Yoshi Kawauchi

Architect

Founder :

Legal Advocacy for the Defense of people with Disabilities (LADD)

Non Profit Organization protecting human rights of people with disabilities.

Japan USA Disability Association(JUDA)
Non Profit Organization exchanging information on Disabilities between Japan and USA.

Present :

Representative :

• Japan USA Disability Association(JUDA)

Representative :

• Access Project—Architectural Office

Member of Normalization Environment Committee in AIJ(Architectural Institute of Japan)

Chair of International Committee : Japanese Association for an Inclusive Society

Member of Committee of Barrier-Free Society considering Universal Design (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

Member of Committee of Accessible and Usable Society in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Government)

Member of Yokohama Transportation Barrier-Free Committee (City of Yokohama)

2003-2004

Resource Person : APCD(Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability) Regional Training Course for Trainers Course on the Promotion of Non-handicapping Environment for Persons with Disabilities

2002-2003

Member of Committee : Committee of Universal Design on Governmental Buildings (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

2001-2002

Member of committee : Committee of Design Guidelines of Universal Road Environments(Japan Institute of Construction Engineering)

2001-2002

Member of committee : Committee of Design Guidelines of the Next Generation

• Low Floor Bus (Japan Automobile Research Institute)

2002-2004

Member of committee : Chubu International Airport Barrier Free Design Task Force

2002-2004

Member of committee : EXPO 2005 Barrier Free Design Task Force

2002

Consultant of World Bank to improve school education system in Uruguay

2002

Resource Person : UNESCAP Accessibility Training Seminar

2001

Member of committee : Committee of Universal Restroom research Project (Japan Foundation)

2000

Resource Person : UNESCAP Accessibility Training Seminar

Member of committee : Committee of Design Guidelines on Accessible and Usable Public Transportation Facilities
(Ecology and Mobility Foundation)

Member of committee : Study of Transportation in Europe and USA
(Ecology and Mobility Foundation)

Member of committee : Universal Design Study Project on Service Area and Parking Area
(Japan Highway Public Corporation)

Member of committee : Metropolitan Universal Design Study Project
(Japan Transportation Planning Association)

Member of committee : Universal Restroom Study Project
(Japan Foundation)

Member of the board : Institute of Accessible and Usable Community Planning

1999

Member of House Adaptation Committee in AIJ
(Architectural Institute of Japan)

1998

Member of committee : Study of Accessibility in Port Facilities
(Center for Port Environment)

Member of Committee : Project to improve accessibility of existing buildings
(Saitama Prefecture Government)

1996-1998

Member of Committee : Study of Public transportation, Community developments and Housing for People with Disabilities
(Japan Disability Council)

1989-1990

Studied accessibility issues and Independent Living Movement in US with receiving scholarship from Ai-no-wa Foundation

1982

Architect

1976

Graduated Kure College of Technology

1953

Born in Japan

Award

2000 Ron Mace Designing for the 21st Century Award

Publications

2003 Universal Design Handbook (Japanese Version)(co-editor)

• One of the most comprehensive explanation book on Universal Design.

2001 Universal Design - A Reconsideration of         Barrier-Free

• The history and current interpretations of Universal Design.

1998 Housing for Aging Society (co-author)

• Examples and practical information for architects to design accessible housing.

          What is Universal Design? (co-author)

• General information about Universal Design.

1997 Accessible Toilet (co-author)

• Pointing out the problems of design guidelines on accessibility, suggesting means for better design of Toilet.

1996 Barrier-Full Nippon

• The reason our society can not accept people with disabilities is not because of lack of physical accessibility. It is because of hidden discrimination in our mind to wish to treat people with disability specially and separately.

       The Advanced Barrier Free Environment        (co-author)

• Information of accessibility features in San Francisco