Inclusive Urban Design doc

[...]... promote the design of dementia-friendly neighbourhoods We developed the Streets for Life concept as a mechanism for doing this INCLUSIVE DESIGN Streets for Life fit clearly within the concept of inclusive design Inclusive design means designing products, services and environments that as many people as possible can use, regardless of age or ability It is sometimes called universal design or design for... Standard on Inclusive Design Management, BS 7000-6, was published in January 2005 The Design Council website and the Royal Society of Arts website both contain an inclusive design resource (www.designcouncil.org.uk/inclusivedesignresource, www.rsa.org.uk/inclusivedesign) Streets for Life are a natural extension of the inclusive design concept to the neighbourhood scale The focus to date has been on products,... emphasis added) It is likely that inclusive design as a concept is here to stay Various groups, including the Royal Society of Arts, RICAbility and the Design Council are campaigning for increased delivery of inclusive design, whether through new 8 Origins of the Streets for Life concept policy, guidance, standards, awards or training A new British Standard on Inclusive Design Management, BS 7000-6, was... dementia Through our research, we have begun to develop a set of design principles and accompanying design recommendations that we believe, if used, will enable designers and developers to create Streets for Life This book is aimed at a range of people and groups, including: ■ ■ Producers of street environments: – Architects – Urban designers – Planners – Highways engineers – Access officers – Private... able to remain living at home Badly designed or maintained streets can be a problem for anyone but especially for older people Streets also need to accommodate the needs of younger people with physical, sensory or cognitive impairments Inclusive design addresses the needs of everyone How old is old? The main types of illness that cause dementia If streets are not designed to meet the needs of older... environments that as many people as possible can use, regardless of age or ability It is sometimes called universal design or design for all It is not a new style of design but rather a new attitude or approach to design in general Inclusive design has grown out of two major trends: ■ ■ The ageing of the population The desire to bring disabled people into mainstream society By 2020, close to half the adult... retirement villages or urban villages, regeneration and redevelopment of urban areas, development of private and social housing, or could be used to make improvements to any urban area without the need for a major development project 4 Origins of the Streets for Life concept REASONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT DEMENTIA PROJECT RESEARCH In the WISE research unit, we are interested in designing environments... that, although we are beginning to learn more about designing homes for people with cognitive impairments (e.g smart homes), we know very little about designing outdoor environments For this reason, we sought and won funding for a project on designing the outdoor environment for older people with dementia We wanted to see how the environment could be designed to give these people as good a quality of... development in existing urban areas, including reuse of brownfield land and building new developments at high densities, close to transport nodes and facilities (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), 1998; Burton, 2002) Compact city policies were later encapsulated within the concept of the urban renaissance’ (Urban Task Force, 1999; DETR, 2000a) Through urban renaissance policies,... practical guidance and recommendations One of the reasons we have written this book is because so many people – mainly designers and producers of outdoor environments from all over the world – have contacted us to ask for our findings leaflets and design recommendations and for more information on designing dementia-friendly streets We hope all the useful, relevant information is here, in one place, in an easy-to-use .