The Joy of Design
I visited the site a few days ago and for the first time it really struck me: This is BIG. And we are very small. Because given all the dreams we have for this place, and how little experience we have with building anything, let alone a 50,000-square-foot centre of excellence, it’s daunting. That’s where […]
Accessible Bathrooms: More Complicated Than You Think
We’ve begun planning the bathrooms. It’s complex! Just a few of the questions we need to answer: Separate options for men and women or unisex? How many fully accessible toilets on each floor, bearing in mind they are much larger than normal loos? How many changing places do we need and where should they be […]
Building Code Fundas: It’s All In The Detail
I have this weird power to see, even without measuring, when things are not absolutely straight or perfectly symmetrical. A crooked picture on a wall leaps out at me, as if crying for help and I feel compelled to respond, to straighten pictures in other people’s homes, and in banks, hotels and doctors’ offices too. […]
It’s Not All Bricks and Mortar
While the continued activity at our building site is the exciting part that everyone is eager to see (we can hardly keep ourselves away – it’s so tempting to keep running down there to check on the progress), there’s an awful lot more to creating a building than rigging girders and constructing walls. Back at […]
The Building Takes Shape
A bunch of us celebrated World Disability Day this year by visiting our construction site. We didn’t exactly get our hands dirty, but standing there on a piece of land that seemed to stretch for acres, with a view of the Himalayas in the distance, walls going up before our eyes and decisions being […]
LRF GROUNDBREAKING: HERE WE COME, INDIA!
The ground-breaking for the Latika Roy Foundation’s new campus took place on March 17 in Niranjanpur, Dehradun. Set for completion in 2025, our fully accessible premises will be a green, earthquake-safe, energy efficient construction with customized lighting, wide doorways and dedicated spaces for activities, therapy, counseling, movement arts, training, sensory integration and more. Our new […]