Rita and all,
I thought you knew....there is a high tech intercom system from
lecture rooms to the accessible loos by which you can choose the
lecture you need while you go about your business, but this does
make asking questions during a lecture difficult. ;-)
Hey, I spent over a month doing nothing, but designing different
types of accessible and regular toilets and lay-outs when I worked
in Newcastle-on-Tyne for the new music hall on the Tyne River by
Foster and associates.... I'm the toilet expert. :-)
Take care,
Jude
>HI all
>
>Design of loos will be an external problem. I had an
interesting
>experience last week with an architect and client who
had included
>a disabled loo in an education refurbishment project.
They nearly
>fell off their chairs when I suggested that the lecture
theatre should
>have a couple of seats for easy access for people in
a wheelchair.
>Obviously disabled people go from one building to
another using
>the loo and doing nothing else.
>
>Rita
>
>PS we're having the lecture theatre seating altered!
Judith M. Irving BSc Arch.Envir.
Research / PhD Student
S U R F A C E
Salford University Research Focus on AcCessible Environments
Bridgewater Building
Salford University
Salford, M7 9NU
England
Tel:0161-295-3194
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