BIBLIOTEKA INSTYTUTU HISTORYCZNEGO. UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI

Basic information

• Floors: 2
• Entrance suitable for the visually impaired and the blind
• Well–lit entrance
• Help, reception desk, information near the entrance
• Doors and passages with no thresholds
• Information boards, signposts
• Rooms marked in Braille
• Assistant dog allowed

How to get there

Bus

• Uniwersytet 02 bus stop
• Distance to the bus stop from the building: 250 m
• Obstacles in the way (e.g. posts, uneven pavement, badly parked cars, high kerbs, narrow pavement)
• Partly accessible without barriers (see: bus timetable)

Parking

• General access parking spaces

Main entrance, access

Ramp and stairs

• Length of the longest part of the ramp: 5 m
• Largest ramp incline: 3 cm
• Ramp incline: 7.5%
• Number of steps to take: 0
• Number of steps in front of the main entrance: 4
• Number of steps behind the main entrance: 0

Main door

• Door width: 93 cm
• One–leaf
• Outswing
• Wood

Staircase

• Lift or platform lift
• Straight stairs
• Stairs with landings
• Railing available
• Lino or plastic–covered stairs

Other entrance doors

• Door width: 130 cm
• Two–leaf
• Outswing
• Wood

Lift, platform lift

• Door width: 92 cm
• Lift width: 120 cm
• Lift depth: 132 cm
• Highest button: 120 cm above the floor
• Sound directions, announcements, signals
• Buttons with colour contrast
• Tactile buttons
• Button fields in Braille
• Audio alarm confirmation
• Buttons in corners or hollows

General access restrooms

• Ladies’ rooms. Floor: 1
• General restrooms. Floor: 2

Restrooms for people with disabilities

General restroom

• Floor: 2
• Number of steps to take: 0
• Door width: 90 cm
• Seat height on the toilet bowl: 48 cm
• Free area in front of the toilet bowl: 158 cm × 186 cm
• Handle on the left of the toilet bowl
• Foldable handle on the right of the toilet bowl
• Area for changing one’s seat on the right of the toilet bowl: 95 cm × 42 cm
• Lift necessary for people with physical disabilities