Innovation & Research
The challenge of wheelchair accessibility
The Housing Demonstration Unit (HDU) in Wuppertal
needs to be accessible for wheelchairs. So far so good…
But we wanted to get into that topic more deeply! So we
decided on one of our workshops to make our whole HDU
not only „wheelchair accessible“, but wheelchair livable and
as barrier free as possible! We wanted to create a living
space where all people feel good. One should come into a
room and shouldn‘t recognize that it is barrier free. Real
social inclusion in building industry means living in an
barrier free space without recognizing it ;)
So what‘s the problem challenge? Barrier freedom doesn‘t
only mean that there are no door sills. It‘s about:
Of course we know full-scope sustainability is a high goal. That‘s
why we are deeply into research and always aware of finding
solutions for all the challenges.
The deeper we dive, the more challenges appear.
Follow us on out tour finding solutions that are sustaiable,
affordable, inclusive and economic at the same time
A bedroom with enough space to ranch in there with a
wheelchair is kind of empty. How can we design it so it is
still appealing? How can we combine the demands of a
person of 170 cm and a 90 cm person?
Of course there are some cases, we can‘t build everything
perfectly for everybody. But the the attempt is what counts
Because not people are disabled, places are ;)
If you look at the floor plan,
what is important when you are sitting in a Wheelchair?
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Innovation & Research
Of course we know full-scope sustainability is a high
goal. That‘s why we are deeply into research and always
aware of finding solutions for all the challenges.
The deeper we dive, the more challenges appear.
Follow us on out tour finding solutions that are
sustaiable, affordable, inclusive and economic at the
same time
The challenge of wheelchair
accessibility
The Housing Demonstration Unit (HDU) in Wuppertal
needs to be accessible for wheelchairs. So far so
good… But we wanted to get into that topic more
deeply! So we decided on one of our workshops to
make our whole HDU not only „wheelchair
accessible“, but wheelchair livable and as barrier free
as possible! We wanted to create a living space
where all people feel good. One should come into a
room and shouldn‘t recognize that it is barrier free.
Real social inclusion in building industry means living
in an barrier free space without recognizing it ;)
So what‘s the problem challenge? Barrier freedom
doesn‘t only mean that there are no door sills. It‘s
about:
A bedroom with enough space to ranch in there with
a wheelchair is kind of empty. How can we design it
so it is still appealing? How can we combine the
demands of a person of 170 cm and a 90 cm
person?
Of course there are some cases, we can‘t build
everything perfectly for everybody. But the the
attempt is what counts
Because not people are disabled, places are ;)
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1
2
3
