DeafSpace is an approach to architecture that is primarily informed by the unique ways in which deaf people live and inhabit space.
Buildings, classrooms, hallways, furniture, and other spatial arrangements and technologies can be designed to suit people with hearing impairments and their way of being.
[4] However, Hansel Bauman considers the term as an incomplete depiction of the design concept when it validates the expression of identity, eases mobility, and enhances the overall well being of being deaf.
[4] Bauman designed his spaces to increase deaf people's access to express sign language and maximize their hearing assistive devices’ potential.
[6] The science classrooms in Gallaudet utilizes unique octagon shaped lab tables with the intention to position the students to view both the teacher and the experiments at the same time.
[12] Some adaptations are legally required under the Americans with Disabilities Act which mandates equal access to a fire alarm system in areas that are public.