Title & Author:

Access for all : approaches to the built environment / Wolfgang Christ (ed.) ; with a foreword by Thomas Sieverts.

Publication:

Basel [Switzerland] ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2009.

Description:

184 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"This book is also available in a German language edition (ISBN: 9783034600804)"--Title page verso.
Also published in German.
Includes bibliographical references.
Elevation : a cultural history of the elevator / Jeannot Simmen -- Megamobility : technology for the individual in the urbanised world / Jonas Hughes -- Cooperation : urban planning is a community project / John Thompson, Andreas von Zadow -- Variety : the Südstadt in Tübingen as a model for the city / Cord Soehlke -- Syntax : planning urban accessibility / Anna Rose, Tim Stonor -- Image : the imaginary as an instrument of urban and regional planning / Wolfgang Christ -- Practice : reducing barriers / Susanne Edinger -- Everyday life : normalisation breeds discrimination / Tobias Reinhard -- Public utility : car sharing as a complementary means of urban mobility / Willi Loose -- Reflection : philosophy for everyone? / Gernot Böhme -- Internet : digital inclusion for everyone regardless of their abilities / Jutta Croll -- Competition : the Schindler award and the culture of education / Thomas Sieverts.

Summary:

"Access and accessibility are central themes in architecture and urbanism. The goal is to make buildings accessible both horizontally and vertically, as well as to provide them with technical infrastructure. But the aim is also to ensure the accessibility of whole streets, routes, parks, and squares, and even entire cities and regions. Today, access is a key concept in the most disparate areas of life. Thus, it is also a matter of access to knowledge and education, access to knowledge media like the Internet, access to healthcare, access to languages, etc. In thirteen articles, this book deals with this world of access in architecture, city planning, and neighboring fields. Topics include ensuring the accessibility of entire urban areas, renewing that of areas that were previously utilized differently, including the general populace in concept planning, and how architecture can help provide access to a better quality of life."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9783034600811
303460081X
9783034600804 (German ed.)
3034600801 (German ed.)

Subject:

Architecture Human factors.
Universal design.
Barrier-free design.
City planning.
Architecture and society.
Architectural Accessibility
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Conception universelle.
Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées.
Architecture et société.
barrier-free design.
Buildings Environmental engineering.
Städtebau
Barrierefreies Bauen
Mobilität
Bebyggelse handikappanpassning.
Byggnader handikappanpassning.
Tillgänglighet för personer med funktionsnedsättning.

Added entries:

Christ, Wolfgang, 1951-
Sieverts, Thomas

Approaches to the built environment

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264670
Call No.: BIB 196122
Status: Available