공공영역의 유니버설디자인 평가 현황 및 개선 방향에 관한 연구

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) The importance of human-centered design is increasing, and the universal design policy is being activated by combining social necessity to cope with changes in social environment such as aging, globalization, informatization, diversification. In this situation, the evaluation process is important to solve the problems arising from universal design policy and business in a better way. In order to spread universal design throughout society, It should be changed to a comprehensive and strategic evaluation that can judge the satisfaction of the qualitative aspects of personal quality of life and social value beyond the quantitative performance of physical aspects for improving accessibility and convenience. The purpose of this study is to find out how universal design evaluation is being done and what is the direction of improvement by analyzing universal design policy and research status. (Method) In order to examine the current status of universal design evaluation, the evaluation status of universal design was grasped based on the main means and research papers of such as laws, regulations, and guidelines. Next, through the case analysis of the evaluation system used in other fields, the implications for the universal design evaluation were drawn. In conclusion, through the analysis results of the evaluation status and through the implications of other case, the problems of the current universal design evaluation were identified and the improvement directions for activating the evaluation were suggested. (Results) The directions for improvement of the universal design evaluation are presented as follows, focusing on the grounds, purpose, criteria, and stage of evaluation. First, a universal design law should be established to clarify the concept and object of universal design and to establish a foundation for application and evaluation. Second, the role and purpose of evaluation should be expanded by including various stakeholder involvement, software and humanware, and using the evaluation results in a variety of ways so that universal design does not focus solely on physical improvement. Third, assessment indexes reflecting social values and qualitative methods for determining these value-oriented indicators should also be added to the assessment criteria. Finally, a comprehensive evaluation process should be in place that uses evaluation in the planning, process, outcome stages beyond the results-based assessment. (Conclusions) Evaluation is important in order for universal design to spread beyond the means of removing physical obstacles for the socially weak and to be designed to improve the quality of life and social value of individuals. The value of universal design is expected to spread further if a comprehensive and systematic evaluation system is developed considering the actual condition of universal design in Korea and utilized in conjunction with various policies such as welfare, transportation, walking, safety, culture, education as well as the field of design.