Our eyes were opened towards how the roads and the navigation around the city is made for the youth, 18-35 year old, fit men. Probably not intentionally so, but just as per construction convenience and assumed population "majority". Not just around the city, but also in buildings, stairs, vehicles, crossings etc. but our focus was around the city, and narrowed down to our immediate area, Yelahanka.
We were assigned to map 4th and 5th phase of Yelahanka all while being sympathetic and solely focusing on the problems and the level of convenience the elderly, children, blind, women and physically handicapped people might have.
Our group walked around and we begun our mapping. we observed that the footpaths were pretty narrow and uneven so we walked beside the footpath and when we did there were cars, bikes, bicycles, and that made it only much harder to walk because then there was the roads with vehicles. We observed potholes and ditches. garbage in the middle of the road.
We conducted a small experiment where i tried and shut my eyes for about ten minutes as we continued walking around the area with my friend guiding me. I wanted a glimpse of what its like to be blind. What i learned was that you become dependent on your ears so you hear much more than what a person with sight can. I learned that sight is a distraction. I experienced what we were told about prior to this assignment, that the blind see more than anyone else.
As a designer i learned the level of importance that should be given to people in these categories. A good designer should always consider and try to incorporate the needs of people under all categories in their work. As a group we had a couple of ideas we really liked but we narrowed it down to one.
It was a fun and an insightful experience.
We were assigned to map 4th and 5th phase of Yelahanka all while being sympathetic and solely focusing on the problems and the level of convenience the elderly, children, blind, women and physically handicapped people might have.
Our group walked around and we begun our mapping. we observed that the footpaths were pretty narrow and uneven so we walked beside the footpath and when we did there were cars, bikes, bicycles, and that made it only much harder to walk because then there was the roads with vehicles. We observed potholes and ditches. garbage in the middle of the road.
We conducted a small experiment where i tried and shut my eyes for about ten minutes as we continued walking around the area with my friend guiding me. I wanted a glimpse of what its like to be blind. What i learned was that you become dependent on your ears so you hear much more than what a person with sight can. I learned that sight is a distraction. I experienced what we were told about prior to this assignment, that the blind see more than anyone else.
As a designer i learned the level of importance that should be given to people in these categories. A good designer should always consider and try to incorporate the needs of people under all categories in their work. As a group we had a couple of ideas we really liked but we narrowed it down to one.
It was a fun and an insightful experience.
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