An Introduction to Universal Design

Learning How to Design Environments for Everybody
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-27211-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

In an increasingly diverse, aging and multicultural society, design cannot be one-size-fits-all.

This book helps students understand the scope of who we need to design for, and how we can do it, offering design strategies that go beyond simple code compliance. Chapters cover the multiple factors that can prevent people from accessing the built environment, including disability, age, cognitive function, religious practice, race, gender, poverty, culture and language. These factors are discussed both in turn, and in the ways in which they intersect. The challenges of designing for all as well as the benefits are examined. Students will also learn how to assess the accessibility of the existing buildings around them. Written in a digestible and accessible style, this book includes exercises, further readings, case studies, key concept boxes, chapter summaries, assignments & reflection questions, and explanations of unfamiliar terms.

It will equip readers to move confidently into designing real-world accessible, and inclusive buildings and interior spaces.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Irish, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Innenarchitektur, Architekturdesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Berufe & Ausbildung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Grafikdesign, Kommunikationsdesign
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Mobility 3. The Senses 4. The Mind 5. Identity, Culture and Community 6. Intersectionality 7. Assessing Accessibility

Über Autor(innen)

Julie E. N. Irish is an Associate Professor of Interior Design at Iowa State University. She received a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her career spans that of interior designer, researcher and educator, focusing on Universal Design and the design of environments to suit individuals with autism.