Arch 440/540 Human Context: Universal Design

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This site contains information presented by Fred Tepfer on January 31, 2012, in the Human Context of Design class, Department of Architecture, in 177 Lawrence Hall at the University of Oregon. Contect me through this link for reuse permission. Access for non-commercial use will be granted free of charge .

The presentation was created in Apple Keynote, which I use (and recommend) and used to export a 16.6 Mb pdf of the presentation.

Three national sites for universal design information:
http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/univ_design/princ_overview.htm
http://www.tracecenter.org
The source of much accessibility information at the Federal level:
http://www.access-board.gov
Latest Federal ADA standards are at:
http://www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm
The Oregon building code (based on the IBC)

Cascade Court, U. of Oregon

Fred's accessibility and universal design web site.
Fred's piece on fire and life safety concerns in accessibility.

Questions and suggestions are always welcome, and best directed to my ftepfer at uoregon address.

You can visit Fred's home page at http://uoregon.edu/~ftepfer/ (Felix is lonely).

To arrange to meet me, go to my calendar, find a time (or better two) that work for both of us, then send me an email requesting a meeting with the word "meeting" in the subject line. What's listed on the calendar as office hours are NOT drop in times for architecture students except by arrangement.