Accessibility in buildings is an important qualification to make people with physical impairments included in society. An inclusive society is needed to achieve social sustainability as well. A large amount of different people visit school buildings in their everyday life and a lack of accessibility in these buildings can give a large negative impact. Sweden´s requirements and guidelines regarding accessibility is applied in early stages of the process when a building is established. Accessibility in school buildings is also something that Gävle municipality is working with actively. In this survey the accessibility in schools for wheelchair users or people with visual impairment was evaluated by comparing three different school buildings. Another ambition was to study the differences between older and newer buildings regarding accessibility. In addition to the requirements, guidelines and earlier research a person with a wheelchair was interviewed to expand the perspective on how practical accessibility is experienced. A conclusion from the earlier research and the interview was that obstacles in accessibility usually had to do with ramps, doors, navigation and toilets. Older buildings often had small spaces and high thresholds. The examination of the three school buildings indicated that the level of accessibility over all was appropriate, but there were some details where problems could occur. The most notable differences between the buildings concerned level differences, design of corridors and elevators.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-44407 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Forslöf, Erica |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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