Architectural Design of Jobs for People with Disabilities in Special Employment Workshops

Abstract

Special employment centers and occupational centers have enormous relevance for the socio-labor integration of people with disabilities. The following work tried to bring to this type of centers the basic techniques of work study, ergonomics and anthropometry organized in a procedure that contributes to the adjustment of jobs to the capacities of people with disabilities through the architectural design of the same as one more tool that facilitates the aforementioned integration. With the procedure, the physical, psychological and sensory demands that are required for each activity were analyzed and, based on this, an analysis of the necessary adaptations for the performance of these people in their positions was carried out, proceeding to the architectural redesign of the same. Throughout the research, techniques and tools such as checklists, interviews, questionnaires and anthropometric design were used as a fundamental technique to develop the architectural design of the positions under study, taking into consideration the necessary adaptations to the person with a disability.