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Humane living environment: accessibility and equal opportunities for all

INTRODUCTIONOVERVIEW OF PROBLEMS KEY CONCEPTS UNIVERSAL DESIGN OVERAL SOLUTIONS

PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

We found some limitations in the University CAMPUS LIBRARY LECTURE HALL CAFETERIAPARKING AREA

Who is a disabled person: The Adapted Model

How to model the individuals for whom we design?

To what extend the Seven Principles of Universal Design been implemented in APU campus?

Principle Evidence found

Principle 1: Equitable Use No

Principle 2: Flexibility in Use May be

Principle 3: Simple and Intuitive Use

Yes

Principle 4: Perceptible Information

No

Principle 5: Tolerance for error Yes

Principle 6: Low Physical Effort Yes

Principle 7: Size and space for approach and use

No

How well-designed is the campus to encourage the following?

Design for Inclusion: the four cornerstones

Simulation Flexibility Independence Social Interaction

Both physical and cognitive-Average

To accommodate changes brought about by the ageing process-Not Good

Through choice and content-Average

Through family, friends, neighborhoods and the wider communities-Good

Keeps mind and body healthy-Good

Adapts to different users and uses-Less than Average

Reduces barriers and maintains control-Average

Enables social engagement and participation-Limited

Promote feeling of well-being-Good

Responds to age-related change-Not Good

Prevents or delays dependency-No comments

Promotes sense of identity as full member of society-Good

How well universally designed is the campus?

Predominantly designed for young and middle-aged fit people.

Difficulties for entrance for the CAMPUS

How can I get in?!

Explicitly provided of automatic sensor door

After the first barrier in the Classroom

can you help me with your friends?

UNIVERSAL SOLUTION from (Honda's Walking Assist Device 'Turns Me On‘)

Visual nature of the problem

Let’s go down

Are

you

sure?

I can’t see what

Prof. writes

Provide of comfort class with where they can feel better

LIBRARY

PARKING PLACE IN APU

HOW CAN I

GET DOWN?

Ways of solving these problems

with a flick of by hand

Explicitly provided slope

Facility in the social transport

Buttons of elevator

Buttons of elevator

Doors without threshold that are wide enough for a Wheel chair or walker, wider hallways @ SD

Benefits

APU promotes the establishment of the foundations of a society in which more people will feel comfortable.

There are some deeper-seated factors within values of Japanese society that may help successfully mobilize and exploit APU’s distinctive approach .

To be the leader among Japanese Universities, APU possesses the economic and financial rationale for sustainable development and bring reputation in home and abroad.

Benefits

APU is an international university that offers an innovative bi-lingual education.

People from a variety of sectors locally as well as internationally.

A home of people from more than a hundred of countries and regions.

Cutting edge facilities to confirm proper learning environment.

APU has tremendous potential to grow by inviting and promoting people from other groups.

Disabled people especially who are young is such a sector. Necessarily APU will uptake Universal Design philosophy to

identify the significant market opportunities from rapidly changing needs and learning aspirations of the selected attendances.

COLD-HEARTED WARM-HEARTED

DISTANT CLOSE

HEARTFUL BUILDING