Gaden design for the hearing impaired : adjusted outdoor environment for pupils at the Silvia school in Hässleholm

There is a lot written about being hearing impaired. There are guidelines on how to adjust the indoor environment for the hearing impaired. There is even more written about gardening and garden design from different aspects. However, I found out that there is nothing written about garden design or adjusting the outdoor environment for the hearing impaired. At the background of myself being hearing impaired and garden designer I realised that I actually had adjusted my own garden out of the fact that I am hearing impaired. I wanted to take this one step further. The result is a plan for a garden at a school for hearing-impaired children, the Silvia school in Hässleholm, Sweden. The design and shapes take into consideration that the ones who shall use the garden are hearing-impaired. The garden shall be a peaceful and harmonically place for relaxation and is designed out of the children's needs. Every plant is there for a reason. Every line drawn has a history of thoughts.Det finns mycket skrivet om att vara hörselskadad. Det finns riktlinjer för hur man anpassar inomhusmiljöer för hörselskadade. Det finns ännu mer skrivet om trädgård och trädgårdsutformning ur olika aspekter. Däremot upptäckte jag att det inte fanns något skrivet om trädgårdsutformning eller hur man anpassar utomhusmiljön för hörselskadade. Mot bakgrund av att jag själv är hörselskadad och trädgårdsingenjör upptäckte jag att jag faktiskt anpassat min egen trädgård utifrån det faktum att jag är hörselskadad. Jag kände att jag ville ta detta ett steg vidare. Det har resulterat i utformningen av ett trädgårdsrum i anslutning till en skola för hörselskadade barn, Silviaskolan i Hässleholm. Designen och utformningen tar hänsyn till att de som ska vistas där är hörselskadade. Rummet ska bli en lugn och harmonisk plats för avkoppling och är utformat på deras villkor, efter deras behov. Varje växt som är satt finns där av en anledning. Varje linje som är dragen finns det en tanke bakom

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