Building Design

Andrew Teacher, drawing on his personal experience of sight loss and his role on the Urban Land Institute executive committee, is launching a drive to rethink how accessibility is built into cities, arguing that more empathy and basic design principles such as good contrast and clear wayfinding are needed because thinking is disjointed and outcomes are inconsistent. He highlights problems like poor signage, lack of contrast, and inadequate noise and lighting design in public spaces, advocating for principles that enable people to know what they don’t know and ask the questions to fill in the gaps.

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