Engaging sensibilities: An exploration into architectural techniques for multi-sensory environments

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Engaging sensibilities: An exploration into architectural techniques for multi-sensory environments

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The culture and practice of architecture is regarded as a principally visual field. The sense of sight dominates the remaining senses, which lack purposeful engagement in current architecture. This proposal ventures to recognise the potential of multi-sensory engagement in order to embellish the architectural experience. It develops the design of a Rehabilitation Centre for those that have recently lost their sight. It has been identified that participation in group-based rehabilitation is mo...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2010

Creator

Dawkins, Rachel

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/1522

Related subjects

multi-sensory engagement / rehabilitation centre design / architecture for the blind / Architectural Design

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