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TCXDVN 264
TCXDVN 264
TCXDVN 264
FOREWORD
TCXDVN 264: 2002 is compiled on the basis of the Ordinance
on PWD:
Article 26.The investment for new construction or
reconstruction of dwelling houses, of public amenities and for
design, manufacture of domestic furnitures, of transport and
communication means ... must take into account the needs for
convenient use by PWD, firstly of mobility and sight PWD, and at
the same time have to comply with construction codes, standards
issued by competent state agencies.
TCXDVN 264: 2002 is compiled by the Research Institute for
Architecture Ministry of Construction and Panel for elaborating
Building Codes and Standards of Construction Accessibility for
People With Disabilities, submitted by the Department of Science
and Technology - Ministry of Construction, has been approved,
signed and issued by the said Ministry for enforcement.
The Standards have been compiled with the cooperation and
financial assistance by Presidents Committee on Employment of
People with Disabilities (PCEPD) and the Vietnam Assistance for
Handicapped (VNAH).
TCXDCN
Type of buildings
1
Different
levels
of
people
committees
offices,
Tribunal,
Prosecutors Institutes ,
Offices
of
State
administration bodies
and organizations
Culture, sport works
such
as:
Parks,
entertainment
areas,
zoos,
theaters,
cinemas,
museums,
exhibition,
cultural
buildings,
clubs,
libraries, tourism areas,
vestiges,
picturesque
landscapes, stadiums,
sport/gym
grounds,
contest halls....
Public
service
buildings: hotels, rest
houses,
boarding
houses, shops, and
eating/drinking
services, post offices,
trade centers, super
markets,
markets,
banks.
Scope of areas to be
designed for ensuring
PWDs accessibility and
use
2
- Walking ways, car
parking grounds;
- Entry, exit gates;
- Reception desks and
public activity areas;
- Working seats and
specific equipment
- Walking ways, car
parking grounds,
- Entry, exit gates,
- Reception desks and
public activity areas,
- Emergency
escape
when accident occurs
- Helping equipment
- Spectators area
use
by
Basic requirements
3
Arrangement
of
structure and function
of buildings parts for
ensuring
PWDs
accessibility and use.
- Meeting, conference
venues needing seat
arrangement for PWD
- Arrangement
of
structure and function
of buildings parts for
ensuring
PWDs
accessibility and use.
- Reading
rooms,
spectators
rooms,
tribunes
must
be
arranged with seats for
PWD
- Arrangement
of
structure and function
of buildings part for
ensuring
PWDs
accessibility and use.
- Lift must be available
on all service storeys.
- At shops, bazaars,
there must be sloping
paths
in
entry/exit
doors,
in
seats,
reception places.
- Beds, equipment and
facilities
must
be
arranged
in
rooms
reserved to PWD
- Arrangement
of
structure and function
of buildings parts for
functional restoration,
disease
consultation
and treatment units,
sanatorium centers.
Educational buildings:
different
levels
primary
schools,
vocational
schools,
colleges/ universities,
specialized secondary
schools
Collective houses
Transport
building
works:
roads,
sidewalks, stations for
vehicles,
railway
stations,
airports,
passengers transport
harbors,
car-waiting
spots
ensuring
PWDs
accessibility and use
- Walking ways, car - Arrangement
of
parking grounds
structure and function
of buildings parts for
- Entry, exit gates
ensuring
PWDs
- Class- rooms, labos.
accessibility and use.
- Students seat places
and specially used - In classrooms, there
must be seat places
equipment.
for PWD
- Walking ways, car - Arrangement
of
parking grounds
structure and function
of buildings parts for
- Entry, exit gates
ensuring
PWDs
- Spaces
in
house
accessibility and use
interior
- Arrangement
of
equipment, furnitures
Scope
of
use
by - Arrangement
of
passengers
structure and function
of buildings parts for
ensuring
PWDs
accessibility and use
- Lines of ways/paths
for
PWDs
accessibility
and
circulation
Note:
1) Structure and function of buildings parts comprise slopes,
entry/exit gates/doors, corridors, walkways, staircases, lifts
(elevators), toilets, bathrooms, special public spaces such as
seat places, reception desks, telephone booths.
The concrete arrangement must be based on requirements to
define it properly.
2) Regarding reconstructed works, it must be based on actual
state of works for selecting appropriate solutions.
3) Regarding works specially reserved to PWD, it is possible to
refer to this standard for adequate design.
4.2. In housing areas, in public buildings or in densely populous
zones, it is necessary to have at least one entrance way for
ensuring PWDs accessibility and use. The height of entrance
way must be the same with that of the house floor or of the
soil surface. If these heights are different, there must be
adequate slope.
5
using
from
2,35sqm/vehicle
to
- Bicycle: 0,9sqm/each
- Car: from 15sqm to 18sqm/vehicle
Note: Regarding place for car, it is necessary to arrange a
clearance space beside or behind the car for Wheelchair
user could ascend and descend. Width being from 900mm to
1,200mm (for bus, it is 2,500mm). If two cars are adjoining,
it could be so arranged as having a common space for
wheelchairs in - between (see fig.8)
5.4. Doors
5.4.1. Doors in buildings to ensure PWD use must be arranged at
convenient and safe passage ways. Where the building is
equipped with lift, doors must be arranged near the lift
cabin.
10
Directly opened
doors
Both doors
opened to inside
Doors
opened from
a side
Doors opened
to
tow
different
directions
Door face
Perpendicular to
door
Pull
1 500
500
Push
1 200
Pull
1 500
12
900
1 300
1 000
Push
1 000
1 300
Pull
1 200
600
Push
1 000
600
Parallel to door
1200
1000
1300
1000
600
13
14
16
Distance from
floor surface to
Distance from
floor surface to
under the knees
17
18
5.6. Handrail
19
Figup
26:
Position
for arranging two handrails
5.7. Staircase,
and
down steps
on one side
5.7.1. Staircases for ensuring accessibility and use by people with
moving difficulties are regulated as follows:
- No use of semi-circled, spiralled staircases;
- Width of stair flight not less than 1,200mm
- Stair surface should not be slippery, and no square edged
stair is adopted;
- Grooved staircases are not adopted.
- Handrails must be arranged continuously and at 900mm
height. At the extremity and the end of staircase,
handrails are prolonged with an additional 300mm. Details
of handrails are stipulated in article 5.6.
Note: Where carpet is spread on staircase, it must be firmly
lined. The carpet edge must be fastened to the floor for not
20
21
22
23
24
Clearance width
of door (mm)
Width in the
interior of lift
cabin (mm)
Dimensions of
depth between
hind wall and
fore wall (mm)
Middle arranged
900
2,100
1,300
Side arranged
900
1,800
1,300
Any where
900
1,400
2,100
900
1,500
1,500
25
Control
buttons
Control
buttons
Control buttons
5.8.3.
Area
of
26
27
30
31
Handrail
Water tank
Sanitary papes box
32
5.10.7. Where toilet area has urinal, there must be handrail for
PWD. Dimensions of handrail are shown in fig 41. Elevation
for installing urinal in seating position or fastened to wall
shall not be more than 400mm from the floor surface.
Fig 40: Dimensions for arranging deviated hand rail in
toilet room
dimensions
not
less
than
Note:
1) When installing a chair in the bathing room with shower,
the hand rail at lateral wall should not top this chair and
not be arranged behind this chair;
34
Length of bathtub
Length of bathtub
5.11.6. Fig
In bathing
room
with bathtub,
it is innecessary
to install
46: Place
for installing
hand rails
bathing room
handrails for ensuring
accessibility
and use by PWD.
with
shower
Dimensions for installation are as follows:
35
38
39
Parallel entries
Perpendicular entries
Emergency ways
Dimensions (mm)
Up to 7.0
60 x60
110 x 110
200 x 200 to 450 x 450
Minimum height of
alphabets (mm)
44
12
20
25
12
40
25
80
35
100
40
130
50
150
45
Appendix A
Basic parameters of wheelchair user
crutches, stick
A1. Basic parameters of wheelchair
Table A1 Basic calculated parameters of wheelchair
Unit: mm
Overa
ll
width
Widt
h
whe
n
folde
d
Width
in the
interio
r
Elevati
on
from
seat
plane
to
handra
il
Wheel
diamet
er
Elevati
on
from
floor to
handra
il
Lengt
h of
wheel
chair
540
290
370
170
510
920
560
300
390
220
510
590
300
420
220
610
300
440
650
300
710
320
Widt
h of
seat
Weigh
t (Kg)
980
350
14
920
1100
430
14
510
920
1100
430
14
220
510
920
1100
430
14
450
220
510
920
1100
430
14
480
240
510
920
1100
450
16
46
47
48