Today let me explain for all of you about an article, the tittle is Thinking Beyond Accessibiliy.

And the author is Kathrene Flynn for AIA Architect. For surely, I found this article from
www.architectmagazine.com

Okay, after we discussed it, we can feel the same way how the writer told us about a someone
figure, who thinks good design should work for everyone beyond the accessibility.
This someone namely Erick Mikiten from Mikiten Architecture.
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For the fact, AIA, was deeply involved in conversations about accessibility long before the
passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

A principal at Mikiten Architecture, Mikiten is an expert in the practice of universal design,

defined as "the design of products and environments to be usable for all people to the greatest
extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

He sees building codes and the ADA as a minimum starting point — and implements that
philosophy in a variety of building types, pushing boundaries in single-family homes and
multifamily complexes to institutional facilities and commercial buildings.

When His wife and him started they firm, they focused on affordable housing projects.
Our passion was to bring green building and artful design into the affordable housing sector,
where each was lacking at the time. Based on his personal experience as a lifetime wheelchair
rider, He designed accessibility into those projects that was more thoughtful than the simplistic
code requirements. That was always important to him, remembering the elements that he
couldn't use as a kid in the 5,000-unit complex that his family lived in — the public facilities, the
pools, and the playground — and a lifetime of other buildings that were made him feel
unwelcome.

It took years for the idea to be defined as universal design and came into the public
consciousness, or at least the consciousness of the profession.
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It took years for him to realize that these two ideas — accessibility and art. So he started
consciously integrating the two. People shy away from accessible designs because they
believe it will be cold and institutional. But as he tell to his clients and the other firms he work
with, the more deeply you understand the rationale behind universal design, the easier it
integrates into beautiful buildings.
Keeping all people in mind benefits everybody at all times of their lives, which in turn, makes
everyone feel welcome. And that's just good design.