Odegaard Undergraduate Library:

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Odegaard Undergraduate Library
Brenna Hesch, Erin Reddish, Katie Carlile,
Brandon Rain
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ADA Conflictions to Address

• Slick bricks in Red Square
• Accessible entry
• Elevator non-compliance
• Restrooms

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Slick Entryway to Odegaard via Red Square

• During wet months, Red Square is a traction-free
  surface
• Designed in the 1970s to allow for effective
  crowd-control against anti-war protesters
• As many students can attest to, walking through
  Red Square in the rain can lead to a fall

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Accessible Entry
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Elevator Non-Compliance

• No audible floor indicators
• No brail on buttons for 50 of elevators
• Intercoms lack Braille, raised lettering, and
  ability to use without voice communication

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RestroomsThird Floor Mens
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• No accessiblity demarcations outside of restroom
• 28 for accessible entry
• No grab bars behind toilet
• Insufficient room for wheelchair use
• Not all entrances were marked with Braille

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Possible Solutions

• Red Square Feasibility of change is low,
  considering mass scale of operation and historic
  value
• Accessibility entry Requires wider doorways and
  book aisles
• Elevator non-compliance Braille on all buttons,
  non-verbal intercom accessibility, auditory
  signals for floor level
• Restrooms External accessibility demarcations,
  wider accessible stalls, installation of grab
  bars posterior to toilet

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Conclusions

• Its not economically feasible to resurface Red
  Square
• Perhaps install a traction pathway
• Widening entryways is possible, though expensive
• Increasing spacing between bookshelves
• Making elevators accessible will involve putting
  on Braille additions (cheap), new intercom design
  (could be expensive), and auditory signals for
  floor level (also potentially expensive)
• Womens/Mens restrooms on the 3rd floor can be
  made more accessible for little cost