Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Superstructure"

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:superstructure2.png|thumb|left|280px|Grass walls attached to wooden poles; no roof; curtain for privacy]]
  
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===Acknowledgements===
 
===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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*  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 and WEDC.
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[[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]]
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[[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]]

Latest revision as of 02:27, 31 January 2015

Grass walls attached to wooden poles; no roof; curtain for privacy
Plastic sheeting for walls attached to wooden poles, woven mat for curtain, no roof
Rammed earth structure with thatched roof
Suitable for: People with mobility impairments.


Construction
Advantages
Disadvantages
Improvements / variations
Cost / labour
Grass walls attached to wooden poles; no roof; curtain for privacy
  • Materials locally available
  • Easy and quick to construct
  • Provides some privacy
  • Low durability
  • Lack of roof means it is difficult to use when raining or very hot
  • Low privacy
  • Useful as a temporary measure but not ideal long term
  • Spiral construction with a wider entrance would provide greater privacy

Handrails4.png

Low
Plastic sheeting for walls attached to wooden poles, woven mat for curtain, no roof
  • Materials locally available
  • Easy and quick to construct
  • Mat ‘curtain’ can be pulled across for privacy (see image)
  • Wide entrance good for many users
  • 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
Rammed earth structure with thatched roof
  • Durable
  • Materials locally available
  • Strong enough to attach handrails to the wall
Difficult to allow enough light in without reducing privacy
  • 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

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