NAME:MOKUA DELNARD ONCHWATI

REG NO:EAAQ/00035/2020

UNIT:INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

ASSINGMENT 2

WRITE UP ON INCLUSIVE DESIGN FOR INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE BREASTFEEDING MOTHER’S BILL 2019

INCLUSIVE DESIGN DEFINITION

All-inclusive design is an architectural strategy used to create buildings that accommodate

people of all types. Whether building a school, civic center, or healthcare facility, every design
decision made could potentially exclude or alienate end users. To ensure that you support all
members of the community, you need to consider the design details that will help everyone feel
comfortable and welcome in the building’s spaces.

To accomplish this, architects look at a number of demographic factors:

 Age

 Gender

 Sexual orientation

 Education

 Income

 Religion

 Cultural beliefs

 Ethnicity

 Language

 Physical capabilities (mobile, auditory, visual, etc.)

 Mental health

All of these factors can impact how an end user experiences a facility. By creating all-inclusive
spaces and implementing features that speak to the needs and comfort of people from all walks
of life, you can reduce end-user stress and provide everyone with comfortable and efficient
access to all of a building’s services.

How to Support Diversity Using All-Inclusive Design

When designing a building that supports humanity from cradle to grave, you need to identify
points of exclusion—areas that cause people to feel alienated—and eliminate them. To do this,
follow these steps:

1. Get community feedback. Conduct community-wide surveys and/or hold meetings with

support groups in the area to understand exactly what people need and don’t need in a
building to feel comfortable.

2. Acknowledge your biases and privilege. Do research to gain awareness of the issues
that impact members of your community. You might not be aware of their hurdles if you
don’t experience them on a daily basis.

3. Focus on equality of experience. Provide easy, comfortable access so that all users share
in your building’s experience and amenities. Meeting the bare minimum accessibility
standards isn’t enough. You must seamlessly incorporate all-inclusive design details and
solutions in ways that feel natural to everyone and that don’t single-out some visitors
from others. For example, closed-captioning on every video screen not only helps the
deaf community, but it’s also useful for people who want to enjoy content in a noisy
environment.

By eliminating points of exclusion in your design and strategizing to make features work for
everyone, you can create a school, healthcare facility, or civic building that fully supports the
community through all stages of life.

PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSIVE DESIGN

Inclusive- so everyone can use them safely, easily and with dignity.
Responsive -taking account of what people say they need and want.
Flexible -so different people can use them in different ways.
Convenient- so everyone can use them without too much effort or separation.
Accommodating -for all people, regardless of their age, gender, mobility,
ethnicity or circumstances.
Welcoming -with no disabling barriers that might exclude some people.
Realistic -offering more than one solution to help balance everyone’s needs
and recognizing that one solution may not work for all.

BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS BILl

In a bid to make more inclusive the bill has the following provisions working
places
PROVISIONS RELATED TO BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS

A woman who has a baby may breastfeed or express breast milk at a lactation
place in the workplace
Every employer shall establish a lactation place
A lactation place shall-

Be shielded from view and be free from intrusion from co-workers

 Be clean , quiet ,private and warm

 Not be a bathroom or toilet
 Have a lockable door
 Have a wash basin
 Have a fridge for storing expressed milk
 Have a provision for electric outlet and lighting re
 Have a chair,table and clean space to store equipment

An employer who establishes a lactation place for breastfeeding purposes shall

in addition to the requirements provided

 Provide a physical environment that is safe for baby that meets the
requirements under the relevant law
 Provide appropriate programs that develop a baby’s cognitive ,emotional
,social and language abilities

References
-Breastfeeding mothers bill 2019 Kenya