title: Existential Design Applied in Universal Design Settings.
abstract: The critical design method aims to discuss ways of opening up the (design) brief when planning, designing, building, operating and maintaining the future of the built environment - public as well as private, indoor as well as outdoor. Focusing on "designials" (fundamental forms of design being), the methodology intends to illustrate the fact that objects; including buildings, parks, transportation systems, etc. may directly encroach upon certain "existentials" (fundamental forms of human being) - thus shed light on how a design process is normally conducted, and furthermore, how that affects people's existential well-being.
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Research Laboratory for Universal Design, NTNU, Norway.
authors.forename: Anne Britt
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Torkildsby
mesh_terms: D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D038622:Internationality; D010549:Personal Satisfaction