Art%20Building%20Assessment

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Art Building Assessment
By Jana Mathewson, Johanna Fischer, Kelsey
Richards, Megan Eliot, Megan Reiser,Owen J.
Taylor,Tara Mulcahey
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History of School of Art

• Built in 1950 for the School of Art
• Remodeled 1969

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Main Entrance

• Approach from the Quad
• Limited by stairs
• To get to main entrance via a wheelchair, you
  have to go all the way around building.

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Main Entrance Ramp

• Efficient ramp
• Sturdy and 36 high railings
• 43 between railings
• Non-slip surfaces
• EXCEPT
• There was no 5-foot long level landing at every
  30-foot horizontal length ramp It would be
  improved by making the ramp shorter.

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Parking Lot

• One disability parking spot for every five
  spaces.
• Spot too narrow for lift-equipped vans
• Needed a 16-foot-wide space, with 98 inches of
  vertical clearance

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Accessibility Map

• Easy to read
• Showed disability accessible bathrooms and
  elevator
• NEEDS to be updated
• NEEDS to show wheelchair accessible entrances

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Facility Space-Hallways

• Not all hallways allowed turn space for
  wheelchairs
• Not all pull side of doors had 18 of clear wall
  space
• Majority of accessible routes had 40 width

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Facility Space-Classroom

• Aisles irregular due to moveable desks scattered
  throughout classroom
• No wheelchair seating (tables were too high and
  not deep enough to get chair under)
• Obstacles not
• cane-detectable

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Facility Space-Library

• Not accessible for disabled
• Disabled people must ask for assistance
• Too narrow
• Only usable space is through desks

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Elevator

• No visible or audible door opening/closing
  indicators
• Emergency intercom is NOT usable without voice
  communication
• Emergency intercom is NOT identified by Braille
  and raised letters

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Accessible Bathroom

• Signs to guide to accessible bathroom from all
  inaccessible rest rooms
• Bathroom meets all standards of height and width
  for all accessibility
• Toilet seat is too low only 15 high
• No push button for easy entrance

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Drinking Fountains

• Met height requirement
• Only one fountain-did not have a hi-lo fountain

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Conclusion / Questions