Why Inclusive Design Is For Us All

Unlimited Doha Design Prize Public Talk at Qatar University Part of the Educational programme during the Unlimited Doha Design Prize Public Talk at Qatar University

“Why Inclusive Design Is For Us All�

23rd of March, 2016

Accessibility and Life Safety vs. Inclusive Design Yasser Mahgoub Head of Department of Architecture and Urban Planning College of Engineering, Qatar University

‫‏‬:‫وسلم‬ ‫‏‬ ‫قال رسول هللا صلى هللا عليه‬ ‫ فإن لم‬،‫ فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه‬، ‫‏"من رأى منكم منكرً ا فليغيره بيده‬ ‫”‏‬.‫يستطع فبقلبه وذلك أضعف اإليمان‏‬ Our messenger Mohammad (PBUH) said: "Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith".

Qatar Population Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total 373,395 383,850 395,209 407,571 420,779 434,372 448,571 463,967 480,330 497,551 515,576 536,474 560,990 586,770 613,969 643,364 676,498 713,859 798,059 906,123 1,042,947 1,218,250 1,448,479 1,638,626 1,715,098 1,732,717 1,832,903 2,003,700 2,216,180

Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

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Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

Disability Characteristics of Qatar

NAAB Accessibility • B.2. Accessibility: Ability to design sites, facilities, and systems to provide independent and integrated use by individuals with physical (including mobility), sensory, and cognitive disabilities.

Sites

Accessibility

Facilities

Systems

NAAB Accessibility • B.2. Accessibility: Ability to design sites, facilities, and systems to provide independent and integrated use by individuals with physical (including mobility), sensory, and cognitive disabilities.

Physical

Individuals Sensory

Cognitive

NAAB Life Safety • B.5. Life Safety: Ability to apply the basic principles of life-safety systems with an emphasis on egress.

Inclusive Design • Every design decision has the potential to include or exclude. • Inclusive design emphasizes understanding user diversity to inform design decisions.

Inclusive Design • Include as many people as possible.

• User diversity: – Capabilities – Needs – Aspirations

Inclusive Design

Inclusive Design Is More Than Accessibility!

Inclusive Design Is More Than Accessibility • The concept of 'disability‘ provides a limited understanding of the needs of the wider range of people. • Inclusive Design is: design that considers the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age and other forms of human difference.

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Recognizing Inclusive Design

Achieving Inclusive Design • Inclusive design focuses on the diversity of people and the impact of this on design decisions.

Achieving Inclusive Design • Failure to correctly understand people can result in products that cause unnecessary frustration and exclusion.

Dimensions of disability Source: The Inclusive City: delivering a more accessible urban environment through inclusive design.

Achieving Inclusive Design

The Universal Design Pyramid (reproduced from Goldsmith, 2000) Source: The Inclusive City: delivering a more accessible urban environment through inclusive design.

Achieving Inclusive Design City Urban Architecture Interior Spaces Products

Achieving Inclusive Design

Achieving Inclusive Design • The complete set of performance indicators should consider a wider set of aspects concerned with People, Profit and Planet.

People

Performance

Profit

Planet

Inclusive Design Is Sustainable Design

Inclusive Cities

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