>> Wheelchairs are obvious even though people still manage to follow the letter so tight the spirit is broken (like, you have no tolerance for error roll back onto the stairs broken or door swings through space occupied). Deafness and blindness are in their own ways invisible, as far as growing what is a solution and what is a problem.<<
True. So often people don't think beyond the obvious. *sigh* "Nothing about us without us" is a good rule of thumb. Gallaudet has the best Deaf architecture for the simple reason it is increasingly designed by and for Deaf people.
>> Yes, pattern books would be a boon. That's how smaller structures (the sort that a builder can do without needing Structural Engineering numbers) used to be built, the business would have recipes for all the parts and they could be stitched together. <<
I've seen plenty of designs for different styles of ADA bathrooms, but rarely collected together.
Some universal design principles are good, others less so. Frex, the bias against segregation: people REALLY want their toilets segregated by sex, and what do you know, women take longer in the can than men do, and disabled people take longer than abled people, which affects both the number and the footprint of the facilities. So to make people happy, they're neither unified nor identical nor even equal; but they should be the same quality and suited to actual needs.
>> Spec building needs higher standards, because it rarely suits anyone's needs (doesn't fit furniture that exists, doesn't make use of the site well, is enough off without being obvious in its badness) and just encourages neighborhood turn over.<<
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Re: THERE IS LIFC UPDATE *EXCITED WAVY FISTS AND TOES*
Date: 2016-11-04 09:34 am (UTC)True. So often people don't think beyond the obvious. *sigh* "Nothing about us without us" is a good rule of thumb. Gallaudet has the best Deaf architecture for the simple reason it is increasingly designed by and for Deaf people.
>> Yes, pattern books would be a boon. That's how smaller structures (the sort that a builder can do without needing Structural Engineering numbers) used to be built, the business would have recipes for all the parts and they could be stitched together. <<
I've seen plenty of designs for different styles of ADA bathrooms, but rarely collected together.
Some universal design principles are good, others less so. Frex, the bias against segregation: people REALLY want their toilets segregated by sex, and what do you know, women take longer in the can than men do, and disabled people take longer than abled people, which affects both the number and the footprint of the facilities. So to make people happy, they're neither unified nor identical nor even equal; but they should be the same quality and suited to actual needs.
I did find this guide that considers many different disabilities.
>> Spec building needs higher standards, because it rarely suits anyone's needs (doesn't fit furniture that exists, doesn't make use of the site well, is enough off without being obvious in its badness) and just encourages neighborhood turn over.<<
Sadly so.