Architecture

Accessibility & universal design

• 🇳🇿Accessibility Design Guide and Self-Assessment ChecklistSport NZ · March 2014Sport NZ's accessibility design guide and self-assessment checklist (prepared by Barrier Free NZ Trust) — how to design sport and recreation facilities that are accessible to disabled users, with a checklist for auditing existing facilities.
• 🇳🇿Masterplanning for Universal DesignNZ Association of Gerontology · September 2024A New Zealand Association of Gerontology presentation on masterplanning for universal design — designing accessible, age-friendly places and neighbourhoods for people of all ages and abilities.
• 🇳🇿Outdoors Accessibility Design GuidelinesSport NZ · February 2025Accessibility design guidelines for the outdoors (by Recreation Aotearoa, funded by Sport NZ) — how to design outdoor recreation spaces, tracks and facilities to be inclusive for disabled people.
• 🇳🇿Secure Dementia Care — Home Design Information ResourceMinistry of Health · August 2016A Ministry of Health resource on designing secure dementia care homes from a person-centred perspective — layout, wayfinding and environmental features that support residents living with dementia.
• 🇳🇿Universal Design — Parks Accessibility and Inclusivity ChecklistAuckland CouncilAn Auckland Design Manual universal-design checklist for parks — a checklist for making parks accessible and inclusive for people of all ages and abilities.
• 🇳🇿Universal Design for Access into Homes (BRANZ Bulletin 662)BRANZ · June 2021A BRANZ bulletin on universal design for access into homes — how to design accessible pedestrian routes to and into dwellings so people of all abilities can enter and leave independently (Building Code clause D1).