In Space: Feeling the Built Environment
This workshop explored diverse experiences of built sensory environments for people based at University of Birmingham, co-led by the Neurodiversity Staff Network and Imagining Wellbeing.
- 12pm, Tuesday 19th March 2024
- Muirhead Tower, Room 429 (on the 4th floor; there are two elevators in the building)
- Link to register
- Download Event Poster (PDF)
- Download Introductory Presentation (PDF)
Noise, lighting, colour, size and many other factors can make a huge difference to how we feel and react in a space, whether it’s a corridor, classroom, office or built-up area. This workshop explored the lived effects of various kinds of environment, co-led by the Neurodiversity Staff Network and the Imagining Wellbeing strand of the Centre for Urban Wellbeing. We invited participants to reflect on how they feel in current spaces on or off campus, hear from others in an open discussion, and engage with creative ideas for alternative approaches to built environments. Everyone was welcome to participate or listen, and we heard a diverse array of experiences and concerns.
As part of the legacy from the workshop, we’re gathering anonymous responses that reflect on this topic. It won’t take more than a few minutes and we’d love to hear from you – here’s the form.
This workshop led to the Sensing Space project, an initiative that aims to explore people’s experience on the University of Birmingham campus and provide a template that could be adapted to other institutions and organisations. Try out our beta app and learn more about Sensing Space here.
Get in touch
To find out more about this and future events, please email Dorothy Butchard (d.butchard@bham.ac.uk) and Jeremy Kidwell (j.kidwell@bham.ac.uk).
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
This event was part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. It accompanied other events including a stand on Neurodiversity in the Workplace in Muirhead Tower, and events on celebrating neurodivergent academic success stories, the double empathy problem, UK equality law, neurodiversity in the workplace, zine workshops and film screenings – more information here.
You can find out more about Neurodiversity Celebration Week here.
You can find our original Eventbrite page here.