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Honorable Mention

Accessible Beaches

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City
Muğla
Nationality
Turkey
Group
No Barrier
Representative Designer
Ertan ÖZTÜRK
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No Barrier

Honorable Mention

No Barrier

No BARRIER team group consists of the technical staff of Social Services Department of Mugla Metropolitan Municipality. They have been designing the project for a happier lifestyle for minorities.

About Project

Accessible Beaches is a project of designing all the facilities on a beach in Mugla, Turkey, including deck, changing rooms, and shower booths, barrier-free, so that people with disabilities and the elderly with mobility difficulties also can go into the sea, enjoying the beach more conveniently.

The deck made with a special material has been installed on 19 beaches since 2016. As it is designed to prevent wheels from being stuck in sand, people with disabilities can get to the beach by themselves in their wheelchair. Since this detachable deck can be installed and demolished easily, beach space can be utilized in a versatile manner for different seasons.

This project is being expanded from Mugla to other regions in Turkey, presenting a best practice that people with disabilities, caregivers and tourists can be equal on a beach.

Judging Comment

A bottom-up initiative through a multi-pronged approach, a strategic design innovation project based on the reuse of waste in the Indonesian slums of Bandung.