{"id":22933,"date":"2016-06-10T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/?p=22933"},"modified":"2016-06-10T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T15:37:03","slug":"sensing-through-impairments-design-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/sensing-through-impairments-design-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensing through impairments \u2013 design for all"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our Feeling Good in Public Spaces dialogue series<\/a>, run in conjunction with the Feeling Good Foundation<\/a>, brought together researchers and practitioners to examine how people\u2019s senses can be affected by the design of public spaces and building frontages, now and as our climate changes.<\/p>\n Good design for public spaces and buildings should not discriminate by age, gender, class or bodily ability. The fifth event of the series<\/a> focused on how to design public spaces that empower people with sensory impairments, covering some of the less well-known sensory functions that aid our bodily perception of space.<\/p>\n The British Standards Institute (BSI) (2005) defines inclusive design<\/a> as:<\/p>\n The design of mainstream products and\/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible … without the need for special adaptation or specialised design.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Whether this or other definitions are used, it suggests that inclusive design is embodied as standard in the design process. However, the mainstream approach is to design additional tactics for what is considered to be a minority.<\/p>\n