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Title: Art%20Building%20Assessment


1
Art Building Assessment
By Jana Mathewson, Johanna Fischer, Kelsey
Richards, Megan Eliot, Megan Reiser,Owen J.
Taylor,Tara Mulcahey
2
History of School of Art
  • Built in 1950 for the School of Art
  • Remodeled 1969

3
Main Entrance
  • Approach from the Quad
  • Limited by stairs
  • To get to main entrance via a wheelchair, you
    have to go all the way around building.

4
Main Entrance Ramp
  • Efficient ramp
  • Sturdy and 36 high railings
  • 43 between railings
  • Non-slip surfaces
  • EXCEPT
  • There was no 5-foot long level landing at every
    30-foot horizontal length ramp It would be
    improved by making the ramp shorter.

5
Parking Lot
  • One disability parking spot for every five
    spaces.
  • Spot too narrow for lift-equipped vans
  • Needed a 16-foot-wide space, with 98 inches of
    vertical clearance

6
Accessibility Map
  • Easy to read
  • Showed disability accessible bathrooms and
    elevator
  • NEEDS to be updated
  • NEEDS to show wheelchair accessible entrances

7
Facility Space-Hallways
  • Not all hallways allowed turn space for
    wheelchairs
  • Not all pull side of doors had 18 of clear wall
    space
  • Majority of accessible routes had 40 width

8
Facility Space-Classroom
  • Aisles irregular due to moveable desks scattered
    throughout classroom
  • No wheelchair seating (tables were too high and
    not deep enough to get chair under)
  • Obstacles not
  • cane-detectable

9
Facility Space-Library
  • Not accessible for disabled
  • Disabled people must ask for assistance
  • Too narrow
  • Only usable space is through desks

10
Elevator
  • No visible or audible door opening/closing
    indicators
  • Emergency intercom is NOT usable without voice
    communication
  • Emergency intercom is NOT identified by Braille
    and raised letters

11
Accessible Bathroom
  • Signs to guide to accessible bathroom from all
    inaccessible rest rooms
  • Bathroom meets all standards of height and width
    for all accessibility
  • Toilet seat is too low only 15 high
  • No push button for easy entrance

12
Drinking Fountains
  • Met height requirement
  • Only one fountain-did not have a hi-lo fountain

13
Conclusion / Questions
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