Wheelchair housing design guide
Thorpe, Stephen
Wheelchair housing design guide - 2nd ed. - Watford BRE Press 2006 - viii, 124p. ill. 30cm.
Introduction: Format -- Scope -- Basis -- Adaptations -- Legislation and standards Design for wheelchair users: Basic design considerations -- Outline of design guidance -- Note for affordable housing designers and providers -- Not for all designers and developers -- using a wheelchair -- Dimensions and conventions in this guide -- Hoists, design criteria Technical sections: Moving around outside -- Using outdoor spaces -- Approaching the home -- Negotiating the entrance door -- Enterign and leaving; dealing with callers -- Negotiating the secondary door -- Moving around inside; storing things -- Moving between levels within the dwelling -- Using living spaces -- Using the kitchen -- Using the bathroom -- Using bedrooms -- Operating internal doors -- Operating windows -- Controlling services
Explains how to design and detail homes that are fully manageable by wheelchair users. It is activities based and provides checklists. The second edition takes account of the experiences of individual wheelchair users and practicioners who have used the original guide and reflects new statuatory advancements and societal perceptions of wheelchair standard design in the build environment.
1860818978
UNITED KINGDOM
725.54 $2 18
Wheelchair housing design guide - 2nd ed. - Watford BRE Press 2006 - viii, 124p. ill. 30cm.
Introduction: Format -- Scope -- Basis -- Adaptations -- Legislation and standards Design for wheelchair users: Basic design considerations -- Outline of design guidance -- Note for affordable housing designers and providers -- Not for all designers and developers -- using a wheelchair -- Dimensions and conventions in this guide -- Hoists, design criteria Technical sections: Moving around outside -- Using outdoor spaces -- Approaching the home -- Negotiating the entrance door -- Enterign and leaving; dealing with callers -- Negotiating the secondary door -- Moving around inside; storing things -- Moving between levels within the dwelling -- Using living spaces -- Using the kitchen -- Using the bathroom -- Using bedrooms -- Operating internal doors -- Operating windows -- Controlling services
Explains how to design and detail homes that are fully manageable by wheelchair users. It is activities based and provides checklists. The second edition takes account of the experiences of individual wheelchair users and practicioners who have used the original guide and reflects new statuatory advancements and societal perceptions of wheelchair standard design in the build environment.
1860818978
UNITED KINGDOM
725.54 $2 18