>Thanks very much Howard for the input. I was considering such an approach
>but I guess I needed direction. I had one question, however, could you
>elaborate on what sensory strategies in your experience where used to signify
?
|Use as many reinforcing senses otherthan
vision.
>space.
>For example, would this include changes in room size to reflect differing
?
|Be sure to consider
all scales from the smallest-to-the-largest (global) scale.
>acoustics. I was intrigued by your statement 'senses as signifiers of
>space'. One conceptual approach i'm working with is the use of Kevin Lynch's
>vocabulary on path, districts, nodes, landmarks, etc. as a conceptual
>starting point for environmental information. I also have completed a
?
|That, of course, is only one. You will find your won
way, if you work with the congenitally blind. They will *guide* you!
>research survey and derived four strategies including scale reduction,
>consistency, clustering, and multi-sensory cuing. Am I to understand
?
|Of course, you can learn
from the literature, too. Nothing beats actual experience. Try being
blindfolded for one day yourself. You will come to understand what is
needed.
>your statement as the sum of all the sources of envrionmental information
>in the environment i.e. tactile, auditory, thermal as being the
>signifiers of space?
?
|They are! Definitely!
>P.S. Oh, by the way I have two e-mail addresses. One for America On Line,
>jmparch@xxxxxxx, and the current address.
>JEFF <---Hi ... Keep *us* posted on DESIGN-L ... Howard
>but I guess I needed direction. I had one question, however, could you
>elaborate on what sensory strategies in your experience where used to signify
?
|Use as many reinforcing senses otherthan
vision.
>space.
>For example, would this include changes in room size to reflect differing
?
|Be sure to consider
all scales from the smallest-to-the-largest (global) scale.
>acoustics. I was intrigued by your statement 'senses as signifiers of
>space'. One conceptual approach i'm working with is the use of Kevin Lynch's
>vocabulary on path, districts, nodes, landmarks, etc. as a conceptual
>starting point for environmental information. I also have completed a
?
|That, of course, is only one. You will find your won
way, if you work with the congenitally blind. They will *guide* you!
>research survey and derived four strategies including scale reduction,
>consistency, clustering, and multi-sensory cuing. Am I to understand
?
|Of course, you can learn
from the literature, too. Nothing beats actual experience. Try being
blindfolded for one day yourself. You will come to understand what is
needed.
>your statement as the sum of all the sources of envrionmental information
>in the environment i.e. tactile, auditory, thermal as being the
>signifiers of space?
?
|They are! Definitely!
>P.S. Oh, by the way I have two e-mail addresses. One for America On Line,
>jmparch@xxxxxxx, and the current address.
>JEFF <---Hi ... Keep *us* posted on DESIGN-L ... Howard