{"id":68183,"date":"2024-09-02T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/?p=68183"},"modified":"2024-09-05T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:00:38","slug":"universal-design-lessons-learned-and-possibilities-for-application-in-specialized-street-design-in-ho-chi-minh-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/?p=68183","title":{"rendered":"Universal design \u2013 lessons learned and possibilities for application in \u201cspecialized street\u201d design in Ho Chi Minh City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Universal Design is a design that aims to create products, services and environments that can be used by everyone, including people with disabilities and people with special needs, as easily and effectively as possible. Universal design in the planning of streetscape spaces refers to the requirements for facilities and pedestrians to meet and increase accessibility for as many people as possible using street spaces. Universal Design is fully and widely applied in the design of specialized street spaces in developed countries. The experience of applying the principles of Universal Design to design “Specialized Street” in some countries is a valuable lesson to improve the design environment of specialized streets in Ho Chi Minh City to eliminate barriers. In the future, it is necessary to integrate universal design with urban design to increase accessibility, safety and adaptability for users. New standards and guidelines based on the principles of universal design can be proposed for streetscape designs in Vietnam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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General design for all users<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>
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The users of the ‘Specialized street’ space are diverse<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>
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The concept of Universal design and an overview of accessibility and safety in \u201cSpecialized street\u201d spaces in Ho Chi Minh City<\/b><\/h2>\n

The origins of Universal Design began with the barrier-free design movement at the federal level in the 1950s in the United States, followed by the vibrant civil rights movement of the 1960s. The civil rights movement inspired the disability rights movement, which created new laws in the 1970s, 80s and 90s designed to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in many areas. During this time, Universal Design was defined by Ron Mace, founder of the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University, as \u201cThe design of products and environments that can be used by everyone to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design.\u201d This design approach has been made available to designers through the creation of a set of principles of Universal Design. Additionally, Universal Design was conceived as an approach to integrating accessibility features into all products and more fully into the physical environment [1].<\/span><\/p>\n

The seven principles of universal design, developed by the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University, with a group of inclusive design researchers and practitioners from across the United States, are [2]:<\/span><\/p>\n