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Bauhaus - Home For The Aged
Bauhaus - Home For The Aged
2. What did you do to provide info for blind persons who do not know Braille?
3. Did you place rest areas with benches on long path or walkways?
4. Did you provide means of emergency info or distress call in strategic areas? What
kind?
6. Are pedestrian crossings wide and comfortable to cross by elders even without
assistance? Are acoustical signals provided?
8. Are there provisions for parking for the disabled? What would be the acceptable
quantity and how was it computed?
13. Did you apply the 1.50m minimum width for pathways,
corridors, and passages in order for two wheelchairs to pass each other or for one
wheelchair to make a full turn?
14. Are toilet seats, bidets, shower seats and bath-tub seats
mounted at the same height as the wheelchair seat (between 0.45m and 0.50m
above floor level)?
16. Did you use lever-type door knobs for all doors throughout the
facility?
17. Are all faucets and valves of lever-type? Are the shower heads
adjustable hand-held type?
23. Did you avoid putting gratings along pathways and in other
places where it may pose hazard to wheelchair users, cane and crutch users, or
even women on high heels?
24. Are all doors and egress ways free from obstruction?
B. The SITE
2. Presence of Swamp:
a. Indicates that the area is lower than the rest of the lot
b. Low water seepage
c. Potential for the development of a pond or lagoon provided with protective
railings
d. It can also become a source of income, additional resources, or simply
recreation if converted into a fish farm provided with fishing deck
3. Century-old Trees:
a. Permanent features that can not be removed or moved
b. Keeps the lot in-tact and stable
c. Can be utilized as landmarks or aesthetic element as part of the design
4. Pasig River:
a. Poses as hazard to users
b. Requires legal easement (at least 6 m.)
c. Legal easement can be developed into a walking park or promenade
provided with protective railings
5. Existing Driveway:
a. Indicates the presence of a previous development (park or building)
b. Using all or a portion of the existing driveway can save the developer much
resources
c. Part of the existing driveway can be omitted to provide wider space for
development and to restrict access of vehicles to private parts of the
“home”
6. Quezon Bridge:
a. The large bridge redirects the flow of wind that moves on the surface of the
river, changing its direction from NE-SW to North-South
b. Indicates that smog and noise is most likely to come from that part of the
site emitted by the passing vehicles atop the bridge
8. Basic Amenities:
a. Basic amenities such as guard house, power house, garbage disposal or
management center, emergency distress call booths, water tank, metering
space, water treatment facility (if any), and alike should be clearly visible in
the Site Development plan
b. Other items like open court, covered court (multi-purpose), walk/pathways,
laundry/drying area, central kitchen, clinic, ecumenical chapel or place of
worship, meditation gardens, aviary, butterfly garden, mini-farm, and alike
should be labeled accordingly
9. Pedestrian Crossings:
a. Limit but strategically locate pedestrian crossings
b. Use chevrons at approach to pedestrian crossings
10.Drop-off Zone:
a. Provide drop-off area for the main building
b. Drop-off must have ramps or transfer station
c. It must be of sufficient size so as to accommodate people on wheelchair
12.Sustainability:
a. Provide facility for production and hobbies for income generation
C. The INTERIORS
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