Renovation for Architectural Design for all People: A Case Study of Phranakhon Rajabhat University

Abstract

          In order to build credibility and present the competency of the university in stepping into the design standards for all people and in responding to the equality in usage so as to continue in developing other buildings. This research on the prototype in the renovation of building for architectural design for all people in a case study of Phranakhon Rajabhat University contains the following objectives 1) to study the current situation for the problems of the buildings inside Phranakhon Rajabhat University that are not yet considered to be the utilization of buildings for the design for all people 2) to design architecture for all people of the building inside Phranakhon Rajabhat University 3) to create a prototype for the actual construction in the development of the building to universal design for all people. According to data analysis results, the researchers opt the pilot building of Piyamaharaj Building (Building 20), to create a construction prototype for the building development to be architectural design for all people. The design of the building is conducted in 9 areas as follows; signs displaying facilities, ramps and elevators, parking ladder, building entrances, corridors and inter-buildings walkways, toilet doors, the tactile surfaces and the auditorium, as well as the estimated construction cost of these operations in order to create a building prototype that can be improved substantially and can be proposed this prototype to both public and private agencies for considering to support the funding to develop other buildings in the future.