SEOUL DESIGN AWARD

The ailing library in a school for the blind in Pattaya, Thailand, has been transformed into a multi-sensory classroom for visually impaired children.

An interactive learning space through play and experience has been designed to allow visually impaired children acquire the basic skills needed for daily life and adapting and contributing to society, all through early education.

Children progressively move through the six sides of the room, which are formed of little multicolored light holes and ‘learning pins’.

They start to perceive the ‘learning pins’ of diverse sizes, shapes and textures with their sense of touch and imagination, thus improving their cognitive developments.

Children learn Braille through numbers, and Thai and English letters embedded into the floor, and are taught to recognize potential harm from daily life through smell. This project raises social awareness of the need for specialized education and gives hope to parents of disabled children.