The Inclusive-Design Movement

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Architects and designers have been thinking about issues of this kind for decades. The idea of “universal design” was formalized in the 1960s, with the ambition to make places accessible to people with physical disabilities. That school of thought, today known as inclusive design, has grown to address a wider range of needs and experiences.

...Ultimately, Magda Mostafa hopes to see parts of sensory-friendly design adopted into the inclusive-design movement, and recognized by accessibility legislation. “I think it’s the responsibility of designers to account for all populations,” she says. As Ne’eman suggests, the diversity among the population of people might, and should, generate a deeper and more empathetic way of thinking about how everyone experiences a space – even when their experience differs in quiet but profound ways. “When we’re building,” he says, “we should be building for everyone.”