Assignment: Curitiba

Write a short essay on how and why the Curitiba BRT is a good example of Universal Design. Compare and contrast the Curitiba BRT with another public transit system. You can use research and/or personal experience to inform your comparison. The comparison system can either be reflective of good universal design, or of bad universal design. You may even use multiple different transit systems in your comparison.

Please limit your assignment to 500 words maximum and upload your assignment as a PDF or Word document. See our Assignment Guidelines for grading criteria and tips.

Recommended: Upload your assignment within the second week of this course.

Assignment: Study of Demography

Upload a short essay that describes at least three ways the study of demography can help designers.

Please limit your assignment to 500 words maximum and upload your assignment as a PDF or Word document. See our Assignment Guidelines for grading criteria and tips.

Recommended: Upload your assignment within the first week of this course.

Design Reading Assignment

Reading

Read Chapter 2 of the textbook: Inclusive Design: Implementation and Evaluation (sold separately in print and e-book format at Routledge and Amazon)

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Assignment: Demography for Universal Design

Upload a short essay that explains the importance of studying demography in regard to universal design.

Please limit your assignment to 500 words maximum and upload your assignment as a PDF or Word document. See our Assignment Guidelines for grading criteria and tips.

Recommended: Upload your assignment within the first 10 days of this course.

Assignment: Home Modifications

In IDEA 110: Project, you were given a background on two different fictional individuals. You were asked to make a list of the possible environmental barriers they might encounter. For this project, you will select one of those individuals. Look at the corresponding drawings and photographs of their residence (attached below). A verbal description is available upon request, for students with visual impairments. Based on the new information provided, revise your list of environmental barriers, to be more specific to their residence. Develop a design that will address as many barriers as possible. List all of the changes you would make, in writing. Additionally, draw a floor plan (either by hand or using computer software) that incorporates your design ideas. Students with visual impairments are not required to complete the drawing portion of this assignment.

Upload your list of design barriers and your design in one combined document. Please use photos and sketches if prudent to illustrate the existing conditions and modifications you would make.

Drawings and Photographs for:
1.) Esther Jackson Residence
2.) Jacob Miller Residence

Please limit your assignment to 500 words maximum and upload your assignment as a PDF or Word document. See our Assignment Guidelines for grading criteria and tips.

Recommended: Upload your assignment within the final week of this course.

Assignment: Territorial Control

Territorial behavior establishes the ownership of space and determines who can access and who is excluded, and what behaviors are allowed (Altmand and Chemers, 1984). Territorial control is a major goal of architecture design. Upload a short essay that describes an example of territorial control in architecture. An example might be a bank, and how they control access to money and information they need to protect.

Please limit your assignment to 500 words maximum and upload your assignment as a PDF or Word document. See our Assignment Guidelines for grading criteria and tips.

Recommended: Upload your assignment within the final week of this course.

Assignment: Innovation Diffusion

Upload a short essay that explains what innovation diffusion is and its relationship to universal design.

Please limit your assignment to 500 words maximum and upload your assignment as a PDF or Word document. See our Assignment Guidelines for grading criteria and tips.

Recommended: Upload your assignment within the second week of this course.

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Further Reading

This course is based on Chapter 2 of the textbook: Inclusive Design: Implementation and Evaluation. This book is not required to pass the test, but some students may wish to use it as a study guide, or for future reference once access to the video expires. The book is available in print and e-book format at Routledge and Amazon.

IDEA 601 Video

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