Ed Roberts Campus - The Essence of Universal Design

Ed Roberts Campus is a universally designed campus in Berkeley, CA, that brings disability services together into one building and “creates a center that is a resource for everybody within the community.” It is a memorial to the life of Ed Roberts who was an “early leader of the independent living movement.”

The campus is an excellent example of architecture with “full inclusion for all people.” Conceptualized over a period of 13 years, designers were able to examine “how do people with different disabilities use it and how do people with different disabilities have differing and sometimes conflicting needs.” The campus was also meant to combine Universal Design with aesthetics, encouraging designers and architects to not look at the code requirements as restraints but as an “opportunity to be creative and to open the world for more people.” “The building has become an icon for the disability community, worldwide.”   
 

Ed Roberts Campus (ERC)

3075 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
http://edrobertscampus.org/