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Coming Home

Course# MET163 Expires: June 2014 This course is AIA/CES registered for 1LU HSW Michael Graves designs the U.S. Army’s first fully accessible house for wounded veterans and their families, using his own experience in a wheelchair, the special needs of veterans, the processes of healing, and the ways that soldiers and their families live. This […]

By: Linda Hales

Course# MET163
Expires: June 2014

This course is AIA/CES registered for 1LU HSW
Michael Graves designs the U.S. Army’s first fully accessible house for wounded veterans and their families, using his own experience in a wheelchair, the special needs of veterans, the processes of healing, and the ways that soldiers and their families live. This continuing education program reviews research conducted by IDEO consultancy and design work by Michael Graves & Associates.
Read the article with the following learning objectives in mind. Then complete the participant exercise online.

Learning Objectives:

— Understand the needs of wounded soldiers and their requirements for healing.
— Learn about the various techniques proposed by IDEO’s research.
— Learn how Michael Graves & Associates advanced the form of accessible homes.
— Understand how these programmatic concepts can inform and improve the health, safety, and welfare of housing design for everyone.

Download the full article in PDF format here

To take the participant exercise online contact [email protected].

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