Wheelchair Expiriment

After riding around in a wheelchair for about an hour I realized how truly difficult it must be to be a person with disabilities. Our purpose as designers is to design for clients and their specific needs, but an important trend in design today is designing for accessibility. By this I mean that we must design so that everything is accessible by everyone, no matter their disability. Now that I understand what it is like to use a wheelchair as means for transportation I understand why it is so important to design for accessibility. It was extremely difficult to use areas in the buildings I visited that were not designed for accessibility. In one building I tried to use the restroom, and it had the wheelchair accessible sign on it, but the door was very heavy and there was not a button to push to open it. I found it extremely tedious and frustrating just trying to get the door open. I also had a hard time trying to roll up the hills. It is very important that designers today pay attention to designing for accessibility because it plays a vital role in the success of their design.

Gregory Master Bathroom Design

Like the Kitchen design for the Gregory family, the design was focused on being open, modern and accessible. The floors are black stained wood, the sinks are glass and left empty underneath to be accessible. The walk in closet is large and open, leaving the room for the clients to move about comfortably. One side of the closet is lowered to be accessible.

I feel that the overall presentation of the design was more successful than the last, the presentation matched the concept. My renderings could have been a little more detailed to show the materials a little realistically.