{"id":1770,"date":"2012-10-16T19:07:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2012-10-16T19:07:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:07:04","slug":"designing-with-disabilities-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2012\/10\/16\/designing-with-disabilities-in-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing with disabilities in mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/IA411201210.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1771\" title=\"IA411201210\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/IA411201210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Students in IA 411 Senior Studio explored the Dreyfus University Center to gain an understanding of how people with disabilities maneuver in and interact with a space for their class project designing a 40,000-square foot spa for clients with disabilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.504460252906606.128673.275190055833628&amp;type=1\">Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cArchitectural and interior designs tend to communicate predominantly through visual components, while other sensory aspects (such as sounds, temperatures, textures, etc) are not emphasized as much\u2013and sometimes\u00a0 even altogether ignored,&#8221; says Prof. Nisha Fernando.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this project, I wanted my IA senior students to focus on design as a multi-sensory endeavor, on creating spaces for all people, not just people who can see and hear,&#8221; says Fernando. &#8220;Additionally, I wanted students to dive into what truly inclusive design is about\u2013that designing for everyone is not just an after thought, but\u00a0 a driving force behind every aspect of their design.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The beauty of inclusive design is that it works for everyone, not just a limited proportion of people, while creating interesting, sensory rich, wholesome built environments for all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in IA 411 Senior Studio explored the Dreyfus University Center to gain an understanding of how people with disabilities maneuver in and interact with a space for their class project designing a 40,000-square foot spa for clients with disabilities. Photo Gallery \u201cArchitectural and interior designs tend to communicate predominantly through visual components, while other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,16],"tags":[113,305,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}