Universal Design Appraisal of Underground Public Pedestrian Facility in Daegu Metropolitan City - With focused on the Entrance and Passage Area -

대구광역시 지하공공보도시설의 유니버설 디자인 평가 - 출입 및 보행영역을 중심으로 -

The Underground Public Pedestrian Facility(UPPF) has to be accessible by the public, the space has to be planed as if anyone could use it without obstacles. As we enter the aging society, the portion of elderly population is consistently increasing and the portion for the handicapped is also increasing. However the current UPPF's universal design does not correspond to the related law and regulation for the system. In respect to it, the purpose of this study is as follows. First, this study proposes a analysis framework extracting from the laws and regulations related to universal design of UPPF. Second, this study compares and contrasts the physical conditions of UPPF to the analysis framework related to universal design through the research of the facility. Third, this study analyzes whether the handicapped can move in UPPF sequentially or not.