Accessibility of Built Environment (5 ECTS)
Code: C-02630-5B00FM95-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 21.11.2024 - 28.03.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 07.03.2025 - 08.05.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Institution
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences, TAMK Pääkampus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 1 - 10
- Course
- C-02630-5B00FM95
Learning outcomes
The students will learn to analyse built environment and its operating constraints. The students know the demands and the relevant legislation which the disabled place on the environment. The students learn to solve environmental problems in traditional and innovative ways. The students are able to apply the principles of the building sector in order to promote accessibility. The students are able to solve construction-related accessibility problems in the design, construction and modification stages.
Content
The built environment, the most common operating constraints. Legislation and guidelines to promote and demand barrier-free environment. Properties and characteristics of an accessible environment. Building Services and DFA. Construction process and construction contract practices and channels of influence. Environmental visions for barrier-free residential environment. Design for all thinking.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of building or building design.
Teaching methods
Self study Lectures and assignments Peer reviews Seminar
Location and time
On Fridays 8.3., 15.3. (contact), 22.3., 5.4., 12.4. and final seminar on 26.4. at 9-16.
Learning materials and recommended literature
Accessibility Survey of Built Environment (by the Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities) Finnish Land Use and Building Act
Alternative completion methods of implementation
No alternative ways
Internship and working life connections
Considered case by case
Exam dates and retake possibilities
Course performance will be evaluated by exercises and activity of student both in lectures and in virtual learning environment (moodle).
International connections
1 credit - 27 hours of student's work
Content scheduling
Introduction to accessible design and legislation Basic information about accessibility and measurements Accessibility in apartments, public buildings and exteriors Accessibility provided by building services Information about limitations of human functions Building project and accessible design Final seminar
Assessment methods and criteria
Aktiivisuus ja läsnäolot lähiopetuksessa. 80 % läsnäolo lähiopetuspäivinä on pakollinen. Suullinen / Moodlessa tapahtuva opettajan arviointi ja vertaisarviointi seminaareissa. Arvosana 0 ‐ 5 osaamistason mukaan.
Evaluation scale
0-5