Proceedings of: Workshop on Improving Building Design for Persons with Low Vision

Workshop Objectives

So our purpose here today, our objective of this workshop (slide 16), is to begin the dialogues between the design, medical, and research professionals towards understanding the issues and developing guidelines towards design issues. It is also expected that more resources such as publications, research and individual expertise, may be identified or pursued for a later workshop and a continued pursuit to make sure that we’re taking effective directions.

From the results of this workshop, a plan of action will be proposed to develop the draft guidelines for GSA, for inclusion in your facilities standards for public buildings service and for the U.S. Accessibility Board and for the ADA accessibility guidelines. But also, we’re looking to be leaders here, to begin the process to inform the design industry about imperfect human practice. How we can move forward and actually include an inclusive population in what we see as design excellence?. Really make design excellence go deeper than just what it looks like on photographs, but something that you experience and that all people can experience in our inclusive society.