当前世界环境

Social growth and prosperity in any societydependsto a high extent to supply of welfarefaciltiesand providing suitable spaces to use them. These facilities assist in the grounds for social growth only if their scope covers all individuals of the society with special needs.

Since a major part of any society is constituted by the aged, disabled, impaired and disabled people, failure to pay attention to that class not only may result in their lack of motivation and deprivation of society from the capabilities of such an important class, but also it may impose heavy social and economic costs on the country. Therefore, equalization of opportunities in enjoying social facilities is of great importance for that class. An approximately 10% disability estimated by the international community for Iran with a population of over 70 million people based on the general census in 2006 can include approximately 7 million disabled with different kinds of disability. Architectural and urban obstacles are among those major problems for the physically disabled people that hinder them from attending in social, economic and cultural activities. The existing problems inurbanpedestrian access network and lack of any continuous easy movement in walking routes, staircase in many buildings and lack any elevator between the buildingstoreyshave made impossible independent movement in the city and use of buildings for a part of the society.

In this way, College of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran as one of the university spaces with a long antiquity and at the same time with access problems for physical and motor disabled people has been studied so that some solutions can be provided for thedisableto improve the spaces of that college.