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There are more barriers to be overcome than steps

Historic preservation and accessibility are not meant to be contradictions. However, this new way of thinking has been developing very slowly and has just recently been accepted, although not everywhere.
There are now many good design solutions that comply with historic preservation standards and meet the demands of accessibility to buildings and open spaces.
As well as removing structural barriers for physically-disabled people such as steps or narrow doorways, the needs of people with sensory impaiments, such as blind or hearing-impaired visitors, have to be taken into account by providing wayfinding aids, appropriate signs an tighting, hearing aids, announcements etc. when modifying historic buildings.
St. Mark´s Church, Chemnitz St. Hedwig´s Cathedral, Berlin Church of the Three Kings, Dresden Castle Hartenfels, Torgau

Equal Status Criteria

Villa Karl-Tauchnitz-Str., Leipzig Town Hall, Dresden 4Ensure accessibility and usability
4Intergration instead of separation
4Provide minimum clear floor spaces
4Consider minimum standard measures as
    well as anthropometric measures
4Ensure manoeuverability
4Provide simple and consistent wayfinding systems
4Provide tactile as well as audible information for
    blind and sight-impairag people

                     Encouraging Examples

Local Court, Marienberg











Consulting and Coordinating for Barrier-free Building:

Behindertenverband Leipzig e.V.

Bernhard-Göring-Str. 152, 04277 Leipzig
Tel.: 0341/ 30 65 221 (office),
e-mail:bvl.leipzig@t-online.de

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