COMMENTARY

The Universal Design Guidelines for Macao SAR Government

Visualization of the guidlines

In order to improve the accessibility of the built environment, the Macao SAR Government appointed The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation with AD+RG as the consultant to review the Law 9/83/M “Suppression of architectural barriers” and to draft the Universal Design Guidelines for Macao SAR Government. After a series of meetings with the stakeholders, exchange field trip to Hong Kong and other technical meetings with the government departments, The Guidelines have been finalized in February 2018. Two briefing sessions were arranged to introduce the Guidelines to the Macao SAR Government departments and the professionals in the building industry.

The theme of the Guidelines’ cover has a selected contrast color, which was designed to enhance the attractiveness of government guidelines publication, so interest may arise from the laypeople. Furthermore, the cover utilised a standardised colour combination which considers accessibility for visually-impaired people.


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