Accessibility and Heritage Protection

Accessibility and Heritage
Protection - Introduction
Working Group
Barrier-free City for All
16.04.2013
Dr. Markus Rebstock
Dresden
Structure
• Legal framework on accessibility and
monument protection – international / EU
• „Good Practices“ for measures to improve
accessibility of monument-protected
areas in Europe
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Spain
Italy
United Kingdom
Sweden
Denmark
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Design for All
„Nowadays it would not be possible
to construct the Spanish Steps like
this. Finally it is all about
democratisation of architecure.“
(corresponding to Daniel Libeskind in context of the award show
od the Schindler Award for Architecture Access for All 2004 in
Lucerne, Switzerland)
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Legal framework
International
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (12/10/1948),
Article 27:
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the
cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to
share in scientific advancement and its benefits. […]
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(2006) - Article 30 - Participation in cultural life,
recreation, leisure and sport
(1) States Parties […] shall take all appropriate
measures to ensure that persons with disabilities: […]
c) […], as far as possible, enjoy access to monuments and sites of national cultural importance.
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Legal framework - EU
Council Resolution of 6 May 2003 on accessibility of
cultural infrastructure and cultural activities for people
with disabilities (05/06/2003):
•The Council of the European Union invites the member
states and the commission, within their respective
competencies, to: […]
iii) continue efforts to eliminate existing barriers and
examine further appropriate ways and means to facilitate
and improve the access of people with disabilities to
culture, including:
— evaluating and improving physical access,
without prejudice to Member States regulations
concerning protection of monuments, to places such
as archaeological sites, museums, monuments and
places of cultural activities […].
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Legal framework - DE
In Germany legislation in reliance to monument
protection is based on the federal state level:
• 6 from 16 federal states have included in their
monument protection acts a part like “The monuments
protection authority is taking account of the needs of
people with disabilities” (2010)
•Laws on equal opportunities for people with disabilities
on federal state level
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Carta de Monumentos para todos (guidelines)
• Standard guidelines and criteria for an accessible
design of monument-protected areas
• Standard guidelines and criteria are less
restrictive than for other public areas
• Classification of monument-protected areas in
different levels of relevance, which are attributed to
different levels of accessibility
• Communication / marketing: Brochure “universal
accessibility of the monuments in Ávila”
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Monasterio de Santo Tomás – Access to museum
Quelle: Concejalía de Accesibilidad. Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Ávila (2009): Actas - Jornadas de Accesibilidad Universal al Patrimonio .- S.119, Ávila
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Monasterio de Santo Tomás – Acces to information
desk
Quelle: Concejalía de Accesibilidad. Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Ávila (2009): Actas - Jornadas de Accesibilidad Universal al Patrimonio .- S.119, Ávila
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Vacas – alternative
stepless side-entrance
Quelle: Concejalía de Accesibilidad. Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Ávila (2009): Actas - Jornadas de Accesibilidad Universal al Patrimonio .- S.120, Ávila
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Murallas de Ávila – city wall
Quelle: http://www.reconquistaydefensa.org.ar/_ambientes/castillos/wallpapers/avilaful.jpg
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Murallas de Ávila – city wall– ramps / elevators
Quelle: Concejalía de Accesibilidad. Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Ávila (2009): Actas - Jornadas de Accesibilidad Universal al Patrimonio .- S.122, Ávila
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Murallas de Ávila – city wall– ramps / elevators
Quelle: Jose Angel Molero Gonzalez
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Examples - Spain
Castilla y León – Ávila
• Murallas de Ávila – city wall– ramps / elevators
Quelle: Jose Angel Molero Gonzalez
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Examples - Italy
Roma
• Colosseum
Quelle: http://www.superabile.it/web/it/CANALI_TEMATICI/Senza_Barriere/Soluzioni_Progettuali/Spazi_ed_edifici/info-1659734719.html
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Examples - Italy
Roma
• colosseum – Elevators (1000 Persons/h)
Quelle: http://www.superabile.it/web/it/CANALI_TEMATICI/Senza_Barriere/
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Examples - Italy
Roma
•Colosseum – wooden plattform and bridge to control of
visitor movements
Quelle: http://www.superabile.it/web/it/CANALI_TEMATICI/Senza_Barriere/
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Examples - Italy
Asti
• wheelchair-useable surface in historic stone pavement
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Examples - UK
Winchester
•Cathedral – stair-lift
Quelle: English Heritage (2004). Easy access to historic buildings.- S.13, London
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Examples - UK
Winchester
•United Church – before /after reconstruction
Quelle: English Heritage (2004). Easy access to historic buildings.- S.26, London
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Examples - UK
London
•Kew Palace – Elevator (old toilet shaft)
Quelle: Centre for Accessible Environments. (2006). Kew Palace. – In: [Access by Design ] Heft107, S. 6, London
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Examples - UK
London
•Kew Palace – ramp to main entrance
Quelle: Centre for Accessible Environments.(2006). Kew Palace. – In: [Access by Design ] Heft107, S. 9, London
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Examples - UK
London
•Trafalgar Square – handrail - visual contrast between
steps
Quelle: English Heritage. (2005): Easy access to historic landscapes.- S.28, London
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Examples - Sweden
Stockholm
• The Bonde Palace (court) – before reconstruction
Quelle: Sormoen, O. (2009): Accessibility to Cultural heritage.- S.49ff., Kopenhagen
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Examples - Sweden
Stockholm
•The Bonde Palace (court) – after reconstruction
Quelle: Sormoen, O. (2009): Accessibility to Cultural heritage.- S.49ff., Kopenhagen
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Examples - Denmark
Copenhagen
• Metropolitanskolen (University) – subsequent doorinstallation under the window
Quelle: Sormoen, O. (2009): Accessibility to Cultural heritage.- S.104f., Kopenhagen
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Examples - Denmark
Copenhagen
• Metropolitanskolen (University) – subsequent elevatorinstallation – use of the original door design
Quelle: Sormoen, O. (2009): Accessibility to Cultural heritage.- S.104f., Kopenhagen
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Examples - Denmark
Copenhagen
• Den Frie Centre of contemporary art –level-changes
inside the building
Quelle: Sormoen, O. (2009): Accessibility to Cultural heritage.- S.104f., Kopenhagen
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Conclusion
• Processes of weighing of interests between
monument protection and barrier-freedom
normally requires individual solutions
¾ Give-and-take is necessary
¾ Maybe not all parts of the monument can be
made accessible
• Target: Weighing of interests between accessibility to
the greatest extent possible and protection of the
cultural heritage
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Conclusion
¾ Participation of experts for barrier-freedom as
well as for monument protection is stringently
necessary
¾ Research need in reliance to planning
processes
¾ backlog demand and research need especially in
the field of visual contrast design
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Thank you for your attention!
Working Group
Barrier-free City for All
16.04.2013
Dresden
Dipl.-Geogr. Markus Rebstock * [email protected] * www.verkehr-und-raum.de