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Accessible - Superstructure

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:superstructure1.png|thumb|left|230px|]]

|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:superstructure2.png|thumb|left|280px|]]

|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:superstructure3.png|thumb|left|250px|]]
|}

{| style="border: 2px solid #DB87C9;"
|'''Suitable for:''' People with mobility impairments.
|}

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7"
|width="20%"|'''Construction''' 
|width="20%"|'''Advantages''' 
|width="20%"|'''Disadvantages ''' 
|width="20%"|'''Improvements / variations''' 
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' 
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Grass walls attached to wooden poles; no roof; curtain for privacy.
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* Materials locally available
* Easy and quick to construct
* Provides some privacy
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* Low durability
* Lack of roof means it is difficult to use when raining or very hot
* Low privacy
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* Useful as a temporary measure but not ideal long term
* Spiral construction with a wider entrance would provide greater privacy 
[[Image:handrails4.png|100px]]
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Plastic sheeting for walls attached to wooden poles, woven mat for curtain, no roof.
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* Materials locally available
* Easy and quick to construct
* Mat ‘curtain’ can be pulled across for privacy (see image)
* Wide entrance good for many users
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* No roof means it is difficult to use when raining or very hot
* Curtain difficult to close
* Plastic sheeting easily damaged, reducing privacy
|Plastic roof could be added
|Low
|-
|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Rammed earth structure with thatched roof
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* Durable
* Materials locally available
* Strong enough to attach handrails to the wall
|Difficult to allow enough light in without reducing privacy
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* Widen entrance
* Add a door with lock for privacy and security
* Increase number of windows (high up) to allow more light in
|Medium to high
|}

===Acknowledgements===
* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid.

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