Hear the light

University/SchoolNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Lead ArchitectLang-Wen Ma, Jing Wei Tang

Museums and galleries have always been considered as artistic palaces. However, these might as well be forbidden areas for those visually impaired people who have a longing for art. Therefore, this temporary exhibition, situated at the Musée du Louvre, is designed to operate the natural light and environmental control system with a biomimetic human throat structure to generate several frequencies of sounds, in order to differentiate the exhibition spaces. These spaces are able to guide those who have visual impairment by sound, enabling them to roam in the art gallery and touch stereoscopic paintings and sculptures.