Planners Network Conference

Justice by Design - The Planners Network Design Conference 2-5 June 2005 Twin Cities, MN A Good Place to Age: Demographic Shifts and the Necessity to Consider Universal Design at the Neighborhood Scale This session offered such practical information beginning with Maurizio Antoninetti, Dept. Geography, San Diego SU. Using GIS mapping, visually he portrayed that the majority of the aging population across the US lives in the suburbs­within cul de sac street design. The implications for planning are far and wide let alone for design. Then Richard Duncan, Center for Universal Design, North Carolina SU, built on the demographic information and then showed outstanding examples of universal design from entrances to convertible bathroom cabinets. You can track down the Center web site at http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/ Excellent examples. Jordana Maisel, IDEA Center, School of Architecture & Planning, U. of Buffalo, built on Richard’s examples with many more. Take a look at that web site, another excellent one, http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/Home/index.asp Maurizio Antoninetti, Dept of Geography, San Diego State University, Surfing the Baby Boomers Wave Surfing the Baby Boomers Wave (pdf) Richard Duncan, The Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University, Universal Design at the Urban Scale Universal Design (pdf) Also on Universal Design: Kate Brown, Building Research Council, UIUC, Accessible Design - Planning for Accessible Design in Housing, May 30 & 31, 2002 Accessible Design (pdf)