NZS 4121:2001
Design for access and mobility: Buildings and associated facilities
Standards New Zealand
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Sections
- 1General
- 2Performance Requirements
- 3Design for Access and Mobility
- 4Accessible Routes
- 5Car Parks
- 6Footpaths, Ramps and Landings
- 7Entrances, Corridors, Doorways and Doors
- 8Stairs
- 9Lifts
- 10Toilet and Shower Facilities
- 11Public Facilities
- 12Places of Assembly, Entertainment Andrecreation
- 13Accessible Outdoor Public Areas
- 14Accessible Accommodation
- 1– Number of car parks
- 2– Number of accessible units
- 3– Number of toilets
- C1– Clear width of doorway
- D1– Average dimensions of motorized wheelchairs and scooters (unoccupied)
- 1– Approachability, accessibility and usability
- 2– Height clearance on accessible routes
- 3– Examples of signs indicating a facility and its direction
- 4– Public parking sign
- 5– Zones for viewing and for common viewing
- 6– Stair visibility
- 7– Car parking
- 8– Vertical clearance
- 9– Facilities accessible from vehicle
- 10– Maximum allowable camber for footpaths and ramps
- 11– Zigzag ramps: layout
- 12– Safety on ramps
- 13– Footpath and ramp handrails
- 14– Landings to outward opening doors
- 15– Landings to inward opening doors
- 16– Section through a step ramp
- 17– Threshold ramp
- 18– Revolving door with side hung door
- 19– Space requirements in confined spaces
- 20– Clear width of doorway
- 21– Minimum glazing in doors
- 22– Good stair design
- 23– Pitchline and extension of handrails
- 24– Opening of doors
- 25– Basic profile of stairs
- 26– Lift car dimensions and control panel
- 27– Accessible toilet units
- 28– Grab rails and kick plates on toilet doors
- 29– Wall hung pans
- 30– Location and clearances for washbasins and fittings
- 31– Toilet unit fittings – positioning of grab rail and paper roll holder
- 32– Toilet unit fittings – zone for position of flushing control
- 33– Minimum space required for a single shower unit
- 34– Shower cubicle fittings
- 35– Combined toilet and shower
- 36– Public counters and desks
- 37– Public counters
- 38– International symbols for people with hearing impairment
- 39– Automatic teller or vending machine
- 40– Places of assembly – Examples of seating arrangements
- 41– Outdoor hazards
- 42– Protection from dangerous projections
- 43– Space required between bollards, etc.
- 44– Kerb and channel design
- 45– Location of kerb ramps or step ramps
- 46– Kerb ramps
- 47– Tactile ground surface indicators at kerb ramps
- 48– Road crossings
- 49– Example of position of street furniture
- 50– Typical park bench seating
- 51– Example of kitchen layout and dimensions
- 52– Oven with worktop to allow for set-down
- 53– Example of dining and lounge layout and dimensions
- 54– Example of bedroom layout and dimensions
- C1– Doorway width for narrow corridors
- C2– Toilet compartment in existing building
- C3– Handrail adaptation
- D1– Crutches
- D2– Tripods
- D3– White cane
- D4– Guide dog
- D5– Sighted guide
- D6– Guide dog run
- D7– Basic scooter profile
- D8– Typical wheelchair dimensions
- D9– Minimum clear floor space
- D10– Clear widths
- D11– Passing space for wheelchairs
- D12– Distance between tables and chairs
- D13– Maximum horizontal reach to objects on table or bench tops
- D14– Forward reach from a wheelchair
- D15– Side reach from a wheelchair
- D16– Storage shelves and wardrobes
- D17– Area of common reach for ambulant people with disabilities and wheelchair users
- D18– Ambulant reach
- E1– International symbol for access
- E2– International symbol for deafness
- F1– Handrails
- F2– Size and spacing of a grab rail
- G1– Scissor stair design