GROUNDBREAKING UNIVERSAL DESIGN COURSE TEAM TAUGHT BY HUSBAND-WIFE DUO

DEBUTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

“For centuries, everything from a home entrance step to park benches has been designed for a 5-foot-10 able-bodied male, an approach that excludes the majority of people,” Johnson-Wright said.

“Less than one percent of all housing in the U.S. is readily accessible to people who use wheelchairs. 

That's why we must create architecture, planning and design usable by everyone to the greatest extent possible without adaptation or specialization.”