Space as a Sensory Mediator: Designing Therapeutic Environments for Children in Difficulty.

Abstract

Chldren with disabilities need adequate care for their sensory systems and overall development. They ought to have access to educational or therapeutic services in adapted facilities that have inclusive designs to their requirements. The objective is to develop a built environment that is able to enhance the rehabilitation of the children and their sensory stimulation. Educational rooms, as well as areas for rehabilitation and stimulation, need to be reshaped from an inclusive and sensory sociological and architectural environmental design perspective. This research points out the role of therapeutic architecture whose spaces are not mere volumes and forms but are real means for rehabilitation and development.