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Author/s:
Clara Greed
Summary:
This book provides both design guidance and policy direction for the provision and design of public toilets and covering city-wide, district-level and site-specific principles. It highlights the role of urban design in reversing the trend of inadequate toilet provision, and sets out guidelines for design which meets both user need and provider requirements.
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Publication date:
2003
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Keywods:
Built EnvironmentDesignPublic Toilets
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Book

Author/s:
Alexander Kira
Summary:
This comprehensive study explores the physiological functional processes, anatomy, anthropometry and design criteria of the bathroom, within the framework of contemporary Western culture.
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1975
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Keywods:
DataDesignErgonomics
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Book

Author/s:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Summary:
Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities. Volume 2 includes design considerations for toilets in buildings other than dwellings.
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2015
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AccessibilityDesignDisability
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Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Eleanor van den Heuvel, Mary Gilhooly, Ian Sutherland, Felicity Jowitt, Kevin McKee, Lena Dahlberg, Stuart Parker, Patrick Gaydecki, Norman Ratcliffe, Jo-Anne Bichard, Adele Long, Nikki Cotterill, Susie Orme
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This report shares the key findings of the Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory Tools and Technology (TACT3) project, where the overall aim was to reduce the impact of continence difficulties for older people, including access to toilets.
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Publication date:
2012
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AccessibilityDesignDisability
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Report

Author/s:
Jo-Anne Bichard
Summary:
This PhD thesis uses the case of the publicly accessible toilet to demonstrate how the design of these facilities has continued to present a ‘special needs’ approach, opposed to inclusive design.
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Publication date:
2014
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Keywods:
AccessibilityBuilt EnvironmentDisability
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Academic Paper

Author/s:
Juliette Hanson; Jo-Anne Bichard; Clara Greed
Summary:
This Accessible Toilet Design Resource, part of VivaCity 2020, is concerned primarily with the design of the accessible toilet cubicle that should be provided for customer or public use wherever there is standard toilet provision.
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Publication date:
2007
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Jo-Anne Bichard; Gail Ramster
Summary:
This guide has been developed from an inclusive design philosophy for providers of publicly accessible toilets, designers, architects and built environment professionals to help make design decisions about their facilities.
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Publicly_Accissible_Toilets_1.pdf 3.75 MB
Publication date:
2011
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignInclusion
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Gail Ramster; Clara Greed; Jo-Anne Bichard
Summary:
This paper published in Built Environment explores how public toilet design for new and existing UK provision can be inclusive all genders and their rights to access, without excluding those socially and culturally dependent on a gender-segregated space.
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Publication date:
2018
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Keywods:
DesignGenderInclusion
Type:
Academic Paper

Author/s:
British Standards
Summary:
This part of BS 6465 provides recommendations and guidance intended for those responsible for the surveying, assessing, planning, commissioning, designing, managing and use of public toilets.
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Publication date:
2010
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Keywods:
Public Toilets
Type:
Standards and Guidance