[Nfbf-l] Minneapolis Model Builder Designs Bridge

[David Andrews]

It is to bad you didn't find this earlier -- as I live just a few 
blocks away from the bridge and would love to see the model.  Will 
have to track it down since Feb. 5 has passed.

Dave

At 05:38 AM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
>Minneapolis Model Builder Designs Bridge
> >> Model to Help the Blind Visualize Stillwater Lift Bridge
> >>
> >>
> >> Minneapolis Model Builder Designs Bridge Model to Help the
> >> Blind Visualize Stillwater Lift Bridge
> >>
> >>  NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Minneapolis, MN, United States,
> >> 01/29/2009 - Model of the Stillwater
> >> Lift Bridge uses unconventional materials to help low vision
> >> individuals better understand the
> >> project.
> >>
> >>  Minneapolis architectural model builder, Feyereisen Studios,
> >> recently completed a project for the
> >> Stillwater Lift Bridge. Unlike most architectural models, the
> >> model of the Stillwater Lift Bridge
> >> was designed so that the visually impaired could feel and
> >> better visualize the model.
> >>
> >> The idea to build a physical model of the Stillwater Lift
> >> Bridge was undertaken in an effort to
> >> enlist the assistance of the disabled community to make it
> >> easier for everyone to visualize and
> >> clearly understand the project.
> >>
> >> Throughout the five-week building phase, a number of blind
> >> and visually impaired individuals visited
> >> Feyereisen Studios to provide insight and advice on how to
> >> best represent the bridge's features, in
> >> order for the visually impaired to gain a better
> >> understanding of what they were feeling when they
> >> touched the model.
> >>
> >> The architectural model builders utilized various
> >> unconventional materials, including magnets to
> >> make breakaway lamp posts, sandpaper to indicate detectable
> >> warnings, raised crosswalk markings to
> >> indicate the crosswalk, fuzzy grass, and everything on the
> >> model was labeled with both a large text
> >> size and Braille for low vision people to understand the
> >> plans for the bridge.
> >>
> >> "This project really helped me better understand the issues
> >> of the blind," said Robert Feyereisen,
> >> Feyereisen Studios. "Providing citizens with the ability to
> >> actually 'see' and 'feel' all the
> >> aspects of the project three dimensionally, provides a
> >> greater understanding of the project that
> >> seems to make people more comfortable in offering their
> >> support for the project."
> >>
> >> The model of the Stillwater Lift Bridge will be available for
> >> viewing at an open house at the
> >> Washington County Government Center, 14949 62nd Street North,
> >> Suite 560 in Stillwater, on Thursday,
> >> February 5, 2009 from 5 to 7 pm.
> >>
> >> For more information about Feyereisen Studios and their work
> >> on the Stillwater Lift Bridge, call
> >> 612-910-7268.
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