Showing posts with label Michael Van Valkenburgh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Van Valkenburgh. Show all posts
Friday, June 15, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 19

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Resources: • Brooklyn Bridge Park:  www.brooklynbridgepark.org/pages/accessibility • Liquid Planning Detroit:  www.made-studio.org...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 18

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BERKELEY Goltsman and MIG fellow partner Tim Gilbert, MIG’s director of Universal Design Services, both are active in the re:Street...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 17

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ALWAYS A DREAM PLAY PARK MIG has designed dozens of barrier-free parks and written accessible recreation guidelines for several agen...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 16

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MIG Berkeley-based MIG was founded in 1982 to focus on planning, designing and sustaining environments that support human development...
Monday, June 11, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 15

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DENISE ARNOLD, ARCHITECT To Arnold, who also worked to place wheelchair-accessible beach mats that lead directly into Lake Michigan ...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 14

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CATALAN ARTIST JAUME PLENSA “The fountain is the coolest thing in the world, and the reflecting pool has no more than a quarter-inch...
Saturday, June 9, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 13

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CHICAGO “My office saw the original plan with grand staircases and other barriers to mobility and said ‘no way are you going to buil...
Friday, June 8, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 12

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MILLENNIUM PARK FOUNDATION Chicago’s 25-acre Millennium Park earned a Barrier-Free America Award from the Paralyzed Veterans of America...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 11

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OLIN STUDIO Many architects and planners have claimed that historic properties in urban locations are impossible to retrofit using u...
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 10

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PHILADELPHIA The Olin Studio in Philadelphia has redesigned a number of landmark public spaces to increase universal design elements...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 9

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MAde Studio In the Detroit Edison Academy site, ramps, retention walls and terraced garden beds connect the school to the Dequindre ...
Monday, June 4, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 8

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Detroit Turning a former railway into a greenway and building frequent, accessible connections to the city fabric was a challenge fo...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 7

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Detroit — MAde Studio In Detroit, MAde Studio has made universal design a central part in its approach to transform a long-abandoned ...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 6

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BROOKLYN — MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH ASSOCIATES While some prominent master planners have balked at universal design and fought to bui...
Friday, June 1, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 5

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MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH ASSOCIATES Ted Zoli, a MacArthur Foundation Genius Award winner who serves as national bridge chief engineer...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 4

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BROOKLYN Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates placed so much emphasis on universal design in its creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park that th...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 3

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RON MACE Thankfully, a growing number of architects, landscape architects, engineers, town planners and designers are creating warm,...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 2

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RON MACE Universal design means many things to many people. But anyone who has used a wheelchair for mobility can tell you what it i...
Monday, May 28, 2018

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL -- 1

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RON MACE Universal Design: “The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, wit...