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School for the visually impaired
School of enlightenment
Location
Prince's road, Great Yarmouth, England
Year
2020
Design Team
Chloe Pegeot
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Concept
Visually impaired people rely most of the time on their ability to see when they use buildings. Education is personal and it is the transition from darkness to light, where light represents knowledge. The concept of the school of enlightenment is based on bringing light into the building in order to help visually impaired children navigating within the building by casting shadows on the floor.
Sun path
St Nicholas Primary School
Norfolk& Norwich Association For The Blind
In Norfolk, 35000 people are visually impaired including 309 young people from 0-16 years old
RNIB estimated that there are around 25.000 blind and partially sighted children and young people aged 0-16 in the Uk and 309 in Norfolk.
Norfolk County Council children’s services
The school targets children from 6-11 years old.
Adequate lighting is therfore the most important feature to take into consideration when designing the school.
Example of shadows cast on the floor
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