ABOUT

In 2025, Foster + Partners initiated a research project in collaboration with The DisOrdinary Architecture Project to better understand people’s diverse experiences of our buildings.

Over several months, we undertook nine site visits to five of our buildings across the UK - spanning different decades of design. These buildings included museums, workplaces, transport infrastructure and public space.

In total, 21 people joined our site visits, representing a wide range of intersectional identities across disability, including sensory, non-visible and dynamic disabilities, age, gender, ethnicities and culture. Primarily artists, architects and creative professionals, the group offered alternative ways of understanding and responding to architectural and urban space.

This work is about listening and learning from lived experiences to allow a deeper understanding of how design shapes welcome, dignity, agency, and inclusion.

‘Space for Inclusion | Co-designing inclusive and resilient futures’, is a film that documents the research process, providing a glimpse into some of the insights uncovered.

The collective aim is to share the lessons learnt with the wider industry, building momentum toward a more inclusive built environment.