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An Exploratory Study of Sensory Gardens
Hazreena Hussein
Abstract
This preliminary study explores the common issues of sensory gardens around the UK, by
observing how they are utilized.
Of the fourteen...
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An Exploratory Study of Sensory Gardens
Hazreena Hussein
Abstract
This preliminary study explores the common issues of sensory gardens around the UK, by
observing how they are utilized.
Of the fourteen sensory gardens visited, eight were
designed by landscape architects.
One of these is a health-care centre for adults, another is
a primary school and one other is accessible to the public.
The rest are special schools,
which cater for children with special needs.
This study also involves conducting interviews
with the designers, teachers, therapists and key expert of the subject.
The teachers,
therapists and key expert view was that designers should have close collaboration with the
users before designing the actual sensory garden as designers often presume that they
know what the needs of the users are and how users engaged with the multi-sensory
environment.
While designers noted that there is a lack of detailed guidelines availab
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