Oli and Aveiro University studying solutions to more inclusive bathrooms
The Oli, Iberian producer of cisterns, and the University of Aveiro (UA) joined in a project â€" "bathroom for everyone" â€" to make bathrooms more inclusive. The project is still part of the platform "Design Includes You".The initiative focuses on the problem of daily use of the bathroom for users with special needs, such as the elderly, children and people with reduced mobility, whether temporary or definitive. Through inclusive design, the Oli and the AU intend to find solutions that increase the safety and well-being of these users, in domestic environment, public or in specific facilities, such as geriatric and hospital, increasing the quality of the exercise of active citizenship ", refers to the Oli in a statement.According to the Director of marketing for Oli, Mariza Garcia, the project aims to "draw attention to the extension of the field of intervention of design in addition to the reduced scope of mere Profiler new differentiated objects".The project is expected to be ready in early January of 2014, when they will be publicly presented three proposals selected.In July, also within the study of health access, the Oli has concluded a cooperation protocol with the Gaia vocational rehabilitation Centre and the Design Studio of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.
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