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3D Printing Technology for Buildings’ Accessibility: The Tactile Map for MTE Museum in Pavia
Author(s)
Ferdinando Auricchio, Alessandro Greco, Gianluca Alaimo, Valentina Giacometti, Stefania Marconi and Valeria Mauri
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.08.002
Affiliation(s)
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
ABSTRACT
3D printing technology is an innovative manufacturing technology used in
several disciplines, whose number and diversity are growing day by day. The
development of devices to improve the accessibility of buildings and urban
spaces for people with disabilities through 3D printing technology is still not
broadly explored. The present study is focused on filling this gap, with the
realization of a tactile map of the MTE (Museum of Electrical Technology) of
the University of Pavia (Italy) for blind and visually impaired people. The
tactile map represents the building plan with all the information to guide the visit. The device is the
result of a research process which is made by several steps and experimental
tests, aimed at setting the best 3D printing profiles to meet all the
requirements of the end-users. This paper describes methods and strategies
applied to reach these goals: it underlines the social and technical
approaches, the experimental phases and its possible future developments.
KEYWORDS
Accessibility, inclusive design, 3D printing technology, tactile maps, museums.
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