This document summarizes a thesis proposal about designing spaces to improve the experiences of visually impaired people. The proposal has the following objectives: 1) Allow visually impaired people to experience their environment through architectural spaces, 2) Frame artwork by disabled people, 3) Help visually impaired people experience nature through different properties of color. The research will include interviews with experts and visually impaired individuals, and visits to organizations supporting the blind. The goal is to improve abilities and provide social justice for blind people by giving them opportunities to experience beauty without limitations.

1. ARCHITECTURE DEPARTEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR, ABBOTTABAD CAMPUS
THESIS DESIGN I (ARCH 506 L)
9TH
SEMESTER-FALL 2019-BATCH XIII
ABDUL QADEER
ROLL # 29
SUBMITTED TO
AR.FAISAL REHMAN
FAHEEM GILANI
LIGHT FOR BLIND!

2. LIGHT FOR BLIND!
INTRODUCTION:
As human, GOD give us each and every thing for our survival and each one is unique in its
properties
In Quran “So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 55:13
And if any one that favor is missing survival of human is difficult as in these favors one of the
most important thing is senses and which is most power full thing in human body
As we have 5 senses “sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch” out of these senses vision is one of the
most important about 40% of brain is used in sense of sight and in our society some persons
haven’t that gift and they are called BLIND or visually impaired person in medical terms it is
called DIPLOPIA.
They are special person and they didn’t see the beauty of nature but can experience through
their other powerful senses.
As we know that Architects are social scientist so they have to do something for that blind
persons because they are part of our society and to feel the whole environment through special
spaces and experience the beauty of nature without any guide or support.
MOTIVATION:
The visually impaired person can’t see but has power to other senses. As we know that 40% of
brain is used for sense of vision but if a person haven’t that sense so he/she use that power in
other senses and it is scientifically proven that blind person have more powerful senses then
normal person
15.1 million Male and 15.7 million female are blind in the USA (WHO report 2010)
1.14 million are blind in Pakistan (NCPB 2006)(National committee for the preventation of
blindness )
And the number is increasing that is 2 million in 2010 by
Dr.M.Shahnawaz (Ophthalmologist and porton in chief of disabled welfare association)
In the presence of rules and regulation for such disable person we didn’t have any specific build
environment
“Equal opportunities for people with disabilities”

3. (European action plan 2004-2010)
Equal treatment
Improve accessibility
Reinforce main streaming
OBJECTIVES:
 Experiencing the unseen world through architectural spaces.
 Framing the artwork of disable persons.
 Experiencing the colors of nature through properties of that color.
 Embracing the disabilities in society.
 Developing a complete sensory experience for visually impaired in making them a part
of community employment.

RESEARCH WORK:
For the solution of arising question in this project and for the possible outcome I would take
interviews from ophthalmologist and from blind persons
Will visit National committee for the preventation of blindness
and will use internet for research papers and thesis reports on blind persons.
LIST OF CASE STUDIES:
A recreational Centre for blind “Worli Mumbi”
Hazelwood school of Glasgow “Alan Dunlop Architects”
University of deaf and blind
South Dakota's Deaf-Blind Program
Prado Museum Spain
CONCLUTION:

4. This project will help in improving the ability and will give social justice to blind persons and
will give the opportunity to frame their work and experience the beauty of nature without any
hesitation
REFRENCESES:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=architecture+for+blind+archdaily
https://www.archdaily.com/tag/architecture-for-the-blind
https://www.usd.edu/medicine/center-for-disabilities/deaf-blind-program
https://aasarchitecture.com/2016/09/hazelwood-school-glasgow-alan-dunlop-architect.html/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=architecture+for+blind+person
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1954803/
sensory architecture in silent vision by asgari zayban 3013
Eyes of the skin by juhani pallasmaa 2013
Space speaks are you listening ? 2007
experiencing aural architecture 2007