Doors & Windows, Mirrors, WCs & Urinals, Wash basins & Hand dryers, Lift controls, Shelves, Work surfaces & Tables, Electrical fixtures, etc.

1. U N I V E R S A L D E S I G N
GUWAHATI COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING
MAKING
DESIGN
ACCESSIBLE
TO
ALL
IN
SOCIETY
AR. BISWAJIT SHARMA
M.ARCH(UD), MBA(HR,IT)
সা ৰ্বজ নী ন প ৰি ক ল্প না
HEIGHTS OF FIXTURES & FITTINGS

2. D
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S The height of fixtures and fittings in buildings poses problems for
which universal design cannot always present satisfactory answers,
for example where there are conflicting interests between children
and adult people, and between standing people and wheelchair
users
Standard-panel glazed doors, sightlines. The figures represent tall ambulant men, short ambulant women and short wheelchair users
Window. The figure represents average-height elderly women Window. The figure represents average-height wheelchair user

3. Average-height woman,
reach over kitchen units
600 mm deep
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Wall mirror. The figures represent tall ambulant men and short wheelchair users Tilted mirror on dressing table. The figures represent short wheelchair users
and tall ambulant men
Average-height woman Short elderly woman Wheelchair user, side reach Wheelchair user, front reach

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WC bowl, standard provision WC bowl for disabled people
Tall man Short man Boy age 7 Boy age 4
Bowl urinals for boys and men
Ambulant wheelchair user
Tall man
Boy age 4
Stall Urinals

5. W
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Tall man, rim
at 950 mm
Average-height woman,
rim at 950 mm
Tall man, rim
at 820 mm
Average-height woman,
rim at 820 mm
Wheelchair user,
rim at 820 mm
Child age 4,
rim at 820 mm
Wash Basins
Hand dryers
Average-height man Boy at 6 Wheelchair user
Hand dryers with the warm air blower
at 1100 mm above floor level will
generally serve adult people, children
and wheelchair users.

6. L
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Lift controls, average-height man. Panel to the right
shows height conditions.
Lift Controls
Lift controls, wheelchair user Average-height man needing close view
of lift control information
Choice of lift control positions Digital code panel, standing people Digital code panel, wheelchair users
Coded access panels

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Wheelchair user, frontal approach to work
surface/table at 800 mm above floor level.
Work surfaces & Tables
Wheelchair user, frontal approach to work
surface/table at 700 mm above floor level
Wheelchair user, lateral approach to
counter/work surface at 650 mm above
floor level where frontal access is prevented
Wheelchair user, access to sockets on
unobstructed wall surfaces
Wheelchair user, reach towards sockets above
kitchen worktop 900 mm high, 600 mm deep
Socket outlets