BETWEEN SPATIALITY AND THEORETICAL REFLECTION

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richard herriott
accessiBility in puBlic spaces –
improved way-finding
in Building complexes
Which design factors are important in finding one’s
way around building complexes? Which design
elements and what information do people rely on
in their movements? And what does the organisation
of space mean for people’s ability to find their
bearings in a building? And are there parallels
between orientating oneself in cities and in building
complexes?
The project focuses on hospitals, but it will to a
great extent be possible to transfer the acquired
knowledge to other building types and use it in
practice in future planning and projecting.
Solvej Sebber colfelt
PhD fellow, Ma (architecture)
Department of architecture
e: solvej.colfelt@aarch.dk
accessiBility through
user-centred design and
inclusive design processes
In more areas of product and service design, it has
become increasingly necessary to accommodate
users with a much wider variety of needs and
capabilities. Specifically, this means designing for
an aging population and taking greater care over
the needs of disabled citizens.
However, design solutions typically focus on single,
optimal solutions when perhaps it might be preferable
to devise a suite of design solutions and allow
users to choose which is the most appropriate to
their needs. Choice implies greater complexity
which outcome may run counter to the objectives
of inclusive design. A design pathway is required to
navigate the choices faced by designers and clients
during the development of products or services.
Additionally, and of equal importance, is that an
inclusive design process requires that the users´
needs must be an integral element.
A subsidiary element to the project is to construct
a theoretical linkage between the aims of Inclusive
Design and general design-process theory. Resulting
from this will be a clearer outline of Industrial
Designs conceptual strengths and weaknesses.
richard herriott
PhD-fellow, Ma (architecture)
Department of Design
e: richard.herriott@aarch.dk