“Universal Design: 17 ways of thinking and teaching”
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“Universal Design:17 ways of thinking and teaching”
1.4. ‘If anything, call it Ergonomics
– in search for a word in a world called science’
Maarten Wijk, Holland
Introduction
1996 : Academic chair called ‘Accessibility’ Departement of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology
Mission: - to improve accessibility awareness in architectural training
- to search for a word in a culture heading for science
Golden Opportunity
- traditionally neglected issue
- recognised by means of an Academic Chair
- ‘Top design’
- ‘Scientific approach’
- teaching: finding the right keyword
- ‘Accessibility’ stigmatised
A Stigma
- ‘Accessibility’: a good word ?- Efforts of accessibility are incidental acts of
charity- Dutch definition :
feature of built facilities which enable peoples to reach and use those facilities
= nature of Architecture, not additional quality
Architectural Design as a Science
- What is science ?
capacity to constantly improve the outputs- beginning 20th century: CIAM
- nowadays:
public buildings: a product of science
houses: perform better than old ones??
THE BUILDING- technical values - technical performance
- Bugdet - costs
- Situational values and restrictions - situational consequence- Functional values - functional performance
Validation Evaluation
THE BOX
Validation Evaluation
Functional values
۷X۷Flexibility
X۷XHealth
۷X۷Safety
۷X۷Use
X۷۷Image
IndividualOrganisationSociety
A mismatch
Liberary of France,Paris
Kunsthal, Rotterdam Bridge, Balbao
Exceptional design
A typical Dutch ladder A doorbell out of reach
Middle of the road Architecture
Schouwburgplein,Rotterdam
AZL Head Office, Heerlen
In search of a match
- no solved mismatches
Architecture isn’t a science
- Mismatch between man and environment needs of
the people
performance of
the building
Designing for the Disabled
- proper input for a good ( scientifically correct) design : design for the Disabled
specific needs- no design science
Integral approach
- people are all diverse: not standard- strategy to combine the special needs of categories
universal design benefits for everybody
- still a mismatch
Ergonomic diversity
1. Designers Only : appearance
2. Traditional Accessibility Promoters :
specific needs of groups
strategy: dividing human needs into seperate aspects
of functioning, search for the proper values to cover
the extremes
Epilogue
“Ergonomics of the build environment”
Enables people to function effectively in the enviromnent comfortably
safely
healthy
Recognising the common needs of people
individual
People are diverse but with common needs