Ergonomic design of a kitchen environment por motor disabled persons, elders and visually handicapped persons.
This Project was based on the "Analysis of the ergonomic problem around the kitchen environment for the persons with disabilities (motor, visual and the elderly)"
Objectives:
Increase the independence of the disabled persons in daily activities.
Modify conditions of habitability and accessibility, according to specific ergonomic standards.
Assure social wellbeing: providing support, safety, prevention and a decrease of accidents around the home environment.
Create a new design unit for all people with disabilities and give them the possibility to use modules which would adapt to any environment.
Design a new kitchen with a systematization of functional components which could be adapted to different groups of users by means of some variations in the design.
Generalize about the developed solutions for the application to traditional kitchens as "KITS".