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Publications
Peer reviewed publications
2024
Merit, M. T., Ballegaard, E., Brandt, E., Kajita, M. (2024). 'Dependency Sensitivity via universal design' In: Universal design: Cross-disciplinary perspectives in theory and practice. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olesen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. pp. 95-115.
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/645100111/Universal_design_UK.pdf
Merit, M. T., Gramkow, M. C., Kajita, M., Stigsdotter, U. K. (2024). 'Asking the right question – guiding universal design practices' In: Universal design: Cross-disciplinary perspectives in theory and practice. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olesen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. pp. 135-156.
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/645100111/Universal_design_UK.pdf
Øien, T. B., & Cassi, R. (2024). 'Exploring the Person-Environment-Occupation model' In: Universal design: Cross-disciplinary perspectives in theory and practice. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olesen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. pp. 193-211.
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/645100111/Universal_design_UK.pdf
2023
Kajita, M., Boys, J. (2023). 'Exploring disability as a Creative and Critical Challenge to Design Norms' In: Mostafa, M., Baumeister, R., Thomsen, M.R., Tamke, M. (eds) Design for Inclusivity. UIA 2023. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Cham: Springer. pp.195-203.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36302-3_15
Mikkel Hjort, Mau, M., Høj, M., Roessler, K.K., (2023). 'The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric' Patients: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health 20, 2240
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/3/2240
Merit, M. T., Ballegaard, E., Brandt, E., Kajita, M. (2023). 'Afhængighedssensibilitet via universelt design' In: Universelt design: tværdisciplinære perspektiver i teori og praksis. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olesen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. pp. 97-118.
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/532577852/Universel_design_DK_materie_a.pdf
Merit, M. T., Gramkow, M. C., Kajita, M., Stigsdotter, U. K. (2023). 'At stille det rigtige spørgsmål – vejledende praksis for universelt design' In: Universelt design: tværdisciplinære perspektiver i teori og praksis. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olesen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. pp. 137-158.
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/532577852/Universel_design_DK_materie_a.pdf
Øien, T. B., & Cassi, R. (2023). 'Udforskning af Person Environment Occupation modellen' In: Universelt design: tværdisciplinære perspektiver i teori og praksis. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olesen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. pp. 197-215.
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/532577852/Universel_design_DK_materie_a.pdf
Hübschmann, M. J., Kajita, M. (2023). 'The not-so-open open plan – A feminist critique of the typical Danish interior' In: Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture, 12(2-3). pp.221-245.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20419112.2022.2162311
2022
Merit, M. T., Kajita, M., Majgaard K. J. (2022). 'Elusive Users: The Presence of Physically Disabled Users within Architectural Design Processes' In: Architecture 3(1). pp. 56-70.
https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture3010003
Kajita, M., de Gier, N. (2022). 'Furniture for our future selves: J39 re-designed' In: The exhibition catalogue of WORKS+WRODS22: 3rd Biennale for Artistic Research in Architecture (Eds. Peter Bertram and Christina Capetillo). Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation.
https://kglakademi.dk/sites/default/files/paper_masashi_kajita_nicolai_de_gier_dk.pdf
Kajita, M., de Gier, N. (2022). 'Inclusive furniture: chair for all' With Nicolai de Gier. In: the exhibition catalogue of WORKS+WORD 22: 3rd Biennale for Artistic Research in Architecture (Eds. Peter Bertram and Christina Capetillo). Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation, p.18. ISBN: 978-87-7830-882-5
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/da/publications/inclusive-furniture-chair-for-all/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fnontextual%2Fexhibition_exhibition
Kajita, M., Ballegaard, E. (2022). 'The Missing Voices of Disabled People' In: Garofolo, I., Bencini, G., Arenghi, A. (eds). Thansforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development. Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Universal Design (UD2022), pp.69-76. IOS Press
https://ebooks.iospress.nl/doi/10.3233/SHTI220822
Gramkow, M. C., Marcus, T. M., Stigsdotter, U. K. (2022). 'A Qualitative Study on How Danish Landscape Architectural Firms Understand and Work with Accessibility' Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 16(3):536–53. doi: 10.1108/ARCH-08-2021-0233.
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/ws/portalfiles/portal/65843121/FINAL_MANUSCRIPT_ARCH_08_2021_0233.R3_Proof_hi.pdf
Marcus, T. M., Gramkow, M. C. (2022). 'Perspectives on Accessibility and Its Users Amongst Practicing Danish Landscape Architects' In Transforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, pp. 167-174. IOS Press.
2021
Cassi, R., Kajita, M., Popovic Larsen, O. (2021). 'User-environment interaction: The Usability Model for Universal Design Assessment' In: Universal Design 2021: From Special to Mainstreem Solutions Volume 282 of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, ISBN: 978-1-64368-190-0 (print)/978-1-64368-191-7(online), 456 pages, IOS Press (Proceedings of the UD2021 Fifth International conference on Universal Design, Aalto University, Finland, 9-11 June 2021, postponed from 15-17 June 2020).
https://ebooks.iospress.nl/doi/10.3233/SHTI210385
Kajita, M., de Gier, N. (2021). 'Børge Morgensen’s J39 Re-designed: Learning Inclusion through a Dialogue between the Past and the Future' With Nicolai de Gier. In: Advances in Industrial Design (Eds. Cliff Sungsoo, Giuseppe Di Bucchianico, Shuichi Fukuda, Yong-Gyun Ghim, Gianni Montagna, Christina Carvalho) as a chapter in Springer Multivolume Edited Books under the series of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, July 25-29, 2021, USA pp.355-362. ISBN: 978-3-030-80829-7. Paper received an AHFE Best Paper Award, http://2021.ahfe.org/awards.html
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7
Ballegaard, E., Kajita, M., Nicholas, P. (2021). 'Users’ Experience in Digital Architecture Design: Combining qualitative research methods with a generative model'. In: Universal Design 2021: From Special to Mainstream Solutions (Ed. Ira Verma), Volume 282 of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, ISBN: 978-1-64368-190-0 (print)/978-1-64368-191-7(online), 456 pages, IOS Press (Proceedings of the UD2021 Fifth International conference on Universal Design, Aalto University, Finland, 9-11 June 2021, postponed from 15-17 June 2020).
https://ebooks.iospress.nl/doi/10.3233/SHTI210407
2020
Cassi, R., Kajita, M., Popovic Larsen, O. (2020). 'Architecture and Disability: The Individual Experiences of People with Mobility, Visual and Hearing Impairments in Sport and Leisure Buildings' In: Experimental Design – Rethinking Relations between People, Objects and Environments, AMPS Proceedings Series 18.2 (Eds. Yelena McLane and Jill Pable). Proceedings of the AMPS 2020 International Conference on Experimental Design – Rethinking Relations between People, Objects and Environments, Florida State University, 16-17 January 2020. pp. 119-131. ISSN 2398-9467.
https://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Architecture-MPS-18-2-2.pdf
2019
Kajita, M. (2019). 'Re-design: reclaiming the body in architectural space' In: the exhibition catalogue for WORKS+WRODS19: 2nd Biennale for Artistic Research in Architecture (Eds. Anders Abraham, Peter Bertram, Christina Capetillo and Anne Pind). Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation, p.12. ISBN: 978-87-7830-964-8
https://kadk.dk/sites/default/files/downloads/event/workswords_2019_-_final_28.11.19_0.pdf
Kajita, M. (2019). 'Inclusion in Danish architectural education and design process' In: Advances in Design for Inclusion (Ed. Pepetto Di Bucchianico) as a chapter in Springer Multi-volume Edited Books under the series of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, Washington D.C., USA, July 24-28, 2019). pp.3-14.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_1
Kajita, M. (2019). 'Leaning inclusion in action: teaching UD in Danish architectural and design education' In: Universal Design 2019. Proceedings for the 7th International Conference for Universal Design (UD 2019), Bangkok, Thailand, March 4-6, 2019. pp.67-76.
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/da/publications/learning-inclusion-in-action-teaching-ud-in-danish-architectural-
2017
Kajita, M. (2017). 'Re-addressing the social dimension of accessibility: towards an inclusive society' In: Forming Welfare. (Eds. Katrine Lotz et.al.). Copenhagen: The Danish Architectural Press. pp. 280-291.
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/re-addressing-the-social-dimension-of-accessibility-towards-an-in
Kajita, M. (2017). 'Revurdering af tilgængelighedens sociale dimension: mod et inkluderende samfund' In: Form til Velfærd (Eds. Katrine Lotz et. al.). København: Arkitektens Forlag. pp. 280-291.
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/revurdering-af-tilg%C3%A6ngelighedens-sociale-dimension-mod-et-inklude
Non-peer reviewed publications
2023
Hübschmann, M. J. (2023). 'The Marketised Domestic Interior. A Feminist Critique' In MAJA no. 113, Estonian Architectural Review, Summer 2023: Housing.
https://ajakirimaja.ee/en/maja-suvi-2023-eluase/
2022
Hübschmann, M. J. (2022). Building reviews on 9 recent Danish multi-story housing projects and co-editing of the special issues of ‘Arkitekten’ Vol. 6 and vol. 7 ‘Arkitekten’, Arkitektens Forlag.
https://arkitektforeningen.dk/arkitekten/boligbyggeri/
2021
Kajita, M., Frandsen, A. K., Leif, O., Martiny, K. (2021). 'Project Report: Universal Design 2.0 – exploring'. For Bevica Foundation’s Universal Design HUB
2020
Kajita, M. (2020). 'What kind of bodies do architects imagine when designing' In: Age Inclusive Public Space. (Eds.Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena). Berlin: Hatje Cantz. pp 116-119.
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/what-kind-of-bodies-do-architects-imagine-when-designing
2017
Kajita, M., Kajita, H. S. (2017). 'Material Includes' (eds.) Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation. ISBN 978-87-7830-962-4
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/da/publications/material-includes
Kajita, H. S., Kajita, M. (2017). 'Do not cut Kolumba' With Svenningsen Kajita, H. In: Petersen – et magasin om tegl og ansvarlig arkitektur, vol.37, pp16-17.
https://adk.elsevierpure.com/da/publications/do-not-cut-kolumba
Kajita, H. S., Kajita, M. (2017). 'Inklusion som strategi for stedsdannelse' In: Landskab. 98, 5, pp. 124-125.
Peer reviewed exhibitions
2022
Kajita, M., de Gier, N. (2022). 'Furniture for our future selves: J39 re-designed'. Work exhibited at WORKS+WORD 22: 3rd Biennale for Artistic Research in Architecture at the library hall, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen on 5 November 2022 – 8 January 2023.
https://kglakademi.dk/kalender/works-words-2022
https://www.rundetaarn.dk/en/event/workswords-2022-2/
2019
Kajita, M. (2019). 'Re-design: reclaiming the body in architectural space'. Work exhibited at WORKS+WORD 19 in the Great Exhibition Hall, KADK, Copenhagen, 28 November 2019 – 19 January 2020.
https://kadk.dk/en/calendar/works-words-2019
2018
Kajita, M. (2018). 'Every bodies home'. Work exhibited in the Library at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen, 6 December 2018 – 10 January 2019.
https://kadk.dk/kalender/everybodieshome
https://kadk.dk/nyheder/udstilling-everybodieshome-af-masashi-kajita
https://politikenbyrum.dk/Nyheder/art6972647/Sådan-ville-Arne-Jacobsens-Søholm-se-ud-hvis-kørestolsbrugeren-Christian-skulle-tegne-det
Non-peer reviewed exhibitions
2023
Kajita, M., de Gier, N. (2023). 'Furniture for our future selves: J39 re-designed.' Work exhibited at BLOX tour de Chambre during UIA World Congress of Architects (UIA 2023) on 4 – 7 July 2023.
https://ddc.dk/events/blox-tour-de-chambre/
https://uia2023cph.org/side_events/indsaet-titel-her-2/
2022
Kajita, M., de Gier, N., Chorpash, R. (2022). 'Re-designing J46: furniture for our future selves'. Work exhibited at Adfærd/Velfærd in the Great Exhibition Hall, KADK, Copenhagen, 15 September 2022 – 23 March 2023.
https://kglakademi.dk/kalender/udstillingsaabning-adfaerd-velfaerd
Kajita, M., Ballegaard, E. (2022). 'Alternative Guidelines on BR18: The Missing Voices of Disabled People'. Work exhibited at Visualizing Sustainability in the Great Exhibition Hall, KADK, Copenhagen, 7 April 2022 – 1 May 2022.
https://kglakademi.dk/kalender/visualizing-sustainability
https://kglakademi.dk/visualizing-sustainability
2021
Kajita, M., de Gier, N. (2021). 'Børge – revisited: redesign for super-aging society'. The outcomes of the workshop were showcased at the entrance D, building 68, the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation. 16 November 2020 – 30 June 2021.
2019
'Different bodies'. Exhibition at Milan Design Week 2019
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/04/05/milan-design-week-trends-forecast-2019/
'Different bodies'. Folkemødet 2019
https://kadk.dk/kalender/kadk-paa-folkemoedet-leaving-no-one-behind-designer-vi-kun-til-gennemsnittet
'Different bodies'. UN’s 17 sustainable goals exhibition at Rigsdagsgården
https://kadk.dk/kadk-x-fns-verdensmaal-loesninger-i-arkitektur-design-og-konservering
'Different bodies'. Reimagine Disability. Shakespeare Festival/Reimagine 2019
https://reimagine2019.dk
2017
'The Ageing in a Vertical City'. Hong Kong Polytechnic University
https://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/en/event/polyu-hhcd-ageing-in-a-vertical-city-exhibition