According to the director of the Accessibility area of the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture, Rovira-Beleta, this pandemic will lead to “regulations being modified”
The director of the Accessibility area of the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture, Enrique Rovira-Beleta, has assured that with the crisis generated as a result of the Covid-19 and the population’s confinement, “we have been able to verify that current homes, both in terms of distribution and space such as interior design and furniture, are not intended to be secluded and locked in for many days.
Rovira-Beleta has affirmed that this pandemic “will change the vision” of the houses and will lead to “the regulations being modified” with the aim of “achieving greater amplitude of interior spaces, lighting and ventilation”.
Rovira Beleta has opted for the incorporation of new accessibility measures that “improve the safety and comfort of the whole family, taking into account the aging of the population, and so that we are all as autonomous as possible”. “I think that with this health crisis, many residents who used to put certain barriers in installing elevators in stairwells or on the facades of the property or their interior patios have realized these days their need”, has underlined.
