A large number of children are in a structure with class walls and ceilings that seems to have an expansive view. Some children are sharing swinging benches, some are in lawn chairs, and some are laying down. All three sides of the solarium are heavily planted with greenery. A teacher supervises.

Disabling Modernism

David Serlin

During the first decade of the New Deal, modernist architects designed schools for disabled children that proposed radical visions of civic care. Recognizing that an inability to access the built environment is a problem of the environment itself, and not of the user, these schools enriched the lives of thousands of young people.

During the first decade of the New Deal, modernist architects designed schools for disabled children that proposed radical visions of civic care.

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