Add to ORKGThe level of accessibility within buildings and urban environments is a manifestation of society’s awareness and acceptance of the needs of people with disabilities. Persons with visual impairment can not only rely on their eye-sight in the case of knowing their whereabouts and reading the information concerned. Architectural and landscape references, road signs, maps and diagrams, color and tactile references may serve as main informative indicators
Architectural design commonly focuses on the visual qualities of its manifestation, leaving people w...
A disability is very often associated with motor dysfunction, while visual, hearing or psychological...
About one in ten persons is born with, or develops, a physical, sensory or mental impairment. When t...
Studio based education in architecture is often inaccessible to students with disabilities. With reg...
This paper reports on an ongoing doctoral research project which aims to identify the main barriers ...
Blindness is a physical disability that makes a person unable to use of sight. This is the most prom...
Architecture has an immense effect on our perception of reality. It has the ability to shape people...
The building is the combination of dwelling and public senscape for the blind and the sighted. The g...
This thesis explores the relationship between architecture and the blind people. For better clarity ...
Despite the ever improving living conditions and the quality of medical care, the percentage of disa...
The central purpose of this study is to contribute to our knowledge of designing in a way that can b...
Public realm schemes are being introduced in urban areas without the usual delineation between the f...
Visually impaired people, in their daily lives, face struggles and spatial barriers because the buil...
Visually impaired persons possess a specific set of functional and sensory requirements for their su...
People with sight loss have encountered barriers when travel independently inside buildings for a lo...
Architectural design commonly focuses on the visual qualities of its manifestation, leaving people w...
A disability is very often associated with motor dysfunction, while visual, hearing or psychological...
About one in ten persons is born with, or develops, a physical, sensory or mental impairment. When t...
Studio based education in architecture is often inaccessible to students with disabilities. With reg...
This paper reports on an ongoing doctoral research project which aims to identify the main barriers ...
Blindness is a physical disability that makes a person unable to use of sight. This is the most prom...
Architecture has an immense effect on our perception of reality. It has the ability to shape people...
The building is the combination of dwelling and public senscape for the blind and the sighted. The g...
This thesis explores the relationship between architecture and the blind people. For better clarity ...
Despite the ever improving living conditions and the quality of medical care, the percentage of disa...
The central purpose of this study is to contribute to our knowledge of designing in a way that can b...
Public realm schemes are being introduced in urban areas without the usual delineation between the f...
Visually impaired people, in their daily lives, face struggles and spatial barriers because the buil...
Visually impaired persons possess a specific set of functional and sensory requirements for their su...
People with sight loss have encountered barriers when travel independently inside buildings for a lo...
Architectural design commonly focuses on the visual qualities of its manifestation, leaving people w...
A disability is very often associated with motor dysfunction, while visual, hearing or psychological...
About one in ten persons is born with, or develops, a physical, sensory or mental impairment. When t...