Universal Design Handbook
Published on 16. June 2001
Book
Hardback
1216 pages
978-0-07-137605-1 (ISBN)
Description
This title is a one-stop reference to both American and international universal design standards. This CD-ROM includes new American with Disabilities Act code requirements, illustrated standards, checklists, and technical fact sheets, ready for downloading. It covers guidelines, from buildings to telecommunications.
Reviews / Votes
DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS, Volume 7 Number 3 Digital Newsletter of the Design Research Society by Cherie Lebbon, Research Fellow, Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, Royal College of Art, London Universal Design handbook, Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Editor in Chief and Elaine Ostroff, Senior Editor, McGraw-Hill Not long before Christmas I received a copy of Universal Design Handbook. On first inspection I thought it was going to make a great door stop, or hold back for the overflowing collection papers and pamphlets accumulating on my shelves. However, after only a couple of months I already find that it is regularly dipped into. This massive document is a fantastic and fascinating resource for researchers who are interested in the subject of universal and inclusive design and something of this type has been long awaited by the design research community. It also provides a good resource for those who wish to bring universal deesign into their design teaching, giving them sound information on which to base any teaching program. This is probably the most comprehensive reference work on universal design to date. It brings together writings from an international panel of experts in the field, each being thoroughly referenced and providing an excellent entry point for further research. The book, with its 69 international contributions, addresses a wide selection of universal design projects that range from an office work station, to interior architecture, buildings, landscape and all the way to parks and wilderness areas. It also includes some chapters that relate to product design such as the one on universal design in automobile design. The research questions, methodologies and findings presented are focused on how universally designed products and environments can be created to be usable by most people, regardless of ability/disability, health, gender, ethnicity, or cultural context. Though the emphasis is on the application of universal design in the build environment, there is a mass of material that is pertinent to anyone researching or teaching universal or inclusive design. The fact that it covers a wide set of issues across the various design communities is especially useful as it helps designers and researchers place their own practice and interests in context with approaches in other design fields. In my role as a researcher of inclusive design I have found each contribution to hold something of relevance, which has added to my body of knowledge and contributed to my own research activities. As a design teacher I have been able to draw on the experience of others in framing my own teaching programme, the parts 7 and 8 on education and case studies being particularly useful. And as a practising designer I have been very interested to compare my own experiences with those of others as outlined in Part 6. I am sure that in the USA the additional CDROM is also very useful, enabling readers to access and understand the laws that have driven some of the universal design activities to date. Regrettably there is no equivalent disk for European, UK, Japanese or other country's legislation. I would not recommend the book as an introductory document on universal design as it would overwhelm the unitiated. It is, however, very comprehensive and in bringing together the work of the major researchers gives access to this essential information to a much wider audience than that which regularly participates in the universal design dialogue. Design Research News 20020301More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
688 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 69 mm
Weight
2268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-137605-1 (9780071376051)
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Persons
Wolfgang Preiser (Cincinnati, OH) is Professor of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati and founder of Architectural Research Consultants and Planning research Institute, both in Albuquerque, NM.
Elaine Ostroff (Boston, MA) is Founding Director of the Adaptive Environments Center and Senior Associate with the Center for Universal Design.
Elaine Ostroff (Boston, MA) is Founding Director of the Adaptive Environments Center and Senior Associate with the Center for Universal Design.
Content
Part I: Introduction, Chapter 1: Universal Design: The New Paradigm. Chapter 2: Experiencing Universal Design. Part II: Premises and Perspectives in Universal Design. Chapter 3: An Integrated Approach to Universal Design: Toward the Inclusion of All Ages, Cultures, and Diversity. Chapter 4: Designing for Our Future Selves. Chapter 5: Universal Design and the Majority World. Chapter 6: User/Expert Involvement in Universal Design. Chapter 7: Designing by Degree: Assessing and Incorporating Individual Accessibility Needs. Chapter 8: Universal Design to Support the Brain and Its Development. Chapter 9: Toward Universal Design Evaluation. Part III: Universal Design Guidelines and Accessibility Standards. Chapter 10: Principles of Universal Design. Chapter 11: United Nations Standards and Rules. Chapter 12: U.S. Accessibility Codes and Standards: Challenges for Universal Design. Chapter 13: Accessible Housing in Five European Countries: Standards and Built Results. Chapter 14: Lifetime Homes: Achieving Accessibility for All. Chapter 15: Accessible Design in Italy. Chapter 16: Accessibility Standards and Universal Design Developments in Canada. Chapter 17: The Impact of Aging on Japanese Accessibility Design Standards. Chapter 18: Interpreting Accessibility Standards: Experiences in the U.S. Courts. Chapter 19: Universal Design in Outdoor Play Areas. Chapter 20: Guidelines for Outdoor Areas. Chapter 21: Japanese Guidelines for Universal Design in Parks: Harmony Between Nature and People. Chapter 22: Design for Dementia: Challenges and Lessons for Universal Design. Chapter 23: Life Safety Standards and Guidelines Focused on Stairways. Part IV: Public Policies, Systems, and Issues. Chapter 24: Universal Design in Mass Transportation. Chapter 25: The Bottom-Up Methodology of Universal Design. Chapter 26: Accessibility as Universal Design: Legislation and Experiences in Italy. Chapter 27: The Evolution of Design for All in Public Buildings and Transportation in France. Chapter 28: The Dutch Struggle for Accessibility Awareness. Chapter 29: Norway's Planning Approach to Implement Universal Design. Chapter 30: From Accessibility for Disabled People to Universal Design: Challenges in Japan. Chapter 31: Israel: A Country on the Way to Universal Design. Chapter 32: Developing Economies: A Reality Check. Chapter 33: Sustainable Human and Social Development: An Examination of Contextual Factors. Part V: Residential Environments. Chapter 34: The Next-Generation Universal Home. Chapter 35: Fair Housing: Toward Universal Design in Multifamily Housing. Chapter 36: Progressive Housing Design and Home Technologies in Canada. Chapter 37: The Care Apartment Concept in Switzerland. Chapter 38: Aging with a Developmental Disability at Home: An Australian Perspective. Chapter 39: Housing Policy and Funding Mechanisms for Elderly and Disabled People in Germany. Chapter 40: Housing for Older Persons in Southeast Asia: Evolving Policy and Design. Chapter 41: Universal Kitchens and Appliances. Chapter 42: Universal Bathrooms. Part VI: Universal Design Practices. Chapter 43: Universal Design Practice in the United States. Chapter 44: Project Briefing for an Inclusive Universal Design Process. Chapter 45: Office and Workplace Design. Chapter 46: Educational Environments: From Compliance to Inclusion. Chapter 47: Access to Sports and Entertainment. Chapter 48: Landscape Design. Chapter 49: Universal Design of Products. Chapter 50: Universal Design in Automobile Design. Part VII: Education and Research. Chapter 51: Advances in Universal Design Education in the United States. Chapter 52: Integrating Universal Design Into the Interior Design Curriculum. Chapter 53: Designing Cultural Futures at the University of Western Australia. Chapter 54: Universal Design as a Critical Tool in Design Education. Chapter 55: Universal Design Research Collaboration Between Industry and a Universit in Japan. Chapter 56: Post-Occupancy Evaluation from a Universal Design Perspective. Chapter 57: Universal Design Evaluation in Brazil: Development of Rating Scales. Part VIII: Case Studies. Chapter 58: Creating an Accessible Public Realm. Chapter 59: Promoting Nonhandicapping Environments in the Asia-Pacific Region. Chapter 60: A Neighborhood Fit for People: Universal Design on the South Boston Waterfront. Chapter 61: Adding Vision to Universal Design. Chapter 62: A Capital Planning Approach to ADA Implementation in Local Public School Districts. Chapter 63: Access in Rebuilding Beirut's Center. Chapter 64: The Ed Roberts Campus: Building a Dream. Part IX: Information Technology. Chapter 65: Fundamentals and Priorities for Design of Information and Telecommunications Technologies. Chapter 66: Access to the World Wide Web: Technical and Policy Perspectives Chapter 67: Universal Design in Film and Media. Chapter 68: User-Centered Deployment and Integration of Smart Card Technology: The DISTINCT Project. Part X: The Future of Universal Design. Chapter 69: Creating the University Designed City: Prospects for the New Century.