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What you need to know about designing an accessible toilet: Guidelines with dimensions, regulations, features, materials and a 3D BIM model ready for download<\/p>\n

Need to design an accessible toilet which is compliant with your local standards? This article provides all the tools and sizing criteria to design more inclusive architecture. Although each country has its own accessibility guidelines, we’ll be referring specifically to building regulations available for the US and UK, as well as to guidelines for the ASEAN Member States in a section at the bottom of the article. There’s also a 3D model with DWG CAD resources<\/a> (complete with floor plans, cross-sections, 3D views, renderings, etc.) ready for you to use for your projects.<\/p>\n

To open the file, start off by downloading Edificius – the 3D Building Design Software<\/a>, the BIM architectural design software used to create the project, renders and the project drawings available below.<\/p>\n

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Important features to consider when designing an accessible toilet for users with disabilities<\/h2>\n

When designing an accessible toilet, it’s important to consider a set of parameters that are essential for its proper functioning and accessibility, being some of the conditions recently required in many countries to achieve equal opportunities and social inclusion of people with disabilities.
\nCrucial features of inclusive spaces design allow wheelchair users and individuals with a range of (physical) disabilities to use the toilet as independently and safely as possible.
\nIn fact, the purpose of an accessible toilet should be to enable persons with reduced mobility to easily access facilities that are different from regular toilets in terms of layout, available space, equipment, flooring, lighting etc., hence removing disabling barriers and restrictions that might be present.<\/p>\n

Accessible toilets regulations and standards<\/h2>\n

British accessibility standards<\/h3>\n

The most relevant guidance for providing accessible toilets is to be found in:<\/p>\n