Living with autism spectrum disorders; a study on group accommodations for people with ASD
| dc.contributor.author | Carlsson, Myrra | |
| dc.contributor.department | Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE) | sv |
| dc.contributor.department | Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE) | en |
| dc.contributor.examiner | Eriksson, Johanna | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Clase, Susanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-18T07:17:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-18T07:17:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.date.submitted | ||
| dc.description.abstract | Karlskrona municipality has a goal to build one new group accommodation every year, but they often see a problem with the a lack of knowledge among architects about how physical environments meets the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. This Master thesis provide suggestions on how they could develop their brief for LSS group accommodations, that will be used as a guide for architects designing new group accommodations within the municipality. Based on literature studies, interviews and study visits at two different group accommodations in Karlskrona municipality, this thesis has developed suggested changes to the brief. Research was done on how the brief can be updated to increase the architect’s understanding of the subject, including knowledge of how to promote autonomy and social life among people with ASD living in group accommodations. The results and the new brief was tried out in the design of a group accommodation in Bastasjö, Karlskrona. Research shows that a person feels safer if there are possible escape routes and escape spaces to retreat to in case of sensory overload. Two of the analysed briefs suggested to avoid dead ends, but none of the briefs mentioned escape spaces. To make it easier for the residents to avoid unexpected social interactions and to be able to escape situations in case of sensory overload, additions are proposed to Karlskrona’s brief on possible overviews and escape spaces. The two main concepts of the design proposal was to increase the residents autonomy and to improve the residents possibilities for a social life. These were solved by design strategies such as dividing rooms according to function and the amount of sensory stimuli, connect the design to surrounding environment, design to increase the feeling of a home and providing overviews of the common areas, escape routes and escape spaces to give the residents a choice which social interactions they would want to participate in or not. | |
| dc.identifier.coursecode | ACEX35 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/308686 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.setspec.uppsok | Technology | |
| dc.subject | Autism spectrum disorder, Group accommodations | |
| dc.title | Living with autism spectrum disorders; a study on group accommodations for people with ASD | |
| dc.type.degree | Examensarbete för masterexamen | sv |
| dc.type.degree | Master's Thesis | en |
| dc.type.uppsok | H | |
| local.programme | Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc |