Architecture For the Blind

foreign

Chris Downey Lost His sight in 2008.

he designed this building so blind

people feel as at home in it as everyone

else these three floors are really

specifically about that blind experience

all the subtleties and and sort of the

lives you have through the experience of

thinking about the Acoustics

understanding a space through sound

through touch

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subtle design points are everywhere high

contrast colors guide visitors around

unfamiliar pieces of furniture and

handrails designed to feel beautiful at

a sense of care a lot of effort goes

into the how the environment sounds a

lot of things for the visual environment

to make it more visually accessible to

people with low vision conditions or

even sense of touch simple things like

having a hard surface on the ground on

the main circulation areas you can hear

where you are in the space there are

even things

I care where you can lean your cane a

little cane knots if you don't have that

you're like constantly trying to battle

with the King

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