(Ebook) BASICS Design: Barrier-Free Planning by Isabella Skiba, Rahel Zuger ISBN 9783035612691, 3035612692

(Ebook) BASICS Design: Barrier-Free Planning by Isabella Skiba, Rahel Zuger ISBN 9783035612691, 3035612692

Buildings are not conceived solely with average people in mind; they offer a protective shell for everyone.  BASICS Barrier-free Planning improves our understanding of the needs of people with disabilities such as limited mobility or impaired vision, children, and the elderly, all of whom have special requirements when using a building. The book presents possibilities for designing buildings and their spaces so they can be used by everyone.  How to provide Access For All:  Explains what "barrier-free" means in practice;  Perceiving a building and the requirements for its use;  Integration into the design (spaces to move, orientation, etc.);  Designing the details (doors, thresholds, signage, etc.).Isabella Skiba and Rahel Züger are freelance architects.BASICS Architectural Series:  At the beginning of one's architecture studies, there are many unknowns: what is really important? how do I brainstorm a design idea? how can this idea be depicted and ultimately implemented?  BASICS is a series that imparts fundamental knowledge in compact individual volumes as well as in topical compendiums. It offers precise, step-by-step discussions, systematically covering the most important material pertaining to a given topic. Tailored to the needs of students, the series addresses all key subject areas, including design, architectural presentation, construction, professional practice, building services, landscape architecture, and urbanism.