Designerly Ways of Not Knowing: What Designers Can Learn about Space from People Who are Blind

• Autores: Ann Heylighen, Jasmien Herssens
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 19, 3, 2014, págs. 317-332
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper sets out to demonstrate that architects' and other designers' visual ways of knowingmay come with a considerable risk. They risk favouring visual qualities over non-visual qualities, but also cognition over embodiment in how space is understood and conceived. Their designerlyways of knowing thus may aswell be viewed as designerlyways of not knowing-of disregarding the bodily experience of the built environment. This disregard becomes especially clear when considering the spatial experience of persons who are blind, as they are able to appreciate sounds, smells or haptic qualities designers may not be attuned to. Although the paper focuses on design in architecture, it points out that the underlying rationale may be relevant for other design domains as well, including urban design