Handicap, Architecture and Design

Synopsis

A multimedia tool developed at the Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark, to facilitate collaboration between design professionals and users by displaying the use of buildings inside and outside, covering accessibility for wheelchair users, human dimensions, access, hall, kitchen, bathroom, living room, bedroom, and public access. It highlights how thoughtless planning can make life difficult for disabled users. Includes text-supported animations, audio, drawings and some 1000 video clips.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; CD-ROM. Dual platform PC Windows/Apple Macintosh

Year of production

1997

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £37.00 (inclusive)

Uses

Architects, access officers, designers, equal opportunity officers, estates officers, occupational therapists, policy makers, researchers, students.

Subjects

Architecture

Keywords

access for disabled people; architectural design; disabled people

Credits

Director

Poul Ostergaard

Distribution Formats

Type

CD-ROM

Distributor

Name

University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Special Needs Research Unit

Related

Name

Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark

Address

Denmark