Upcoming Lecture: Stepping Thru Accessible Interiors As We Age

For ASID members
At the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles
Thursday, February 23 11:00 A.M.

An overview of Accessible issues to consider in our normal environment, whether work, play or home by Janis Kent, AIA CASp.

Learn about items that can easily be included within our built environments not to not only allow us to age in place but to also allow other to visit us, whether they have issues concerning accessibility or aging.

This lecture will help you:

• Review architectural items from entries to doors to restrooms in terms of visibility
• Become aware of hazards you should avoid in the built environment
• overview parameters for furniture, counter, and built-in items
• Understand signage, reach ranges, clearances & their effect on our places of home and work.

Thursday, February 23
11:00 A.M.
Pacific Design Center Suite B-259
0.1 CEU

Reception & book signing to follow
at EuroConcepts, Suite B124,
sponsored by Sub-Zero/Wolf

RSVP to asidoffice[at]asidla.org
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Janis Kent, AIA CASp is certified by the Division of the State Architect as a Certified Access Specialist (CASp #048) and a licensed California Architect. She has been involved in the world of Accessibility since the mid-1980′s. In addition to having managed a variety of architectural projects, she has surveyed buildings for accessibility compliance and provided quality control for existing facilities throughout the country.

Ms Kent has been asked to speak on Accessibility at a variety of venues from the Dwell Mobius conventions in LA, the National AIA Convention in New Orleans, to a number of local AIA Chapters, and the State Chapter of CCAIA has recorded one of her seminars. Recently she has authored a book which is a compilation of architectural details on Accessibility combining ADA with CBC.

Janis is the Founding President of the Certified Access Specialist Institute (CASI), serves on the Cerritos College Architectural Advisory committee, is on the Board of Directors for the AIA-Long Beach/South Bay chapter, and on the aecKnowledge Editorial Committee. She is designated as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) by the Division of the State Architect for the State CASp exams. Janis received her M.Arch from the University of California, LA and is currently the principal of Stepping Thru Accessibility in Long Beach, California.