VISUALLY IMPAIRED FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE DESIGN STUDY, CASE: SLB NEGERI A PAJAJARAN BANDUNG

• Main Author: Rahmatullah, Alfajri
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur lanskap
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/53709
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Bandung is a city that provides special educational facilities for visually impaired people, SLB Negeri A Pajajaran is one of the oldest special schools for the blind in Indonesia and even Southeast Asia. The special education for the blind is different from schools in general. In the context of educational facilities, this particular school tends to be in poor condition, and some areas of green open space there have not been fully utilized. From the perspective of landscape architecture, green open space can be an alternative learning area for object concept learning, orientation, mobilization, social and communication learning as a way for the blind to be able to understand the world around them. Therefore, the aim of this research is to understand the categories related to visually friendly landscape design and then to design a design related to green open space and the mobilization of blind people based on indications, findings, and the categorization of blind friendly landscape studies that have been adapted in the context of specific learning. at SLB Negeri A Pajajaran, Bandung City. The design results are in the form of various landscape design compositions with visions of visually friendly, which further answer the space needs related to the specificity of the blind's learning activities.