Accessibility 2025:
Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth

This course complies with California licensure requirements for accessibility (SB 1608 and California Business and Professions Code Section 5600.05) and provides valuable information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states.

This course explores design strategies behind the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth in Vancouver, Washington, where designers and researchers translated DeafSpace design principles to create a welcoming, accessible and inclusive facility. Mithun partners Brendan Connolly, AIA, LEED AP and Dorothy Faris, ASLA, discuss the deaf-led design process that shaped both the interior and site design.

This case study also explores how an exposed mass timber wood structure reinforced these principles and contributed to the sustainability and inclusivity of the Center, including ADA-compliant and barrier-free design, and how the biophilic benefits of wood helped frame strategies for multisensory wayfinding in this extraordinary collection of gathering and teaching spaces.

Presenter:
Brendan Connolly, AIA, LEED AP | Partner, Mithun; Dorothy Faris, ASLA | Partner, Mithun

Accessibility 2025:
Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground and Clubhouse Renovation

This course complies with California licensure requirements for accessibility (SB 1608 and California Business and Professions Code Section 5600.05) and provides valuable information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states.

This case study of the Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground and Clubhouse renovation in San Francisco’s Chinatown illustrates how to design an accessible and inclusive facility on a steeply sloping site. Scott Davis, AIA, of Jensen Architects and Willett Moss, PLA, FAAR, FASLA, of CMG Landscape Architecture discuss Universal Design features, accessible paths of travel, exterior transfer stations, interior lifts, companion seating and access to equivalent spaces. They also discuss how the City and County of San Francisco’s accessibility requirements, which supplemented State requirements, influenced the renovation of one of San Francisco’s historic and culturally significant recreational facilities.

Presenter:
Willett Moss, PLA, FAAR, FASLA | Partner, CMG Landscape Architecture; Scott Davis, AIA | Associate, Jensen Architects

Accessibility 2025:
Accessibility, Historic Preservation + Adaptive Reuse

This course complies with California licensure requirements for accessibility (SB 1608 and California Business and Professions Code Section 5600.05) and provides valuable information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states.

This 60-minute course demonstrates how to address accessibility requirements in historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects. Presented by D. “Rocky" Rockefeller, AIA, of Rockefeller Partners, the course features a series of case studies, including the remodel of the historic Ford Motor Company Factor in Los Angeles into an award-winning creative office space for Warner Music Group. Rocky deftly describes how to preserve a building’s historic fabric while navigating the requirements of the State Historical Building Code and California’s stringent accessibility requirements.

Presenter:
D. Rocky Rockefeller, AIA | Senior Partner, Rockefeller Partners Architects

Accessibility 2025:
UC Berkeley – Equitable Campus Planning, Universal Design

This course complies with California licensure requirements for accessibility (SB 1608 and California Business and Professions Code Section 5600.05) and provides valuable information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states.

This 90-minute course focuses on accessibility and Universal Design solutions at the University of California, Berkeley campus. UC Berkeley’s Campus Architect, UC Berkeley’s Manager, Physical Access Compliance at UC Berkeley, and principals from Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and Sasaki Associates discuss how the campus developed and implemented a human-centered approach to provide equitable physical access to buildings and amenities on a hilly site.

The presenters take a series of deep dives into how they created accessible pathways and barrier-free connections while harmonizing with the historic nature of the campus. They conclude their presentation with specific recommendations for educating architects and other design professionals about designing equitable, inclusive and accessible spaces.

Presenter:
Caitlyn Clauson, AIA | Principal, Sasaki; Wendy Hillis, AIA | Campus Architect, UC Berkeley; Ryan Jang, AIA, LEED AP | Principal, LMSA; Ben Perez | Manager, Physical Access Compliance, UC Berkeley