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BLIND AESTHETICS

Fulmer, Tracy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1002992074

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2002, Master of Architecture, Miami University, Architecture and Interior Design.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how our sense of smell, touch and hearing affect our experience of space. In order to study this I have both read and talked with individuals in the blind community, as well as blindfold myself, to gain insight into the world of the blind. I found that the other senses contribute a great deal to our sense of space. Although smell and hearing are more vague than vision and touch, the most concrete of the senses, they all seem to contribute to the overall impression of a space. The “other” senses seem to address the intuitive feels or impressions we form about space. For instance some spaces feel comfortable and we could spend hours in them, while others make us agitated or nervous. Thus architecture is not just a visual art, but a dynamic experience that must be designed taking all avenues of experience into consideration.
Craig Hinrichs (Advisor)
Architecture
blind; smell; touch; sound

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  • Fulmer, T. (2002). BLIND AESTHETICS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1002992074

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fulmer, Tracy. BLIND AESTHETICS. 2002. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1002992074.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fulmer, Tracy. "BLIND AESTHETICS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1002992074

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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