Vivian Lee presented on Accessibility in Architecture. Her core focus centered on three topics;
+ CHOICE: Flexibility, options, and alternative means of use and/or interface.
+ PEOPLE: Nobody is excluded. Design should embody everyone in mind, incorporating the needs of the able, the elderly, the young, and the disabled.
+ THINGS: This includes spaces, products, information systems and any other objects/interfaces that people engage with in a space.
The building that most stuck out in my mind from her lecture was the Student Center in New York by Bernard Tschumi Architects. This building embodies similar characteristics to our current work in the studio by utilizing the handicap ramp for the entire structures movement and flow through space, keeping a fluidity to the design through demand. His methods of detailing this concept were truly inspiring.
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