ARCHITECTURE BEHAVIOUR OF OUTDOOR SPACE DESIGN FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE by Esty Poedjioetami, Risma Yunia Ferdani, Moch. Junaidi Hidayat (original) (raw)
Indonesia has placed second position for the number of visually impaired people compared to all other countries for international scale. Visually impaired is count as one of the worst disability. Limited vision among visually impaired people has dropped their confident to certain low level, it turns them into silent and shy. In order to increase their contribution level of confident, it takes a media to accommodate special needs for them, especially in mobility aspect. Te study aims to design an outdoor space that could help visually impaired people to do their daily activity become easier, safer, and more comfortable. Within descriptive exploration method through literature and field study, the design of outdoor space concept for visually impaired people is invented. Result of study reveals that outdoor space design must also concern about daily behaviour of visually impaired people who mostly not use vision but hearing, touching, and smelling. An outdoor space design could include...
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