Wheelchair Housing Design Guide

ISBN-13: 9781859468289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 128 str.

Centre for Accessible Environments

Opis

The Wheelchair Housing Design Guide explains how to design and detail a home that is fully manageable by wheelchair users and maximises their independence. This fully-updated, activity-based guide discusses design considerations, requirements and recommendations for various activities carried out within the home.

Spis treści

1. Strategic Site Development  2. Using Outdoor Spaces  3. External Approach Routes  4. Communal Entrances, Doors and Circulation  5. Individual Dwelling Entrances and Other External Doors  6. Dwelling Circulation and Storage  7. Moving between Levels within the Dwelling  8. Using Living Spaces  9. Using the Kitchen  10. Bedrooms
11. Bathrooms  12. Operating Internal Doors and Windows  13. Services and Controls

O autorze

The CAE has been a leading authority on inclusive design for over 40 years, providing consultancy, training, research and publications on building design and management to meet all user needs, including disabled and older people. CAE pioneered the provision of access guidance for building designers based on collaborative research with disabled people, and is a leader in developing the case for designing for disabled people in the context of mainstream inclusive design.