Isabel de Faria & Paschalis Papachristopoulos and my friend, Hadi Hissi & to my teachers, Soulafa Soubra Oriol Carrasco Irma Arribas Tomoko Sakamoto Roman Bianco
INTRODUCTION II. LITERATURE REVIEW Sense of space The blind Evolution III. ANALYSIS Investigation - Index - Urban green areas Fauna and flora The sea Balearic 5-9 10-25 V. REFERENCES Source of inspiration Space from a blind perspective Sketches 26-29 VI. METHODOLOGY Diagram VII. 54-59 60-61 62-73 PROJECT DESIGN Project concept Design body language Psychology of colours Shape experimentation Textures and materials Sociological importance VI. 33-53 PROJECT NARRATIVE Sensorial journey in Barcelona The visible and invisible The city Barcelona Architecture Urban features Scents of a city Mobility and noise pollution Gastronomy Language Barcelona Catalan identity 4
- Index - INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT 74-105 Moodboard Location Sketches Plans Location plam Location plan & intervention Materiality Conceptual & narrative plan User Experience Reception Light installation Axonometry Circulation plan Technical section Exploded axonometry Renders Outside experience Inside experience IX. ANNEX 76-109 Construction details Intervention plan & measurements X. BIBLIOGRAPHY XI. ICONOGRAPHY 5 110-111 112-113
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¨ The world around us is constantly shifting. From one day to another, unexpected events can result in a new controlled lifestyle. From being free to touch, hear, see, smell and taste everything that surrounds us, we were confronted, due to Covid-19, with a new reality, where we had to face limitations to our freedom of movement, to the way we relate to the environment and to other people. These challenges had a major impact on myself and, I believe, in many people around the world. With limited access to places and in social interactions, the thought of tourism suddenly vanished. For others, this idea was already a reality.¨ 7
Tourism Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 ¨New tourism...new scenarios for a sustainable future¨ Figure 4 8
INTRODUCTION Tourism is a concept established by humans. Starting impaired people may face, it is almost unimaginable for first as a luxury leisure activity in the 17th century , them to dive completely into a new cultural experience it became accessible to almost everyone. Tourism when traveling. Blindness represents complete darkness is now a constant mass movement of people, traveling and the loss of sight, generating an even greater challenge with diverse motivations and expectations. As it grew to for the experience of tourism. In 2020, this conflict was be more approachable, it became one of the world’s most made worse by the Covid 19 pandemic, with a stronger important social activities and a major economic driver sense of human absence and separation, creating a for many countries. Today, traveling isn’t only associated challenge on how senses can be used everyday. Globally, with history, art and culture, but may also include other 285 million of people were visually impaired in 20102 fields such as sports, health, relaxation, amusement and 1 billion experienced a near or distance vision and entertainment. As it developed into such different impairment in 20203. The tourism industry, in order to directions, each journey has very specific requirements be sustainable, should take into account the current and for the individual experiencing it. Furthermore, it involves future economic, social and environmental impacts of a great amount of organization. From mobility and its activities, thus considering the needs of the visitors, accommodation to activities and safety, requirements are the environment and the host communities (WTO)4. different and personal to each visitor. As a result, big cities People with disabilities do travel and are likely to travel have created a reliable and systematic organizational with others. They are therefore an important segment system for welcoming visitors. However, these more and a potential economic driver for the tourism market, complex trends in tourism have involuntarily engender with spending power and potential to increase, as each exclusions and challenges for people with disability. traveler with a disability may encourage the participation There are barriers they have to face in their experience and influence the purchasing decision of people with of exploration and this can develop boundaries between a similar condition. According to a Study (Amadeus different communities. The envisaged scenarios do not Accessibility Study, 20175), these travelers represent a $70 1 always take into account accessibility for disabled people. An important part of the tourism concepts is based on 2 Global data on visual impairment. (2017, December 08). Retrieved February 03, 2021, from https://www.who.int/ blindness/publications/globaldata/en/ 3 Vision impairment and blindness. (2020, October 8). Retrieved February 03, 2021, from https://www.who.int/ news-room/fact-sheets/detail/blindness-and-visual-impairment 4 World tourism organization. (n.d.). Retrieved February 07, 2021, from https://www.unwto.org/sustainable-development 5 World tourism organization. (n.d.). Retrieved February 07, 2021, from https://www.unwto.org/accessibility the idea of visual experiences: museums, galleries, monuments, landscapes, architecture and visual cultural features. Considering the daily challenges that visual 1 K. Walton, J. (2020, November 10). Tourism. Retrieved January 31, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/ topic/tourism 9
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