Course detail
Accessible Architecture
FA-ARB-KEAcad. year: 2025/2026
The course consists of seminars where students will familiarize themselves with the issue of designing public spaces for the persons with limited capability of movement and orientation. They will work out a semestral work in the form of analysis and adaptation of a selected public space in exterior or interior. The course is coordinated with the specialists on accessible architecture.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the technical courses.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
80 % of attendance is compulsory. Students must develop, consult and submit a semestral work.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.
Aims
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
MEUSER, Philipp. Accessible Architecture. Dom Publ, 2012. ISBN: 9783869221700. (EN)
WHITE, Robert W. Designing a Visible City for Visually Impaired Users: Breaking the Barriers of Disabling Architecture. University of Strathclyde, 2010. (EN)
Recommended reading
WICKMAN, Ron. Accessible Architecture—Beyond the Ramp. Gemma B. Publishing, 2020. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NE_A+U Master's
specialization --- (2023) , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
specialization --- (2023) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional - Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
specialization --- (do 2022) , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
specialization --- (do 2022) , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective - Programme BE_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme N_A+U Master's
specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
specialization --- (do 2022) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional - Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective