Accessibility applied to ships, case study Riverine Ambulatory Care Center (RACC)
Accessibility applied to ships, case study Riverine Ambulatory Care Center (RACC)
Accessibility as a design concept is generally applied in land constructions; however, the medical character of the case study requires it to be considered in the design process as of its conceptual stage. The riverine ambulatory care center (RACC) is a mobile health unit to carry out medical missio...
| Translated title: | Accesibilidad aplicada a embarcaciones, caso de estudio Centro de Atención Ambulatoria Fluvial (CAAF) |
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| Journal Title: | Ship Science &Technology |
| First author: | Diana Lorena González |
| Other Authors: | Priscilla Areiza Frieri |
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| Language: | English |
| Get full text: | https://www.shipjournal.co/index.php/sst/article/view/74 |
| Resource type: | Journal Article |
| Source: | Ship Science &Technology; Vol 6, No 12 (Year 2013). |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.25043/19098642.74 |
| Publisher: | Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval, Marítima y Fluvial - COTECMAR |
| Usage rights: | Reconocimiento (by) |
| Categories: | Life Sciences, Physical/Engineering Sciences --> Oceanography Physical/Engineering Sciences --> Engineering, Marine Physical/Engineering Sciences --> Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
| Abstract: | Accessibility as a design concept is generally applied in land constructions; however, the medical character of the case study requires it to be considered in the design process as of its conceptual stage. The riverine ambulatory care center (RACC) is a mobile health unit to carry out medical missions in populations located on the riverbanks; given the RACC dimensions, these have limited medical services to primary care and health brigades. Physical barriers1 are the causes for an environment being inaccessible; to eliminate them, from the RACC, an analysis and redesign was performed of the conceptual proposal, based on standards for accessibility, medical spaces, and ships. Two basic moments were taken for intervention, access and interior circulation, yielding as a result the design of an integrated system of products that eliminate the physical barriers from the environment, permitting boarding and offering medical services under equal, comfortable, and safe conditions. Accessibility as modifier of the environment to improve the quality of life of users should not only be applied in medical ships, this study opens an opportunity for industry to optimize the physical environment of other types of ships by applying this concept. |
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| Translated abstract: | La accesibilidad como concepto de diseño se aplica generalmente en las construcciones en tierra, sin embargo, el carácter médico del caso de estudio requiere que sea considerado en el proceso de diseño desde su etapa conceptual. El Centro de Atención Ambulatoria Fluvial (CAAF) es una unidad sanitaria móvil para realizar misiones médicas en poblaciones ubicadas en la ribera de los ríos, por las dimensiones del CAAF han limitado los servicios médicos a atención primaria y brigadas de salud. Las barreras físicas1 son las causantes de que un entorno no sea accesible, para eliminarlas del CAAF, se realizó un análisis y rediseño de la propuesta conceptual, apoyado en la normativa para accesibilidad, espacios médicos y embarcaciones. Se tomaron dos momentos básicos a intervenir, el acceso y la circulación interior, dando como resultado el diseño de un sistema integrado de productos que eliminan las barreras físicas del entorno, permitiendo un abordaje y prestación de los servicios médicos en condiciones iguales, confortables y seguras. La accesibilidad como modificador del entorno para mejorar la calidad de vida de los usuarios no debe ser aplicado solamente en embarcaciones médicas, con este estudio se abre una oportunidad para la industria de optimizar el entorno físico de otros tipos de embarcaciones, por medio de la aplicación de este concepto. |
