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The building must be a beacon in the surroundings. The design, use of materials and colors may be adjusted to this. Other general requirements are: - Preparation, construction and management will be done with local people and materials as much as possible. - The group residences must radiate a homely ambience and resemble a residential environment in familiar surroundings. - Group residences should be recognizable as an archetypal house. - Attention to daylight, natural ventilation and safety. - Disabled accessible. Space layouts to accommodate wheelchair use. Design and implementation The design and implementation must comply with applicable law in Suriname as well any regulations relating to safety, health, function, energy consumption, regulation of the relevant ministries, labour conditions, municipal and fire requirements, zoning, utilities, welfare and the like. Due to
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wheelchair requirements the minimum clear passage width for doors will be 85cm (door width 93cm). For bed transport 1.10m clear passages will be allowed. For other dimensions please refer to the Dutch Manual for Accessibility, published by Elsevier. Constraints include the need for parking on public road and adequate loading and unloading space. Aside from the budgetary constraints and the above-mentioned requirements, the form of the building is unrestricted. Residential centre The residential centre consists of 3 cottages with 8 residents each, including a living room plus kitchen (with a terrace / porch attached to the central courtyard), 8 individual resident rooms, a bathroom for every two residents and a laundry room for personal items. The residential centre should be designed in a way that a subsequent extension for two cottages will be as easy as possible. The starting point is a communal household per dwelling, where the daily household activities form part of 192
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