Taking into Account the Requirements of Ergonomics as an Important Factor in Creating a Comfortable Environment in an Educational Institution

Abstract

The research aim was to suggest a project version for a comfortable stay to people, including handicapped population groups in an educational institution, taking into account current ergonomics requirements. It is the principle of ergonomics that determines the concept of design, architectural and equipment capability of a building. The objective of the present research is to find the right combination of ergonomic principles suggested by the authors for the most comfortable stay of various groups of people, including those with limited mobility while studying in a university building. The university building was modeled in the Revit Structure 2020 Computer-aided design (CAD) system to solve this problem taking into account actual building regulations including the ergonomics requirements. The scientific merit of the study consists of the suggestion and validation of the available ergonomic requirements applied in a definite project. The object is a university building with an inner courtyard and an adjacent entrance hall, a gym and four academic buildings. The structure of the main building of the university is an elliptic paraboloid. The safety provisions and ergonomics for people with reduced mobility are focused on according to the present performance requirements. The paper also describes the original construction of the building. In addition to the convenient location of objects, it lets the wind flows level down.