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Worrilow Hall
At a glance
- Step-free access via the front entrance
- On-site parking
- Accessible parking spaces are available
- Step-free accessible restrooms
- Seating available
- Step-free level internal circulation
General Parking Information
- The building has its own parking lot called ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- The parking lot is pay-to-park with two payyment options.
- Faculty, staff and students: Semester or year-long Gray Lot permits are available through UD Parking Services.
- Visitors: Visitors may pay to park hourly using the Passport Parking mobile app. A smart phone and internet or cellular service connection is required. Signs on-site indicate your parking zone number.
Accessible Parking
- There are clearly-marked accessible parking spaces located in the rear parking lot: ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- Accessible parking space dimensions are 9’ x 18’.
- There is an adjacent marked access aisle to the side of the parking spaces. The adjacent access aisle dimensions are 6’ x 18’.
Route to the Entrance
- There is step-free access to the entrance from the accessible parking spaces, a curb ramp from the parking lot to the Worrilow Hall entrance.
Entrance Location
- This entrance is located in the front-center of Worrilow Hall, facing south toward Townsend Hall.
Accessible Route
- There is step-free access to the entrance from the accessible parking spaces in Gray Lot – Lot 2, a curb ramp from the parking lot to the Worrilow Hall entrance.
- All exterior entrances are accessed via a flat pavement pathway.
- The accessible entrance opens to the level, step-free first floor of the building.
- Accessible entrance gives direct access to the ground-level elevator, which provides step-free level access to all floors.
Entrance Doors
- The front entrance is accessible with double manual doors, of which one door has a door operator.
- The exterior door operator button is at a height of 33 inches.
- The double doors in the interior vestibule of the entrance also have one door operator.
- The interior door operator buttons are at a height of 43 inches.
- The width of each individual door opening is 35 inches. A metal mullion bar connects ceiling to floor, separating the area between each of the two double-doors.
- The door opens towards you.
Entrance Flooring
- The front entrance vestibule is carpeted, while the interior floors are hard and smooth.
Building Layout
- There is one elevator and three stairwells in this building.
- The floors are signed: 1, 2, 3.
Hallways
- There are doors between stairwells and hallways that require a slight force to open.
Flooring
- The floors along circulation routes are hard and smooth, predominantly consisting of vinyl composition tile.
- The floors in classrooms are hard and smooth vinyl composition tile.
- The front entrance vestibule is carpeted.
Elevator
Location and access
- There is one elevator located in the center of the building.
- The accessible entrance gives direct access to the ground-level elevator, which provides step-free level access to all floors.
Dimensions
- The elevator door opening is 43 inches.
- The internal dimensions of the elevator are 61 x 93 inches.
Controls & Features
- The elevator makes audio cues to alert individuals of arrival on the floor.
- The external elevator controls are at an accessible height of 41 inches.
- The internal elevator controls are at an accessible height of 38 inches.
Stairs
- There are 20+ steps between floors.
- There are handrails on each flight of stairs that extend 12 inches from the end of the stairs.
- The height of the first step is 7 inches.
- The minimum tread depth is 11 inches.
- All stairs in the building have handrails.
Locations
- There are step-free men’s and women’s restrooms located on each floor.
- There are accessible men’s and women’s restrooms on each floor.
- There is step-free level access to all restrooms via the elevator.
- Wall signage indicates restroom locations.
Accessibility
- There is Braille, pictorial, and written signage on or near all restroom doors.
- The door into the restroom opens inwards and requires some effort to open.
- There are door operators both inside and outside of the restroom for access.
- The door operators are at a height of 44 inches.
Accessible Stalls
- The stall door opens outwards and is easy to open.
- The width of the stall door opening is 33 inches.
- The stall door has a slide-bolt lock.
Amenities
- Changing stations are located in the women’s restrooms.
- The Touchdown Space (Room 212) has desks and seating
- The Kitchenette (Room 209) has high-top tables and seating.
- The east end of the first-floor hallway features fold-down seating along the walls.
- An AED and Naloxone emergency kit are located between the restrooms on the first floor.
- First aid kits are located in every laboratory, classroom, or shared equipment room.
General Parking Information
- The building has its own parking lot called ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- The parking lot is pay-to-park with two payyment options.
- Faculty, staff and students: Semester or year-long Gray Lot permits are available through UD Parking Services.
- Visitors: Visitors may pay to park hourly using the Passport Parking mobile app. A smart phone and internet or cellular service connection is required. Signs on-site indicate your parking zone number.
Accessible Parking
- There are clearly-marked accessible parking spaces located in the rear parking lot: ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- Accessible parking space dimensions are 9’ x 18’.
- There is an adjacent marked access aisle to the side of the parking spaces. The adjacent access aisle dimensions are 6’ x 18’.
Route to the Entrance
- There is step-free access to the entrance from the accessible parking spaces, a curb ramp from the parking lot to the Worrilow Hall entrance.
Entrance Location
- This entrance is located in the front-center of Worrilow Hall, facing south toward Townsend Hall.
Accessible Route
- There is step-free access to the entrance from the accessible parking spaces in Gray Lot – Lot 2, a curb ramp from the parking lot to the Worrilow Hall entrance.
- All exterior entrances are accessed via a flat pavement pathway.
- The accessible entrance opens to the level, step-free first floor of the building.
- Accessible entrance gives direct access to the ground-level elevator, which provides step-free level access to all floors.
Entrance Doors
- The front entrance is accessible with double manual doors, of which one door has a door operator.
- The exterior door operator button is at a height of 33 inches.
- The double doors in the interior vestibule of the entrance also have one door operator.
- The interior door operator buttons are at a height of 43 inches.
- The width of each individual door opening is 35 inches. A metal mullion bar connects ceiling to floor, separating the area between each of the two double-doors.
- The door opens towards you.
Entrance Flooring
- The front entrance vestibule is carpeted, while the interior floors are hard and smooth.
Building Layout
- There is one elevator and three stairwells in this building.
- The floors are signed: 1, 2, 3.
Hallways
- There are doors between stairwells and hallways that require a slight force to open.
Flooring
- The floors along circulation routes are hard and smooth, predominantly consisting of vinyl composition tile.
- The floors in classrooms are hard and smooth vinyl composition tile.
- The front entrance vestibule is carpeted.
Elevator
Location and access
- There is one elevator located in the center of the building.
- The accessible entrance gives direct access to the ground-level elevator, which provides step-free level access to all floors.
Dimensions
- The elevator door opening is 43 inches.
- The internal dimensions of the elevator are 61 x 93 inches.
Controls & Features
- The elevator makes audio cues to alert individuals of arrival on the floor.
- The external elevator controls are at an accessible height of 41 inches.
- The internal elevator controls are at an accessible height of 38 inches.
Stairs
- There are 20+ steps between floors.
- There are handrails on each flight of stairs that extend 12 inches from the end of the stairs.
- The height of the first step is 7 inches.
- The minimum tread depth is 11 inches.
- All stairs in the building have handrails.
Locations
- There are step-free men’s and women’s restrooms located on each floor.
- There are accessible men’s and women’s restrooms on each floor.
- There is step-free level access to all restrooms via the elevator.
- Wall signage indicates restroom locations.
Accessibility
- There is Braille, pictorial, and written signage on or near all restroom doors.
- The door into the restroom opens inwards and requires some effort to open.
- There are door operators both inside and outside of the restroom for access.
- The door operators are at a height of 44 inches.
Accessible Stalls
- The stall door opens outwards and is easy to open.
- The width of the stall door opening is 33 inches.
- The stall door has a slide-bolt lock.
Amenities
- Changing stations are located in the women’s restrooms.
- The Touchdown Space (Room 212) has desks and seating
- The Kitchenette (Room 209) has high-top tables and seating.
- The east end of the first-floor hallway features fold-down seating along the walls.
- An AED and Naloxone emergency kit are located between the restrooms on the first floor.
- First aid kits are located in every laboratory, classroom, or shared equipment room.
Townsend Hall
At a glance
- Step-free access via the front entrance
- On-site parking
- Accessible parking spaces are available
- Step-free accessible restrooms
- All-gender restroom on Floor 1
- Wellness room available
- Step-free level internal circulation
General Parking Information
- The building has its own parking lot called ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- The parking lot is pay-to-park with two payment options.
- Faculty, staff and students: Semester or year-long Gray Lot permits are available through UD Parking Services.
- Visitors: Visitors may pay to park hourly using the Passport Parking mobile app. A smart phone and internet or cellular service connection is required. Signs on-site indicate your parking zone number.
Accessible Parking
- There are clearly-marked accessible parking spaces located in the rear parking lot: ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- Accessible parking space dimensions are 9’ x 18’.
- There is an adjacent marked access aisle to the side of the parking spaces. The adjacent access aisle dimensions are 6’ x 18’.
Route to the Entrance
- There is step-free access via ramp from the accessible parking spaces to the rear sidewalk.
- Rear entrance to building has curb ramp and ramp to accessible entrance.
- The ramp to the accessible entrance is approximately 70 feet long and has a width of 6 feet.
- The ramp is along a brick retaining wall.
Entrance Locations
- Accessible Entrance (Rear-Center)
- There is step-free access via curb ramp from the parking lot and accessible parking spaces to the Townsend Hall accessible entrance.
- This is located at the rear center of the building on the ground floor, which is partially below ground level.
- Non-accessible entrances
- A second (non-accessible) rear entrance and a front entrance are reachable via a staired pathway (10+ stairs).
- Four side entrances have single-stepped approaches that lead directly to the stairwells.
- These entrances do not have ramp access to the hallways or elevator.
Accessible Route
- The accessible entrance, located at the rear of the building, has door operators and provides direct, step-free access to the interior annex, hallway and ground-level elevator, which serves all floors.
- The first and last steps up from the accessible entrance are marked with bright tape for increased visibility.
- The elevator can be located by entering the Townsend Hall rear, central entrance (with door operators), passing through the double doors (with door operators), and turning right.
Entrance Doors
- The rear, central entrance has double manual doors, one of which has a door operator.
- The double doors in the interior annex of the rear, central entrance also have one door operator.
- Door operator buttons are at a height of 33 inches.
- The width of the door opening is 34 inches.
- The door opens towards you.
Building Layout
- There is one elevator and five stairwells in this building.
- The floors are signed: G (sits slightly below ground level), 1, 2, and 3.
Hallways
- There are doors between the stairwells and hallways that require some force to open.
Flooring
- The floors along circulation routes are hard and smooth, predominately consisting of vinyl composition tile floor.
- The floors in classrooms are hard and smooth vinyl composition tile.
- The Townsend Commons / Lobby Area (Room 131) and staff offices have short pile carpeting.
Elevator
Location and Access
- There is one elevator located in the center of the building.
- The accessible entrance gives direct access to the ground-level elevator, which provides step-free level access to all floors G, 1, and 2.
- To locate the elevator:
- Enter the Townsend Hall rear, central entrance (with door operators).
- Pass through the stairwell double doors (with door operators).
- Turn right down the hall to the elevator.
Dimensions
- The elevator door opening is 42 inches.
- The internal dimensions of the elevator are 81.5 x 51.5 inches.
Controls & Features
- The elevator makes audio cues to alert individuals of arrival on the floor.
- The external elevator controls are at an accessible height of 42 inches.
- The internal elevator controls are at an accessible height of 36 inches.
Stairs
- Non-accessible entrances
- A second (non-accessible) rear entrance and a front entrance are reachable via a staired pathway (10+ stairs).
- Four side entrances have single-stepped approaches that lead directly to the stairwells.
- These entrances do not have ramp access to the hallways or elevator.
- There are 20+ steps between floors.
- There are handrails on one side of each flight.
- The handrails cover all steps.
- The height of the first step is 7 inches.
- The minimum tread depth is 11 inches.
- All stairs in the building have handrails.
Locations
- There are step-free men’s and women’s restrooms located on each floor near the elevator with additonal restrooms located along the main hallways.
- There is an accessible, door-operated All-Gender Restroom located across from the elevator on the first floor (Floor "1" not Ground Floor "G").
Accessibility
- Each restroom has an accessible stall.
- There is step-free level access to the accessible, door-operated all-gender restroom (located across from the elevator on the first floor):
- Enter the Townsend Hall rear, central entrance (with door operators).
- Pass through the stairwell double doors (with door operators).
- Turn right down the hall to the elevator.
- Take the elevator to Floor 1.
- The accessible, door-operated All-Gender Restroom will be in view across the hallway.
- There is Braille, pictorial, and written signage on or near the restroom door.
- The door into the restroom opens inwards and requires effort to open.
- There are door operators both inside and outside of the restroom for access.
Accessible Stalls
- The stall door opens outwards and is easy to open.
- The restroom door has a thumb-turn lock.
- The stall door has a slide-bolt lock.
Amenities
- Changing stations are located in first floor women’s restrooms and first floor All-Gender Restroom.
- There is a resting area in The Commons / Lobby area in the Floor 1, center of the building (Room 131) with a mixture of seating options.
The Wellness Room is located in Room 128 and can be used for:
- Meditation and prayer
- Lactation and breastfeeding support
- Stress relief and relaxation
Information coming soon!
General Parking Information
- The building has its own parking lot called ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- The parking lot is pay-to-park with two payment options.
- Faculty, staff and students: Semester or year-long Gray Lot permits are available through UD Parking Services.
- Visitors: Visitors may pay to park hourly using the Passport Parking mobile app. A smart phone and internet or cellular service connection is required. Signs on-site indicate your parking zone number.
Accessible Parking
- There are clearly-marked accessible parking spaces located in the rear parking lot: ‘Gray Lot – Lot 2’.
- Accessible parking space dimensions are 9’ x 18’.
- There is an adjacent marked access aisle to the side of the parking spaces. The adjacent access aisle dimensions are 6’ x 18’.
Route to the Entrance
- There is step-free access via ramp from the accessible parking spaces to the rear sidewalk.
- Rear entrance to building has curb ramp and ramp to accessible entrance.
- The ramp to the accessible entrance is approximately 70 feet long and has a width of 6 feet.
- The ramp is along a brick retaining wall.
Entrance Locations
- Accessible Entrance (Rear-Center)
- There is step-free access via curb ramp from the parking lot and accessible parking spaces to the Townsend Hall accessible entrance.
- This is located at the rear center of the building on the ground floor, which is partially below ground level.
- Non-accessible entrances
- A second (non-accessible) rear entrance and a front entrance are reachable via a staired pathway (10+ stairs).
- Four side entrances have single-stepped approaches that lead directly to the stairwells.
- These entrances do not have ramp access to the hallways or elevator.
Accessible Route
- The accessible entrance, located at the rear of the building, has door operators and provides direct, step-free access to the interior annex, hallway and ground-level elevator, which serves all floors.
- The first and last steps up from the accessible entrance are marked with bright tape for increased visibility.
- The elevator can be located by entering the Townsend Hall rear, central entrance (with door operators), passing through the double doors (with door operators), and turning right.
Entrance Doors
- The rear, central entrance has double manual doors, one of which has a door operator.
- The double doors in the interior annex of the rear, central entrance also have one door operator.
- Door operator buttons are at a height of 33 inches.
- The width of the door opening is 34 inches.
- The door opens towards you.
Building Layout
- There is one elevator and five stairwells in this building.
- The floors are signed: G (sits slightly below ground level), 1, 2, and 3.
Hallways
- There are doors between the stairwells and hallways that require some force to open.
Flooring
- The floors along circulation routes are hard and smooth, predominately consisting of vinyl composition tile floor.
- The floors in classrooms are hard and smooth vinyl composition tile.
- The Townsend Commons / Lobby Area (Room 131) and staff offices have short pile carpeting.
Elevator
Location and Access
- There is one elevator located in the center of the building.
- The accessible entrance gives direct access to the ground-level elevator, which provides step-free level access to all floors G, 1, and 2.
- To locate the elevator:
- Enter the Townsend Hall rear, central entrance (with door operators).
- Pass through the stairwell double doors (with door operators).
- Turn right down the hall to the elevator.
Dimensions
- The elevator door opening is 42 inches.
- The internal dimensions of the elevator are 81.5 x 51.5 inches.
Controls & Features
- The elevator makes audio cues to alert individuals of arrival on the floor.
- The external elevator controls are at an accessible height of 42 inches.
- The internal elevator controls are at an accessible height of 36 inches.
Stairs
- Non-accessible entrances
- A second (non-accessible) rear entrance and a front entrance are reachable via a staired pathway (10+ stairs).
- Four side entrances have single-stepped approaches that lead directly to the stairwells.
- These entrances do not have ramp access to the hallways or elevator.
- There are 20+ steps between floors.
- There are handrails on one side of each flight.
- The handrails cover all steps.
- The height of the first step is 7 inches.
- The minimum tread depth is 11 inches.
- All stairs in the building have handrails.
Locations
- There are step-free men’s and women’s restrooms located on each floor near the elevator with additonal restrooms located along the main hallways.
- There is an accessible, door-operated All-Gender Restroom located across from the elevator on the first floor (Floor "1" not Ground Floor "G").
Accessibility
- Each restroom has an accessible stall.
- There is step-free level access to the accessible, door-operated all-gender restroom (located across from the elevator on the first floor):
- Enter the Townsend Hall rear, central entrance (with door operators).
- Pass through the stairwell double doors (with door operators).
- Turn right down the hall to the elevator.
- Take the elevator to Floor 1.
- The accessible, door-operated All-Gender Restroom will be in view across the hallway.
- There is Braille, pictorial, and written signage on or near the restroom door.
- The door into the restroom opens inwards and requires effort to open.
- There are door operators both inside and outside of the restroom for access.
Accessible Stalls
- The stall door opens outwards and is easy to open.
- The restroom door has a thumb-turn lock.
- The stall door has a slide-bolt lock.
Amenities
- Changing stations are located in first floor women’s restrooms and first floor All-Gender Restroom.
- There is a resting area in The Commons / Lobby area in the Floor 1, center of the building (Room 131) with a mixture of seating options.
The Wellness Room is located in Room 128 and can be used for:
- Meditation and prayer
- Lactation and breastfeeding support
- Stress relief and relaxation
Information coming soon!
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