Architectural environment for an inclusive camp for children with disabilities

The aim of this paper was to identify the main directions in the development of architectural environment for children with disabilities and to determine the possibility of implementing a barrier-free environment in the educational and recreation space. Statistical data on the number of children with disabilities can serve as a basis for justifying the introduction of inclusive camp shiftsand special architectural and landscape solutions for the joint recreation of healthy children and those with disabilities. The criteria for creating comfortable conditions for children with disabilities were identified on the basis of an analysis of psychological features and developmental delays of various nosological groups. Within this approach, psychological triggers play an important role, the compatibility of which will be studied in future research.Synergy is the main principle and method for implementing specific architectural concepts, from the standpoint of which any architectural space can be considered as an ever-changing system, similar to the behaviour of a living organism. The features and criteria of the environment for children with disabilities have made it possible to compile a list with a brief description of the arrangement of architectural spaces. Taking into account social factors, options for a comfortable accommodation of children in the rooms for sleeping and recreation in an the inclusive camp were proposed. The demand in the Irkutsk region for recreation facilities for children with disabilities was studied. On this basis, the possibility of combining zones for children with different types of disabilities in the same space was established. In addition, the prospects for joint recreation of healthy children and children with disabilities were revealed. When designing inclusive camps, the methods and principles of space organization described in the article can be used.

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