Bu çalışma "Sokaklar ve Diğer Açık Alanlar için Evrensel ÖZThe street is the backbone of the successful community. The design of an urban street should accommodate all people. This study focuses on the concept of "Universal Design for streets and outdoor spaces". Besides, illustrates the basic considerations for "urban street design". In the paper a case study, to examine urban public space, focusing on universal design is presented. The case study was conducted in AS-Souq street, Aswan, Egypt. For the case study, a descriptive research methodology was used. The field research encompassed: "questionnaire" as a quantitative technique and "observations" as qualitative strategies. A questionnaire was conducted in August 2015 with 330 respondents in total. The statistical analysis of survey questionnaire was achieved by using SPSS program. Discussing the findings of the case study is thought to lead a way to other public spaces specifically streets to be more inclusive in design. This study confirms that applying UD as a strategy ensures equal and democratic rights in society for all, consequently encouraging full participation in social life by ensuring access to and usability of all aspects of society, including the built environment, thus improving "quality of life" in the urban fabric and the entire community.Keywords: As-souq Street; public space; Universal Design Principles. ABSTRACT 616CİLT VOL. 11 -SAYI NO. 4 IntroductionUniversal Design (UD) is not a trend, but an enduring design approach that assumes the range of human ability is ordinary, not special. The intent of "UD" is to simplify life for everyone by making products, communications, and the built environment more usable by as many people as possible at little or no extra cost.
The study addresses the manners of achieving quality of public parks as urban spaces to fulfill inclusiveness and community participation, in light of the universal design (UD) approach. Thus, the research problem aspect lies in the inadequacy of the urban and architectural elements of Ferial Park for the potential of people who suffer from a decrease in their physical abilities, which led to the non-achievement of inclusiveness and community participation, hence social sustainability within the park. The term "universal design" was coined in the 1950s in the USA by Ronald Mack, who defined it as "the design of environments, products, and services consistent with all human capabilities to the greatest possible extent". Previous studies showed the lack of addressing the UD approach in public parks, thus, the study targets to conduct an assessment of the Ferial Park's elements at Aswan city, Egypt, to evaluate the extent of its compliance with the UD concept, then determining the weaknesses and eliminating them. The A Methodology for Assessing the Quality of Public Gardens Mai Eid, et al, P 1-202 study relied on the descriptive analytical approach to analyze the park elements and compare them with the UD standards to determine the extent to which the park features met the demands of all members of society fairly. The researchers' observations were done by the prepared checklist of this study. The study results revealed that the park's elements achieve the UD standards significantly by 10% and non-achieve those standards by 57%, which confirms that the park does not achieve inclusiveness. Consequently, there is a need to raise the efficiency of park elements. The study concluded some recommendations such as providing proper corridors, ramps and selecting ground materials that help ease of movement.
Universal Design (UD), Architectural Education in Egypt, UD Education, Teaching UD. UD principlesUniversal Design (UD) is a philosophy of design aimed at creating an inclusive, sustainable community in which every individual can participate to the greatest possible extent. UD's purpose is to facilitate the everyday life of all people without paying more attention to their age and abilities; by making the surrounding environment more readable, accessible, and usable without extra cost. The study problem is apparent in which the Architectural Education in Egypt has need of the existence of the UD approach and its applications. The purpose of universal/ inclusive design education is to increase consciousness, to improve a sense of responsibility, and to grasp the current regulations and conditions. This paper is targeted to highlight the significance of the UD concept in architectural education and for design process improvement. Additionally, the main purpose of the study is to imply UD in the architectural education in Egyptian departments, institutes, and faculties. The study goal also is to display a framework "theoretical model" for teaching UD in architecture departments in Egypt as the first step towards universally designed societies and environments. Thus, there is a necessity for integrating UD in Architectural education in Egyptian departments, institutes, and faculties. Consequently, teaching universal design is regarded as an urgent need. Design professions have a crucial role in creating accessible environments and products for all. Good design has the capability to adapt to all users and enable them to live comfortably and work successfully. Hence, people who design, or implement legislation have a major responsibility to guarantee that people who have disabilities can fully participate in societies. The significance of this research is to create awareness among designers to find better solutions for a particular design. Accordingly, architectural education and its teaching methods have to be developed in the light of UD. The study addressed the descriptive-analytical method to achieve the study goals. Finally, there can be some recommendations that assist in implying the UD approach in Architectural education in Egypt.
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