; 2: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom The intersection of queerness and spatial practice has often been framed through the presence of queer individuals rather than queerness as a spatial principle that can shape and create opportunities within the built environment. While individual identity remains important, this paper argues that applying a queer-informed spatial approach to architecture and landscape architecture introduces broader inclusive design considerations often absent in binary or heteronormative practice. The paper examines this through situating current theory and practice; and then testing these ideas in a speculative design proposal for Portobello Promenade. Through themes including adaptability, queer ecologies, accessibility, safety and visibility, the project demonstrates how queer spatial practice can inform a more fluid, responsive, and inclusive design response. The paper reflects on what it means to embed queer spatial principles within architecture and landscape architecture, and how these might create a space for marginalised ways of living and being. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.2007
| |
