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Wheelchair housing design guide

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Watford BRE Press 2006Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 124p. ill. 30cmISBN:
  • 1860818978
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 725.54 $2 18
Partial contents:
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
Summary: 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.

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.

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