AuxÃlios à navegaÃÃo de pedestres cegos atravÃs de mapa tÃtil / Aid to navigation for blind pedestrians trough tactile map
AUTOR(ES)
Maria de Fatima Xavier do Monte Almeida
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2008
RESUMO
This research relates the autonomy and independence of blind people with the welfare of the individual in the environment he lives. In this perspective, this study focuses on the attainment of self orientation by the blind individual and discusses the relationship between the individual - tactile map - the built environment using the principles of ergonomics focused on the behavioral aspects of "wayfinding," i.e. the process to find a way. It refers to the recognition of environmental information, both perceived and verbalized during the wayfinding process, (planning, implementing and describing a nonfamiliar route) in order to identify the navigation assistance elements applied to projects of closed constructional sites. To this end, two distinct and combined experiments were adapted: the experiment of Passini and Proulx (1988), which deals with issues of wayfinding with blind people; and the experiment of May et al. (2003), which deals with navigation assistance for pedestrians with vision and the implications for the design. This experiment was conducted at the âCentro de EducaÃÃoâ (Center for Education) at the âUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco,â UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco). The results showed the problems of the built environment when it does not meet the needs of different user groups and when behavior-related criteria are not taken into consideration in the design of various types of buildings, in terms of the range of concepts and phenomena of behavior relevant to that group, in that location
ASSUNTO(S)
ergonomics design ergonomia arquitetura design built environment architecture tactile maps ambiente construÃdo mapa tÃtil desenho wayfinding wayfinding
