Why We Should Integrate Tactile Surfaces into Architecture

Lilly Cao — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 04:00:00 +0000

Accessibility is one of the most important considerations in architecture, ensuring that the built environment caters to people of all abilities. However, popular conceptions of what disability and accessibility look like remain limited, and often encompass only physically disabled people such as wheelchair users. Among architectural designers especially, it is common to visualize accessibility as adding ramps, wide corridors, and elevators. However, disability can take many different forms, some less visible than others; accordingly, accessibility in architecture means much more than accommodating just wheelchair users. For the visually impaired, incorporating specific tactile elements in architecture and urban design can vastly improve the navigability of a foreign space. In this article, we talk about tactile paving specifically, including its different forms, its history, and its means of implementation.

Classroom Makeover For The Blind / Creative Crews

Collin Chen — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 21:00:00 +0000

The design resulted from conversations with the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind’s principal. The new facility was conceived to provide a new learning environment necessary to supplement the programme that, up until this point, he could only dream of offering. The main aim for the programme is to equip all students with fundamental skills for future livelihoods beyond the school’s gate. The school enrols pupils with varying degrees of visual impairment, and abilities thus the facility needs to be flexible.

Photographer: Ekkachan Eiamananwattana | ArchDaily

Why We Should Integrate Tactile Surfaces into Architecture

Classroom Makeover For The Blind / Creative Crews