Access to the Historic Environment: Meeting the Needs of Disabled People

Access for disabled people in historic settings is more than just a temporary ramp over the front steps for a wheelchair user. This book examines flexible and pragmatic solutions to improve circulation in buildings by overcoming level changes, addition of handrails and other facilities which achieve the basic goal of dignified access.

List of contents

Part 1 A pattern of change: what is disabled access?; equal treatment vs special treatment; why make any improvement at all?; conservation guidance. Part 2 Criteria for developing an access strategy: the Disability Discrimination Act; idenfication and assessment of physical barriers. Part 3 Circulation strategies: choosing the right entrance; front entrance solutions; creating a new public entrance; a change of use; extensions; complementary entrances; portable ramps. Part 4 Design considerations: architectural value; authenticity; reversibility; new ramps and railings; pavement ramps; handrails. Part 5 Vertical circulation: access considerations; conservation constraints; passenger lifts. Part 6 Cultural monuments: country houses, ruins and landscapes; circulation strategies; unroofed monuments and historic landscapes. Appendix: practical guidance.

About the author

Lisa Foster, Patrick Nuttgens

Summary

Access for disabled people in historic settings is more than just a temporary ramp over the front steps for a wheelchair user. This book examines flexible and pragmatic solutions to improve circulation in buildings by overcoming level changes, addition of handrails and other facilities which achieve the basic goal of dignified access.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Foster, Foster Lisa, Patrick Nuttgens, Nuttgens Patrick
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781873394182
• ISBN: 978-1-873394-18-2
• No. of pages: 138
• Weight: 589 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, Professional interior design, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, Architecture: interior design, Conservation of buildings & building materials, Conservation of buildings and building materials, Materials in architecture