The architecture of spaces for people on the autistic spectrum is evolving toward inclusive design, which should fit the requirements for independent, autonomous living, and proper support for relatives and caregivers. The use of smart sensor systems represents a valuable support to internal design in order to achieve independent living for impaired people. Accordingly, these devices can monitor or prevent hazardous situations, ensuring security and privacy. Acoustic sensor systems, for instance, could be used in order to realize a passive monitoring system. The correct functioning of such devices needs optimal indoor acoustic criteria. Nevertheless, these criteria should also comply with dedicated acoustic requests that autistic individuals with hearing impairment or hypersensitivity to sound could need. Thus, this research represents the first attempt to balance, integrate, and develop these issues, presenting (i) a wide literature overview related to both topics, (ii) a focused analysis on real facility, and (iii) a final optimization, which takes into account, merges, and elucidates all the presented unsolved issues.
People on the autism spectrum have a different perception of the environment than neurotypical people and often require support in various activities of daily living. Assistive technology can support those affected, but very few smart-home-like technologies exist. To support people on the autism spectrum in their autonomy and safety and to help caregivers, a smart home and interior design environment was developed. Requirements were gathered by employing a holistic human-centered design approach through interactive workshops and questionnaires to create a useful and user-friendly solution. From this process, requirements for a comprehensive solution (the SENSHOME environment) emerged. These requirements include a set of functionalities tailored to the needs of people on the autism spectrum, such as a crowd warning that informs when many people are in a certain area (for example, the entrance), an automatic light regulation system, or a daily life planner that supports task completion. Furthermore, inclusive furniture elements such as a refuge seat or a table with dividers can support wellbeing, autonomy, and safety. This paper demonstrates a consequent and considerable participatory research approach and the story from the target group and context of use through design requirements to the initial design solution of the SENSHOME environment.
Este artículo propone una lectura en paralelo de dos obras de Le Corbusier, el Poéme de l’Angle Droit, obra poética y figurativa, y el Palacio del Gobernador en Chandigarh, proyecto arquitectónico no realizado, evidenciando una serie de similitudes compositivas específicas. Más allá de las coincidencias y similitudes formales, las dos obras parecen revelar fundamentalmente la misma estrategia poética: es esta poética enigmática e icónica, que también caracteriza a las pinturas de Le Corbusier después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la que remite a una iconografía simbólica personal. Su arquitectura, de machine à habiter parece pasar a ser más bien máquina simbólica: un dispositivo funcional para el habitar, de acuerdo con los datos geográficos y climáticos, coherente desde el punto de vista técnico-constructivo, pero cuya aspiración es construir relaciones entre formas, figuras y significados, haciendo de la expresión de un pensamiento poético una interpretación de los valores colectivos.
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