Architecture

Design for aging is design for ALL: Reflections from the Environments for Aging (EFA) Conference 2022

Design for aging is design for ALL:   Reflections from the Environments for Aging (EFA) Conference 2022

Throughout my experience attending the EFA 2022, I learned new ways of seeing the needs of the aging population translated into environmental needs. Many of these needs are not exclusive to the aging population. I can see children, young adults, mothers, and all other population groups benefit from the impact created through pleasant sonic environments, cognitively empowering environments, and enriched environments. At the end of the day, aging is the experience of all. Shouldn’t design for aging mean design for all?

What’s New For Environmental Design in 2019?

What’s New For Environmental Design in 2019?

Gehl’s keynote reminds us that at the heart of the seemingly conflicting forces between designing for objects or for people is the historical lack of knowledge about how people experience space, how they are affected by space, and how they interact with space. Human-centered design has long been a value for EDRA, and this year saw an increase in tools and methods being developed to study such human experiences, often in new digital ways and across various types of spaces and building sectors.