Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

Christ, Wolfgang, 1951-

Description

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

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.

Alternative Title

Approaches to the built environment

Subject

• Architecture > Human factors
• Universal design
• Barrier-free design
• City planning
• Architecture and society
• Architectural Accessibility
• barrier-free design
• Buildings > Environmental engineering
• Städtebau
• Barrierefreies Bauen
• Mobilität
• Bebyggelse > handikappanpassning
• Byggnader > handikappanpassning
• Tillgänglighet för personer med funktionsnedsättning

Note

• "This book is also available in a German language edition (ISBN: 9783034600804)"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9783034600811
• 303460081X
• 9783034600804
• 3034600801

LCCN

2009930758

OCLC

• ocn428852519
• 428852519
• SCSB-9855290

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library