Braille Map
January 8th, 2009
Design:
Client: Rosetta MacLain Garden
Date: 1950′s
At the Rosetta MacLain Garden in Scarborough, ON there are two maps like this. They contain braille information and a 3-D texture map for the blind. The garden itself features a “scent garden” designed to be appreciated through sense of smell and also “texture paths” with the type and pattern of stone on the paths changing in each area. All of this from the 1950s, so long before the present age of political correctness. Very innovative.
-Ughman
Entry Filed under: Best of the CDR,Urban
4 Comments Add your own
1. admin | January 8th, 2009 at 13:22
Amazing, any more images of this work?
2. Eric | January 8th, 2009 at 14:21
What a wonderful idea! I would love to see more images too…
3. michael erdmann | January 8th, 2009 at 18:14
Nice one Scarborough!
In all my time living and teaching in Toronto, including numerous projects on Toronto’s public parks, I can’t believe this park never came up. I guess there’s a lot of good parks and if you don’t live near Scarborough it’s easy to overlook.
-Michael
4. sky | July 6th, 2009 at 20:42
awesome love!
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