Grandparents Apartment

For my final design as a first semester sophomore, I brought everything together I have learned and created a apartment for the grandparents living with the family who has a member in a wheelchair. This apartment is wheelchair accessible so as the couple ages, if needed, the house will be able to grow with them through the struggles of aging. My color scheme came from the Palouse with the yellows of the wheat fields and the greens and yellows from the fall and summer. I'm very pleased with my final design, putting a great amount of effort into every part of the design.

Wheelchair Experience

Throughout my first semester as a sophomore interior design student, I was educated on accessibility in the home, and other buildings. To better understand the everyday struggles of someone with a handicap, I did an experiment where I traveled around campus in a wheelchair, attempting to perform regular tasks. It opened my eyes to how hard just opening a door or ordering a coffee is for someone who is in a wheelchair. I quickly became aware of the lack of accessibility throughout campus, with missing automatic doors for example. After doing this experiment, I had a much easier time putting design into perspective that was accessible to someone in a wheelchair.