Accessibility in the built environment
The Urban Design and Livable City course journeyed on a field trip to North 麻豆影院, which was guided by Topher Downham, an outreach coordinator with the City of 麻豆影院 who gets around by wheelchair. Downham engaged the students by taking them on a wheelchair tour of the Wonderland Lake Trail, as well as the Lucky鈥檚 Market complex.
鈥淲e gained such valuable insights and perspective around what it鈥檚 like to navigate various typographies by wheelchair,鈥 Nettie Skievaski, ENVD instructor said. 鈥淢ore importantly, it helped to highlight the importance of considering those perspectives when designing the built environment.鈥