Drawing on universal design principles, age-proofing a space could include such measures as widening doors, changing lighting levels, avoiding claddings and other coverings that create disorienting patterns, using color and contrast to help understanding, improving acoustics, and having level thresholds. But this shouldn’t be “a tick-box exercise to comply with local regulations,” stresses Julian Harcourt of Motionspot, an inclusive design consultancy and provider of accessible products.
