When it comes to locker-room accessibility, ADA compliance is just the start
In recent years, locker-room designs have evolved to enable better accessibility. But that wasn’t always the case.
“Over the last 30-plus years, it’s become pretty code-descriptive on what we have to provide in a facility,” says Tom Betti, Sports Studio Director at JLG Architects. Technically speaking, a firm could satisfy the minimum requirements and label a project ADA-compliant. When it comes to accessibility, however, the goal is much bigger than executing a to-do list.
“It might be great to have the code-required toilet stall, but if you’re in a wheelchair, and it’s a pain in the butt to navigate to that stall,” says Adam Barnett, Principal Architect at JLG’s Sports Studio, “well, you’re not really being accessible and inclusive, right?”
