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CFS 347: Housing for People With Special Needs
MW 1:00-3:00 Spring, 2003
Instructor: Janet Schrock, Ph.D.
Office: BH 335b
Office hours: Wednesday 9:00-1:00
Telephone: 338-3420
E-mail: janets@sfsu.edu
Homepage: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~janets
Course Description:
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Prerequisite: CFS 344. Housing needs generated
by special conditions and circumstances. Emphasis on the elderly, handicapped or other
occupant types. Implications from research for the functional and aesthetic design of
neighborhoods, interior spaces and furnishings. Class work, two units; laboratory, one
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TEXTS: .DeChiara, Joseph. Panero, Julius. Zelnik, Martin.
Time Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning. McGraw-Hill
Inc. New York. latest edition. Pages 137-148, 178-189, 317, 330, 377-380,
449-452, 723, 718-719, 1065-1068, 1102, 1112-1117
Course reader
OTHER REFERENCES: Housing Interiors for the Disabled and
Elderly by Bettyann Boetticher Raschko, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York,
latest edition(and any other reference to accessible or barrier-free
design/specifications)
OBJECTIVES:
The student will:
1. Identify and describe various types of disabilities.
2. Understand the impact of disabilities on daily living activities.
3. Identify and describe various architectural barriers to daily living
activities of special groups such as the elderly and people with
disabilities.
4. Identify and describe federal laws that relate to the elimination of
architectural barriers in public places.
5. Design interior spaces for people with disabilities.
6. Understand the concept of universal design and apply it to interior
design.
7. Identify the availability of interior products designed for special
needs.
8. Explain interrelationships between the organization of interior space,
special needs and building codes.
Course Requirements:
In order to assure each student the best possible study
conditions, the following basic rules will be applied:
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- Late assignments will be accepted only in exceptional
cases. Points will be deducted for lateness (5% per day, even under
exceptional circumstances). Projects must be handed in during the class
period in which they are due. Be sure to get phone number of at least 2
other students in the class to get information about assignments if you
are sick. |
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- Students are expected to be prompt and to be prepared
with appropriate equipment and supplies. Students will use some class time
to work on projects. If it becomes apparent that the student has not
worked on assignments in the classroom when the time is provided to do so,
the instructor may exercise the option to not accept the assignment. |
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- Attendance will be taken each class period. Students
who leave before class has ended, without permission of the instructor,
will be registered as absent. Students who come late to class will be
registered as absent. |
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- Participation in class discussion and critiques is
required. You are expected to make an effort to express your ideas and
opinions, to give other students useful feedback and suggestions about
their work and to discuss the method and thought processes behind your own
work. Each student is responsible for contribution to the success of the
class as a whole. |
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- You are expected to ask questions about assignments
at the time the projects are assigned in class. If you do not understand
something, ask. Do not wait until a project is due to clarify
instructions. |
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- No make-up quizzes will be administered. |
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- A project turned in without a complete name will
receive no credit. All names must be legible. |
- Written assignments will be typed and double-spaced.
Grading scale:
100-90 % = A 89-80 % = B 79-70 % = C 69-60 % = D 0-59 % = F
Grades will be based on: quizzes, assigned projects and in
class participation:
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Quiz 1 10 % |
Midterm project 15 % |
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Quiz 2 10 % |
Written Assignment and oral presentation 20% |
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Quiz 3 10 % |
WEB presentation 10% |
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Final 10 % |
In-class assignments 5 % |
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Class participation 10 % |
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The written assignment/presentation (15 minutes) will be on a
topic related to accessible/barrier free design. Your assignment throughout the
semester will be to become an expert on that one topic and then present your
information to the class on "presentation days." Select your topic judiciously
so that you can become an expert in one semester. Make it narrow enough that you
do not have to browse the universe to acquire knowledge. Some examples of topics
might be:
The elderly and color perception
Home safety for toddlers
Residential design for the environmentally sensitive
Do not restrict your choice to the above. Your topic should be more than a
report on a product and more than a report on the accessibility of a particular
space. Only one student will report on each topic. We will brain storm in class
to come up with more possibilities. The written report will be 8 to 15 pages
(typed, double-spaced) long, excluding title page and illustrations. The
reference list will have at least five entries.
Bibliography
Pastalan, L. A. and Carson, D.H.. (eds.) "Spacial
Behavior of Older People," Ann Arbor: U. of Michigan, 1970.
Reznikoff, S.C. Specification for Commercial
Interiors: Professional Liabilities, Regulations, and Performance Criteria,
New York: Whitney Library of Design, latest edition.
Design Criteria: New Public Building Accessibility ,
General Services Administration and the Public Buildings Service, May 1977
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