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AHFE 2018: Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure pp 131–139Cite as

Shaping the Space for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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In the last twenty years the significant growth in the number of people suffering from disorders which belong to the Autism Spectrum can be observed. In this article we present basic theoretical assumptions in tandem with the current state of research into the issues related to the shaping of the space intended for persons suffering from ASD. The recapitulation of the following analysis will be rendered in the form of innovative examples showing how space for people with ASD can be created. These examples are depicted in master theses by students of the Architectural Faculty, at the Silesian University of Technology, Department of Design and Qualitative Research in Architecture.

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  1. 1.

    Humphrey’s suggestion were used as a theoretical base for our own Participatory Action Research experiment in 2014 with teenagers on ASD evaluating educational space of university building. The outcomes of this experiment are described in a text “Evaluating Quality of the built environment for the people with Autism Spectrum Disorder” further in this publication.

  2. 2.

    Concept of healing environment was used by Magdalena Jamrozik-Szatanek in her research on quality of children hospitals, Jamrozik-Szatanek [16].

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    The general issue of evidenced-based design and “design for users’ needs” in architectural design is one of the main didactic concept introduced to architecture curriculum at our Faculty starting in 1996. The basic principle of “first research than design” resulted in many interesting evidenced-based projects, e.g.of redevelopments or new buildings, examples can be found at ACEE Journal, Bugno-Janik [17] .

  4. 4.

    Another example of the research and didactic experiment can be found in an article “Quality of the built environment from the point of view of people with Asperger Syndrome and High Functional Autism Spectrum Disorder” further in this publication.

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  1. Faculty of Architecture, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Maria Bielak-Zasadzka & Agnieszka Bugno-Janik

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Bielak-Zasadzka, M., Bugno-Janik, A. (2019). Shaping the Space for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In: Charytonowicz, J., Falcão, C. (eds) Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 788. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94199-8_13

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