Adaptive design

The term, “Universal Design”(UD) was coined by the late architect, Ron Mace, founder of the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University. In the late 1990s, Mace and his colleague…

UNITY Bank Adaptive Website Concept designed by Lay. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

BETA has transformed a school building in Amsterdam into a neighbourhood enterprise centre featuring full-height windows that can be retracted

In their project on designing adaptive environments, the Beverley School for the Deaf has collected a series of simple diagrams illustrating the DEAF experience. These aim to mediate ideas of comm…

Roselli's Adaptive Web Design /// Home page designed by Denis. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

14/03/2018 - Written by Ben van Berkel I look at technology within the built environment from the viewpoint of an architect... When writing the book Knowledge Matters, it became obvious to me…

Accessible design is a lot more than just a building trend: it's a necessity. Making sure that everyone can access spaces regardless of their physical abilities is just a no-brainer. Proponents of "universal design," as it's called, are calling for architects, urban planners, builders and interi ...

The innovations in these projects go above and beyond the requisite wheelchair-accessible ramp, demonstrating how modern architects are designing for disabilities in new and inventive ways.

Most cities are utterly unfriendly to people with disabilities – but with almost one billion estimated to be urban-dwellers by 2050, a few cities are undergoing a remarkable shift