ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: IAS10101f15
Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Desibled Users in Public Spaces
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Hanna Marszałek, dr inż. Kamila Adamczyk
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. If less than 6 students sign up for the group, the course will be available in Polish with the possibility of individual support in English. Contact person: dr inż. Kamila Adamczyk

Learning outcomes: The student after completion of the course should be sensitive on people with disabilities problems and should knows the legal instruments concerning disabled users; should know how to limit mental discrimination by redesigning the architectural barriers in communication areas.

Competences:

Prerequisites: It is proposed to conduct classes in the spring semester. Practical exercises conducted in the area where the students will be in the roles of people with disabilities.

Course content: Course contents: Lecture 1: Disabled users in public spacer – examples Lecture 2: Types of physical disabilities and their influence on dysfunctions. Lecture 3: Types of mental disabilities and their influence on physical and social dysfunctions. Lecture 4: Legal instruments concerning disabled users. Lecture 1: Legislative instruments concerning disabled users (cont.). Lecture 1: Ergonomics of people with disabilities. Lecture 7: Examples of designing solutions adapted for disabled users in closed facilities. Lecture 8: Examples of designing solutions adapted for disabled users in public spaces. Lecture 9: Risks and reasons of disabilities. Lecture 10: Old age – statistics, forecast, limitation. Lecture 11: Leisure and recreation of people with disabilities. Lecture 12: Tourism and sport of people with disabilities. Lecture 13: People with disabilities on countryside. Lecture 14: Greenery and its role in stimulation of people with disabilities. Lecture 15: Compendium.

Recommended literature:  Akty prawne dotyczące osób niepełnosprawnych.  Neufert E.: Podręcznik projektowania architektoniczno-budowlanego, Arkady, Warszawa 2003.  Wapiennik E., Piotrowicz R.: Niepełnosprawny – pełnosprawny obywatel Europy, Urząd Komitetu Integracji Europejskiej, Warszawa 2002.  Kamińska A.: stereotypy, uprzedzenia, dyskryminacja. Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Niezależnych, Mikuszewo 2007.  Jasiak A., Swereda D.; Ergonomia osób niepełnosprawnych. WPP Poznań 2009.  Rozporządzenie Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 12 kwietnia 2002 r. w sprawie warunków technicznych, jakim powinny odpowiadać budynki i ich usytuowanie.

Assessment methods: credit classes, exam

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