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Type:	Artigo de Evento
Title:	Universal design criteria in standards and codes about accessibility of built environments in Brazil
Other Titles:	Critérios de desenho universal em normas e códigos sobre acessibilidade de ambientes construídos no Brasil
Authors:	Marcelo Pinto Guimarães
Abstract:	This paper includes some criticism in analysis of the development and implementation of the national standards for accessibility of the built environment in Brazil, i.e., the NBR9050. Currently, the 2015 version of it resembles an encyclopaedia including a variety of exotic contributions gathered historically from different sources; however, that characteristic makes it work like a puzzle that keeps alive prejudices about users' needs and disabilities. Besides, there are conflicts between recommended ideas and previous requirements from older versions. The definition of Universal Design has been published since 2004, but there is still no indication of how to make the principles work in practice. Therefore, it is very hard for city officials to assess quality of environments, and professionals have serious constraints to explore their skills further while addressing users' diversified needs. Certainly, the current NBR9050 requires further editorial work. Nevertheless, an important decision is necessary: it is important to organize information so that readers may identify in each topic whether Universal Design application can be achieved or whether the proposed technical solution may lead to construction of limited spatial adaptation and reach only some poor accommodation of users with uncommon needs. Presenting some examples in context of socially inclusive environments, the newer revised version of NBR9050 is necessary to explain about pitfalls of bad design of accessibility for discriminated disabled users. Readers should be able to establish conceptual links between the best ideas so that Universal Design could be easily understood.
Subject:	Arquitetura e Urbanismo Desenho Industrial
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	ARQ - DEPARTAMENTO DE PROJETOS
Rights:	Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	10.3233/978-1-61499-684-2-121
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/36920
Issue Date:	2016
metadata.dc.url.externa:	http://www.udyork.net
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Learning from the past, designing for the future
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Evento

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