Why Inclusive Design Is For Us All - Accessibility and Life Safety vs. Inclusive Design - Unlimited Doha Design Prize Public Talk at Qatar University 23rd of March, 2016

1. Unlimited Doha Design Prize Public Talk at Qatar University
Part of the Educational programme during the Unlimited Doha Design
Prize Public Talk at Qatar University
“Why Inclusive Design Is For Us All”
23rd of March, 2016
Accessibility and Life Safety vs. Inclusive
Design
Yasser Mahgoub
Head of Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
College of Engineering, Qatar University

5. ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫رسول‬ ‫قال‬‫وسلم‬‫‏‬:‫‏‬
"‫‏‬‫فليغيره‬ ‫ا‬ً‫منكر‬ ‫منكم‬ ‫رأى‬ ‫من‬‫بيده‬‫لم‬ ‫فإن‬ ،‫فبلسانه‬ ‫يستطع‬ ‫لم‬ ‫فإن‬ ،
‫أضعف‬ ‫وذلك‬ ‫فبقلبه‬ ‫يستطع‬‫اإليمان‬‫‏‬.”‫‏‬
Our messenger Mohammad (PBUH) said:
"Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must
change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so,
then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so,
then with his heart; and that is the weakest form
of Faith".

8. Qatar Population
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census
Year Total
1986 373,395
1987 383,850
1988 395,209
1989 407,571
1990 420,779
1991 434,372
1992 448,571
1993 463,967
1994 480,330
1995 497,551
1996 515,576
1997 536,474
1998 560,990
1999 586,770
2000 613,969
2001 643,364
2002 676,498
2003 713,859
2004 798,059
2005 906,123
2006 1,042,947
2007 1,218,250
2008 1,448,479
2009 1,638,626
2010 1,715,098
2011 1,732,717
2012 1,832,903
2013 2,003,700
2014 2,216,180

9. Disability Characteristics of Qatar
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

10. Disability Characteristics of Qatar

11. Disability Characteristics of Qatar
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

12. Disability Characteristics of Qatar
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

13. Disability Characteristics of Qatar
1474
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

14. Disability Characteristics of Qatar
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

15. Disability Characteristics of Qatar
Source: Population, Housing & Establishments Census, April 2010

16. Disability Characteristics of Qatar

17. NAAB Accessibility
• B.2. Accessibility:
Ability to design sites,
facilities, and systems
to provide
independent and
integrated use by
individuals with
physical (including
mobility), sensory, and
cognitive disabilities.
Accessibility
Sites
SystemsFacilities

18. NAAB Accessibility
• B.2. Accessibility:
Ability to design sites,
facilities, and systems
to provide
independent and
integrated use by
individuals with
physical (including
mobility), sensory, and
cognitive disabilities.
Individuals
Physical
CognitiveSensory

20. NAAB Life Safety
• B.5. Life Safety:
Ability to apply the
basic principles of
life-safety systems
with an emphasis on
egress.

22. Inclusive Design
• Every design decision
has the potential to
include or exclude.
• Inclusive design
emphasizes
understanding user
diversity to inform
design decisions.

23. Inclusive Design
• Include as many
people as possible.
• User diversity:
– Capabilities
– Needs
– Aspirations

24. Inclusive Design

25. Inclusive Design
Is
More Than
Accessibility!

26. Inclusive Design Is More Than
Accessibility
• The concept of 'disability‘ provides a limited
understanding of the needs of the wider range
of people.
• Inclusive Design is:
design that considers the full range of human
diversity with respect to ability, language,
culture, gender, age and other forms of
human difference.

27. Recognizing Inclusive Design

28. Recognizing Inclusive Design

29. Recognizing Inclusive Design

30. Recognizing Inclusive Design

31. Recognizing Inclusive Design

32. Recognizing Inclusive Design

33. Recognizing Inclusive Design

34. Recognizing Inclusive Design

35. Recognizing Inclusive Design

36. Recognizing Inclusive Design

37. Recognizing Inclusive Design

38. Recognizing Inclusive Design

39. Recognizing Inclusive Design

40. Achieving Inclusive Design
• Inclusive design
focuses on the
diversity of people
and the impact of
this on design
decisions.

41. Achieving Inclusive Design
• Failure to correctly
understand people
can result in products
that cause
unnecessary
frustration and
exclusion.
Dimensions of disability
Source: The Inclusive City: delivering a more accessible urban environment through inclusive design.

42. Achieving Inclusive Design
The Universal Design Pyramid (reproduced from Goldsmith, 2000)
Source: The Inclusive City: delivering a more accessible urban environment through inclusive design.

43. Achieving Inclusive Design
City
Urban
Architecture
Interior Spaces
Products

44. Achieving Inclusive Design

45. Achieving Inclusive Design
• The complete set of
performance
indicators should
consider a wider set
of aspects concerned
with People, Profit
and Planet.
Performance
People
PlanetProfit

46. Inclusive Design Is Sustainable Design

47. Inclusive Cities

48. Thank You …