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On Orientation of Visually Impaired People in Public Space

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 11 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)
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Open Access
|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Blind woman using her white walking stick. Source: goodluz/shutterstock.com
Blind woman using her white walking stick. Source: goodluz/shutterstock.com

Figure 2.

Advertisements in urban space. Source: Wyborcza.pl
Advertisements in urban space. Source: Wyborcza.pl

Figure 3.

Example of a change of the pavement level by one step Source: Photo taken by the author
Example of a change of the pavement level by one step Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 4.

Large doormat in the inner entrance areato a shopping centre. Source: Photo taken by the author
Large doormat in the inner entrance areato a shopping centre. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 5.

An example of a large recessed doormat in the outer entrance area to a shopping centre. Source: Photo taken by the author
An example of a large recessed doormat in the outer entrance area to a shopping centre. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 6.

Guiding lines interrupted by a large doormat and a sliding door, railway station Gliwice. Source: Photo taken by the author
Guiding lines interrupted by a large doormat and a sliding door, railway station Gliwice. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 7.

Guiding lines, tactile paving surfaces. Source: Photo taken by the author
Guiding lines, tactile paving surfaces. Source: Photo taken by the author

Figure 8.

Typhlographic map on the railway station in Katowice. Source: Altix
Typhlographic map on the railway station in Katowice. Source: Altix

Figure 9.

Signs on doors, covers on handrails in the Regional Social Welfare Centre in Poznań. Source: Altix
Signs on doors, covers on handrails in the Regional Social Welfare Centre in Poznań. Source: Altix

Figure 10.

Scale model of the Żupny Castle in Wieliczka. Photo: Internet
Scale model of the Żupny Castle in Wieliczka. Photo: Internet

Figure 11.

Example of an urban development scale model. Photo: Internet
Example of an urban development scale model. Photo: Internet

Figure 12.

Scale model of Wieluń, an example of distortion of the city view. Photo. Internet
Scale model of Wieluń, an example of distortion of the city view. Photo. Internet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-035 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 27 - 32
Submitted on: Jun 21, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 23, 2018
Published on: Apr 4, 2019
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
Blind and visually impaired people,
Orientation in public space
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2019 Beata KOMAR, published by Silesian University of Technology
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