Affordance-based evaluation of signage design for areas of refuge

Elisabetta Carattin; Ruggiero Lovreglio; Enrico Ronchi; Daniel Nilsson

Affordance-based evaluation of signage design for areas of refuge

Elisabetta Carattin, Ruggiero Lovreglio, Enrico Ronchi, Daniel Nilsson

Division of Fire Safety Engineering

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Abstract

The evacuation of disabled persons from multi-storey buildings requires, typically, the provision and use o Areas of Refuge (AoR). Building complexity, together with the low level of detail in the regulatory guidance- relating to AoR signage, may lead to inappropriate signage system designs. In turn. this may lead to difficulties in locating and or identifying AoR. This paper illustrates the use of the Theory of Affordances a framework for assessing AoR signage system design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering, Interflam 2016
Publisher	Interscience Communications Ltd
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9933933-1-0
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Interflam’16, 14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering, London, UK, 4- 6th July 2016 - London, London, United Kingdom Duration: 2016 Jul 4 → 2016 Jul 6

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Conference	Interflam’16, 14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering, London, UK, 4- 6th July 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	2016/07/04 → 2016/07/06

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Carattin, E, Lovreglio, R, Ronchi, E & Nilsson, D 2016, Affordance-based evaluation of signage design for areas of refuge. in 14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering, Interflam 2016. Interscience Communications Ltd, Interflam’16, 14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering, London, UK, 4- 6th July 2016, London, United Kingdom, 2016/07/04.

Affordance-based evaluation of signage design for areas of refuge. / Carattin, Elisabetta; Lovreglio, Ruggiero; Ronchi, Enrico et al.
14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering, Interflam 2016. Interscience Communications Ltd, 2016.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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Affordance-based evaluation of signage design for areas of refuge

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