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Do Performance-Based Codes Support Universal Design in Architecture?
Sidse Grangaard1, Anne Kathrine Frandsen1
1SBi, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|August 19, 2016
Summary
Danish architectural firms find current accessibility rules too rigid. They prefer a performance-based model for flexible, inclusive Universal Design (UD) and suggest Bloom
Area of Science:
- Architecture
- Building Regulations
- Inclusive Design
Background:
- Danish Building Regulations' accessibility requirements.
- Architectural firms' experiences and opinions.
- Need for innovative and inclusive design (Universal Design - UD).
Purpose of the Study:
- Analyze Danish architectural firms' experiences with accessibility requirements.
- Examine opinions on future regulative models for UD.
- Explore how performance-based models can support inclusive design.
Main Methods:
- Empirical data from six workshops with 700 Danish architectural firms.
- Analysis of input from eight group interviews.
Main Results:
- Current prescriptive accessibility requirements are criticized as too homogenous.
- Demand for differentiation and zoning in regulations.
- Majority interest in performance-based models for 'accessibility zoning' and flexibility.
Conclusions:
- A performance-based model is favored for supporting flexible and inclusive Universal Design.
- Current understanding of accessibility is limited to specific building types (e.g., hospitals).
- Knowledge enhancement in the building sector, potentially using Bloom's taxonomy, is needed to achieve innovative and inclusive architecture.
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