{"id":164686,"date":"2024-03-04T15:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=164686"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:07:18","slug":"will-the-university-avoid-the-mistakes-made-in-the-langeveld-building-with-tinbergen-four-questions-about-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/03\/04\/will-the-university-avoid-the-mistakes-made-in-the-langeveld-building-with-tinbergen-four-questions-about-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the university avoid the mistakes made in the Langeveld Building with Tinbergen? Four questions about accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the opening of the Langeveld Building in 2022, there were a lot of complaints about the building\u2019s accessibility. Now that the long-awaited renovation of the iconic Tinbergen Building is about the begin, the question is: will the university take a more careful approach this time? Four questions about the accessibility of the Tinbergen Building.<\/p>\n

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The new Tinbergen will be green and bright, but will it be accessible for everybody?<\/span><\/p>

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Has the university drawn up a clear plan to make the buildings accessible?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the problems at the Langeveld Building, the university promised it would draw up an action plan that would be used during the Tinbergen renovation. At the time of writing this, this plan is still in development. According to a press officer at the university, the Real Estate & Facilities unit will \u2018really get to grips with it\u2019 this year. However, that means the plan will not be ready by the time renovation starts.<\/p>\n

In developing this plan, \u2018we will involve the IDEA Center (for inclusion, diversity, equal opportunities and accessibility), the Studying with a disability team and Human Resources\u2019, the press officer wrote. Additionally, the university follows an accessibility standard called NEN-ISO 21542, which stipulates, among other things, the layout of passenger lifts, the height of controls and desks, the weight of doors, floor roughness and the contrast between walls and floors. These standards were also followed for the Langeveld Building, though, so they are not exactly a guarantee of success.<\/p>\n

What exactly went wrong with the Langeveld Building?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t

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