Accessibility and Inclusion: Built-in Perspectives

Eva Mäkler Open House Lisboa 2024 · Accessibility and Inclusion

Accessibility and inclusion in architecture often represent theoretical concepts rather than experiences. This film contrasts different experiences visiting the same building (the central mosque of Lisbon), concentrating on the area that is strongly connected to the supposedly shared experience of praying. The film contrasts the architectural experience of this central area, crowned by a cupola, from the hall on the ground floor, where the men meet and pray, with that of the gallery upstairs, where the women are supposed to pray.

The framework of the film (structure and sound) is based on the diptych slide show ‘Revolutionary’ by Rogério Taveira, part of Open House Lisbon 2024.

Background music: Sergei Chetvertnykh, Islam Dream, Pixabay.

The acoustic infusion at the end of a moment from ‘The Code’ by Nemo alludes to a possible non-binary gender experience of the given architecture, which was impossible to represent visually as it’s an experience not planned into the architecture.