ABSTRACT
UDC: 621.876, 696.1
KEY POINTS:
• The needs of wheelchair users increasingly predominate in the design of both aids to movement and sanitary facilities
• Women require twice as many sanitary facilities as the same population of men
• Unisex sanitary facilities providing for babies and small children are essential
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Lifts
3 Passenger lifts
4 Wheelchair and stair lifts
5 Goods lifts
6 Service lifts and hoists
7 Escalators and passenger conveyors
8 Sanitary installations
9 Sanitary appliances
10 Saunas
11 Hydro-therapy spa baths
12 Public cloakrooms
13 Domestic activities
14 Domestic furniture
15 Storage
16 References
1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains basic information about the design and
space requirements for some of the fundamental elements of
building design – movement of pedestrians, basic sanitary facil-
ities and space for simple activities and objects. Legal – and
moral – obligations exist to design for the needs of the disabled,
children and those that do not otherwise fit the definition of
‘average’.
