DESIGNING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT INCLUSIVELY
Best practice guides and useful information for property professionals to help design more accessible and inclusive building design, the fundamental principles of designing an inclusive environment:
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Buildings, places and spaces that can be used easily, safely, and with dignity, by all of us, regardless of age, disability or gender
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Provides choice, is convenient and avoids unnecessary effort, separation or segregation.
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Goes beyond meeting minimum standards or legislative requirements
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Recognises that we all benefit from improved accessibility, placing people at the heart of the design process
Industry Design Resources
RICS A–Z of inclusive environments
Ensuring an accessible built environment is as much an ethical obligation as a legal requirement. What do candidates need to know to complete the mandatory competency of inclusive environments?
RIBA Inclusive Design Overlay
Inclusive Design Overlay to provide guidance on implementing inclusive design through each RIBA Plan of Work stage to enable informed decision making at the right time and order, to enable practical guidance on the best ways to embrace and excel within inclusion.
BS 8300-2:2018
Sets out good practice for the interiors of a wide range of building types (excluding individual residences), detailing specific design solutions to approach inclusive design to meet all people’s requirements.
Additional Design Guidance
Spot England Accessible Design Guide
The Accessible and inclusive sports facilities (AISF) guide is for planners, designers, building owners and operators to support the design and operation of safe, welcoming, accessible and inclusive sports and leisure facilities.
Inclusive Mobility
A Guide to Best Practice on Access to
Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure
CIC Built Environment
Essential Principles Guide for Built Environment Professionals. The guide contains six principals as suggested by the Office for Disability Issues.
Inclusive Design Certifications
RNIB's Visibly Better Employer
To achieve the Visibly Better Employer quality standard an organisation must make any accessibility changes suggested by RNIB and prove its commitment to becoming an inclusive employer for blind and partially sighted people.
CIC’s ‘Inclusive Environments Recognition Certification'
Certifcation to evidence that the CIC's Essential Principles have been achieved and projects can demonstrate high standards of access and inclusion in all operations or on a project.
Design Training & Accreditations
Free short introductory RNIB sessions
Highlighting the fundamental design principles that can be reasonably applied to home, working and public places that can support wayfinding and useability for people with differing levels of sight loss.
RIBA Inclusive Environments CPD
The topic Inclusive environments covers the legislation and principles that apply to creating inclusive environments which meet the diverse needs of the people who want to use them. It also covers having the knowledge and skills to develop and implement inclusive design strategies and methods at all spatial scales.
