hi Jim,
can't think of any buildings of the top of my head but like you I have
heard great things about the public transport systems so that would
certainly be worth too.
as for other built environments, I'll do soe diggin as I'm sure I've read
about other programs in the area.
At 11:43 12/01/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Can anyone out there .. reccomend any buildings or "built environment"
>sites to see, relating to "Universal Design", in the San Francisco Bay
>Area?
>
>I have suddenly scheduled a trip out there (it's 3,000 miles away, for
>me)... and would like to take advantage of this opportunity to study &
>take color slides of any architectural "Good Examples"....
> .....(or even "Bad Examples"... if they're built after the ADA -
>1990)....
>.......to add to the slide-collection I'm building, to be used in
>teaching Universal Design to architectural students.
>
>The areas I willl be able to get to, to look at buildings, parks, etc.,
>----will be:
>The City of San Francisco, the whole "Bay Area" (Berkeley, Oakland....),
>and, the whole area on the route between SF and the State capital of
>Sacramento.
>
>I have not been to SF in 25 years... and have no idea of what to look at
>in terms of Universal Design. Of course I will look at Mario Botta's
>new SF Museum of Modern Art building....
>and the BART, Bay Area rapid Transit System, (which I hear IS
>accessible, due to the pre-design lobbying efforts of a single PWD, who
>wanted to use it to get to work).
>
>Any suggestions on what "built environment" sites to look at, in
>relation to accessibility issues?
>
>Jim Davis
>
>
>
Adrian
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