Tactile Architectural Drawings—Practical Application and Potential of Architectural Typhlographics

Agnieszka Kłopotowska and Monika Magdziak
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Agnieszka Kłopotowska: Department of Urban and Spatial Planning, Institute of Architecture and Town Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Bialystok University of Technology, 15-351 Białystok, Poland
Monika Magdziak: Department of Housing Architecture, Institute of Architecture and Town Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Bialystok University of Technology, 15-351 Białystok, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: The subject of research conducted by the team from the Bialystok University of Technology is architectural typhlographics—a kind of specialised tactile drawings dedicated to people with visual impairments. The aim of the publication is to present the specificity of this type of architectural graphics and to indicate the areas of its usefulness. Based on professional experience, available thematic literature, as well as specialist consultations, the authors made a multi-criteria analysis and valorisation of the obtained set of examples of architectural typhlographs. The result of the research is to indicate the main fields of current application, and to outline the potential and possible directions of further development of tactile architectural drawings. The specifics of the examined graphics are also presented, including their functionality, possible forms of representations and differences from typical architectural representations. The historical background of the typhlographics as well as the main principles of their creation are presented, as the supplement and basis for the author’s considerations. The research also showed the broad utility and social values of architectural typhlographs and the priorities for their further development.

Keywords: architectural drawing; typhlographs; tactile drawings; visual impairment; blind people; spatial orientation; accessibility; architectural education; universal design; graphic information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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