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‘UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR EXPLORING THE WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA’ |
...……..HOW MANY DISABLED USERS AND ELDERLY ARE ABLE TO GO
WHERE THEY WANT TO GO? ARE THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS MET IN THE PLACES THEY VISIT? ARE
THEY TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND EQUALITY LIKE OTHERS?..........THERE ARE SEVERAL
SUCH QUESTIONS
THAT NEED THE SENSIBILITIES OF DESIGNERS TO ANSWER…………
The School of
Planning and Architecture, Bhopal (SPA Bhopal) organizes a ‘National Student
Competition’ on ‘Design for All/Universal Design’ every year with an aim
to generate design solutions that optimize the whole living environment so that
everyone in the community regardless of his limitations can participate equally.
This year in 2012, the school is holding this design competition with a theme of
‘Universal Design for Exploring the World
Heritage Sites in India’’