“Diversity in user needs requires diversity in solutions. “
Camilla Ryhl is research director at the Bevica Foundation and head of the Universal Design Hub.
She is a trained architect and based on her PhD degree in sensory impairments and residential architecture, she initially specialized in universal design and sensory architecture. Since then, she has further specialized in the interpretation and operationalization of the concept of universal design, especially from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Her commitment to accessibility and universal design, and the global perspectives associated with it, is reflected in her many international activities, including as a member of various national and international conference committees, professional networks and working groups.
She has previously been a researcher and lecturer at Statens Byggeforskning Institutt (SBi) /BUILD and in 2010 became the Nordic region's first professor of Universal Design at Bergen School of Architecture (BAS) and is considered a leader in her field under the Nordic auspices.
Education
- Architect maa, Ph.D.
Office of Trust
- Coordinator of the Nordic Network for Architecture Research in Universal Design
- Member of the steering committee for the Move Green project, University of Copenhagen
- Member of the follow-up group for the project Socio-economic analyses of built environments according to universal design, VIVE
- Member of the Union of International Architects (UIA) Universal Design Working Group
Read more
Ryhl, C and Høyland, K (2018) * Inclusive architecture, Fagbokforlaget, Trondheim
Ryhl, C, and Frandsen, A.K. (2016) * Estensionar el campo de knowledgez: Dévelle un master professionale en design universale en el ambiente builtado, Nordic Architecture Research 2016
Ryhl, C. (2016) * So much more than regulations: Universal design and the case of building practice, Franco Angelli, Rome
Ryhl, C. (2016) * Can you hear architecture? Conference proceedings, AHFE 2016, Springer, NYC