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Putting safety first
Universal Design Academy is hoping to inspire architects and designers to make buildings more accessible and secure
published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
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Assoc Prof Trirat Jarutach, head of the Center of Excellence in Universal Design, Faculty of Architecture Chulalongkorn University. Photo courtesy of Assoc. Prof Trirat Jarutach
Phiangkwan Phanthumphan, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, blindfolded herself and held a cane while carefully walking down the stairs. Even with a cane, she was worried about her safety since the stairs were not designed for the visually impaired.
Phiangkwan s experimental experience is part of a course, Universal Design Academy , which is preparing infrastructure design for housing, hospitals, tourist attractions, department stores, educational institutions, public transportation, pathway overpasses, to name a few, to be accessible for ever ....

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