Unsafe but pretty ramps

[firecat]

Here is a pretty set of stairs that incorporates a zig-zagging ramp. With no handrails.

http://blog.firstreference.com/2012/07/17/pretty-hazards-the-accessible-built-environment/

Comments

[jadey]

Yeah, the first time I came across that in Vancouver (I thought it was the downtown UBC location, not the courthouse? At least, that's what my memory tells me - maybe there's more than one though) I thought it was a great example of incorporating accessibility in design. D: I have since been educated! I believe that there were elevators nearby so the area was not inaccessible, but I can confirm as someone who is fully mobile that it's an intimidating and off-putting stair to walk even in that condition. Definitely not a blueprint for accessible design.