Architectural accessibility:
Katowice, ul. Bankowa 11
Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Humanities
Accessibility of the entrance to the building and control area
The main entrance to the building is located on the side of the promenade on ul. Bankowa.
The entrance is very broad. It consists of four door wings with a width of 90 cm (doors with door closers are opened with a holder), divided with two stair recesses (right/left) with a width of 5 m 40 cm.
The entrance is accessed through stairs.
A platform allowing to get through the stairs leading to the internal lift has been installed for people with movement disabilities using wheelchairs.
The button placed on the pillar on the left side of the platform is used for calling the platform operating staff.
The reception desk is located in the central place of the hall near the main entrance.
Types of adjustments inside the building
At each storey, there are five toilets, including two female, two male and one for people with disabilities. Toilets for people with disabilities are located in the following rooms: 25 a, 118 a, 214 a, 314. These toilets are equipped with holders near the washbasins and toilet bowl, as well as the proper manuevering space.
All rooms in the building can be accessed on a wheelchair.
There are also available spaces for individuals in wheelchairs in lecture halls and symposium halls. In order to use a wheelchair place in the Kazimierz Popiołek Lecture Hall, use the external entrance and support of a porter’s lodge employee. Similar is the case with the Auditorium Hall, the so-called “old hall”, where it is best to enter from the ground floor level through the door labelled no. 15.
Parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities and the way to use them
The nearest parking spaces for the disabled are located at the back of the building near the external lift. Entrance from the side of ul. Roździeńskiego. Entrance to the car park through the barrier opened with a remote control. Full-time students can report to the building administrator in order to obtain a remote control enabling entrance to the car park or call the porter’s lodge at 32 359 1108 to get one-time access.
4 more spaces for the disabled are designated on ul. Uniwersytecka. Parking is free for the authorised individuals.
The blue parking spaces can only be used by the individuals authorised on general terms specified in the provisions concerning the parking card for the disabled.
Contact data of the person who can provide more information about the building accessibility:
Andrzej Marzec, e-mail: andrzej.marzec@us.edu.pl, tel. 502 622 899.