Why design a space for neurodiverse people?

When you design a commercial space for neurodiverse people, you are designing it well for everyone.

One of the common traits that neurodiverse people have in common is sensory overload.  We can become overwhelmed (on different scales) to what is around us. 

But it's not just neurodivergebt people who feel this way. It can apply to everyone.

The Pandemic meant that a lot of people became used to a quieter and less frenetic world around them. When we came out of that period, many still wanted to work from home - in a safe space that they could control. A space where they could reduce the stimulation around them. 

Many still do not want to come back to the office or go out to commercial spaces as much as they once did.  And this especially applies to neurodiverse people. 

Design a commercial space for neurodivergency and you are not just considering the aesthetics, but designing it well so that everyone can feel good in that space. 

In office spaces - people feel happier to come in more, collaboration and innovation increase as connections get better.

“Now more than ever there is growing acknowledgment of neurodiversity as a fact of the world we’re living in,” she says. “The need has always been there, but we're having that conversation now in a way we didn’t before.”  -- Jennifer Carpenter, a principal of Verona Carpenter Architects, quoted in Architectural Digest.