Transcription of Accessibility Code For The Built Environment
1 Accessibility Code For The Built Environment 1. Accessibility Code For The Built Environment Accessibility Code For The Built Environment We are guided and inspired by the words of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai: The fastest and most sustainable way to reinforce our competitiveness on a global level is to build a flexible and creative economy, based on a culture of innovation.. Our Vision: Foster Dubai's creative industries to establish Dubai as a global innovation hub. Our Mission: Create an enabling Environment for entrepreneurs, industry leaders and talented workers from across the globe. As we strive towards realising Sheikh Mohammed's vision, we encourage and support all organisations and individuals who join us in making Dubai the world's most innovative city.
2 His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Creative Clusters Authority All Rights Reserved for the Dubai Creative Clusters Authority 2016. Accessibility Code Standard for the Built Environment in the Creative Clusters . First Edition, October 2016. All or any part of the contents of this document including, but not limited to: text, logos, images, files, etc are the sole property of the Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (DCCA) , UAE DCCA reserves all copyrights, trademark, patent, intellectual and other property rights in the information, date, images, etc contained in this document provided in any means. Any unauthorized use or publication or reproduction or printing or amendments or any other actions are strictly prohibited 2 3.
3 Accessibility Code For The Built Environment Accessibility Code For The Built Environment TABLE OF. CONTENTS. LIST OF. i. Terms & Definitions ii. Introduction 8. 14. Horizontal Circulation Horizontal Circulation 86. 87. TABLES. iii. Scope & Use 18 Elements 90. Masterplanning 22 Doors - external & internal 91. Accessible Masterplans 23 Doors - access control systems 96. Arrival 26 Doors - opening & closing 98. Car Parking & Drop off Points 27 systems Table 1 / Car Parking Provision 28. Pedestrian Routes 32 Seating 101. Table 2 / Desirable Enlarged Parking 31. Pedestrian Crossings 37 Wayfinding, information & signs 103. Public Realm 38 Services 106 Spaces Provision Street Furniture 39 Communication Systems & 107 Table 3 / Provision of wheelchair 75.
4 External Ramps 41 Acoustics External Steps 44 Switches & Controls 110 space in audience seating Handrails & Guarding 46 Internal Lighting 111 Table 4 / Approaches 77. Shading 47 External Lighting 112. Table 5 / Minimum corridor width 88. Parks & Open Spaces 49 Management 114. Internal Environments 52 Building Management 115 Table 6 / Minimum effective clear 92. Entrances 53 Management of Public Realm 118. widths of doors Entrance Foyers 56 Access Strategy Statements 120. Reception Desks & Service 58 Access Strategy Statements 121 Table 7 / Text heights and viewing 103. Counters Means of Escape 122 distances for signs Surfaces 60 Means of Escape 123. Table 8 / Means of Escape 123. Sanitary Facilities 62. Facilities 74 Appendix A: Standards & 126.
5 Vertical Circulation 80 publications Passenger & Platform Lifts 81. Internal Ramps, Steps, Stairs & 85 Appendix B: Access Strategy 128. Handrails Statement Process 4 5. Accessibility Code For The Built Environment Accessibility Code For The Built Environment Figure 28 / Unisex wheelchair 63 Figure 39/ Lift dimensions 81. accessible toilet with corner WC Figure 40 / Non-enclosed short-rise 83. Figure 29 / Heights and arrangement 64 platform lift fittings in a unisex wheelchair Figure 41 / Enclosed platform lift 83. accessible toilet Figure 42 / Siair positioning in 85. LIST OF Figure 30 / Height of various fittings 64 relation to a principal circulation FIGURES in toilet accommodation Figure 31 / WC cubicle for ambulant 65. route Figure 43 / Corridor dimensions 88.
6 Figure 1 - Defining vulnerability 14 Figure 13 / Street furniture 40 disabled people Figure 44 / Effective clear door 92. Figure 2 - Defining vulnerability 14 Figure 14 / short rise ramp 41 Figure 32 / An example of self- 66 widths Figure 3 / Car parking dimensions 27 Figure 15 / Ramp gradients 42 contained changing rooms for Figure 45 / Door vision panels 92. and alighting spaces Figure 16 / Ramp and adjacent steps 43 individual use Figure 46 / Marks on glazed surfaces 95. Figure 4 / Parking meter 29 Figure 17 / Stair Dimension 45 Figure 33 / an example of self- 67 Figure 47 / Glazing clearly defined 95. Figure 5 / Disabled on-street space 29 Figure 18 / Step profile 45 contained shower room for with manifestation at two levels with dropped kerb arrangement Figure 19 / Hand rails 46 individual use Figure 48 / Door access height 96.
7 Figure 6 / Desirable Car parking 31 Figure 20 / Shading 48 Figure 34 / Example of a shower 68 Figure 49 / Door level handle details 100. dimensions and alighting spaces Figure 21 / Entrance identification 53 room incorporating a corner WC for Figure 50 / Pull handles 100. Figure 7 / Path dimensions 33 Figure 22 / Methods for alerting 54 individual use Figure 51 / Seating 101. Figure 8 / Passing bays & seating on 33 passersby to outswinging doors Figure 35 / Example of a baby 70 Figure 52 / Height and position of 105. access routes Figure 23 / Lobby dimensions 55 changing facility signs Figure 9 / Tactile paving surfaces 35 Figure 24 / Entrance foyer 57 Figure 36 / Wheel chair spaces at 75 Figure 53/ Height of switches and 110. Figure 10 / Tactile paving at 35 Figure 25 / Reception/Service desk 59 audience seating controls uncontrolled crossing points with dimensions Figure 37 / Example of shared 77 Figure 54 / Access Strategy 131.
8 Dropped kerb or raised carriageway Figure 26 / Manoeuvering space to 59 refreshment facilities Statement Process Figure 11 / Hazard protection 36 reception counters / service Figure 38 / Example of wheelchair 78. Figure 12 / Street furniture 39 Figure 27 / Effectiveness of offering 61 accessible hotel bedroom with LRVs for adjacent surfaces ensuite facility 6 7. Accessibility Code For The Built Environment i. Terms & Definitions Accessibility Code For The Built Environment TERMS & DEFINITIONS. TERMS & For the purposes of this Code, the following terms are applicable to the public realm, buildings and facilities Barrier an obstacle preventing a vulnerable person from living independently, working, travelling Diversity the recognition that each individual is unique and that these differences can make a positive DEFINITIONS and are defined as: Access the means to enable all users to approach, enter and leave and / or gaining access to buildings, services and facilities.
9 Barrier-free design is design which enables a vulnerable person to contribution to society. Egress a continuous and unobstructed means of exit from any point in a building or facility to an the building and to use the facilities live independently, work, travel and external place of safety. therein without assistance or undue / or gain access to the public realm, difficulty. Environment the surroundings buildings, services and facilities. or conditions in which a person lives. Accessible with respect to the Building shall include part of a Includes the natural and the Built public realm and buildings or parts building. Environment . of buildings, means that all users are able to gain access equally and easily. Circulation path an exterior or Environmental barrier an interior pedestrian route.
10 Obstacle preventing a person from Accessibility the degree to travelling to and / or gaining access which a building or other structure is Comfort space pedestrian-only areas. to the public realm and / or building. accessible. Contrast visually A difference in Facilities something designed, Accessible entrance an entrance Built , installed etc, within the public that is accessible to all users. light reflectance value sufficient for a visual difference to be perceived realm, building or building complex Accessible route an interior or between two or more fittings or to serve a specific function for the exterior continuous unobstructed elements of a building or in the benefit of users corridor or path connecting all public realm. Facility includes not only the accessible elements and spaces building and structures, but also the within a building, facility or the Disability can be seen either as an impairment or (from the perspective site on which they are located.)
