Space Experiences of Women with Visual Impairment in Domestic Architecture

— Domestic space is where basic human needs are accommodated and understood to the function and its inhabitants. The basic understanding of using domestic space is human activities as a system of activity and areas as a system of settings. However, visual representation techniques in architecture have led to the discriminatory practices towards visually impaired who have limitations on the sense of sight as a primary tool in spatial perception. Thus, studies are necessary to explore the use of domestic space by visually impaired. This paper aims to study the experience of people with visually impaired doing their activities and using a domestic architecture based on the cognition and percetption of their senses. This phenomenological research is studied at the natural setting of domestic housing from the perspective of women with visual impairment who live in Surabaya. The participants are chosen who have actively and independently carried their daily activities in domestic space. The results of this study show women with visual impairment have a specific system of activities and system of settings related to how the senses affect the spatial behavior of visually impaired in accommodating their activities. By doing so, they are able to compromise and create a friendly and accessible domestic environment. their family an accessible Oliver that understanding the experience of disabilities in the environment can explain their problems from the limitations of the social environment as well as the accessibility of the physical environment. Understanding the lived experiences of disabilities requires an in-depth exploration of their daily life experiences, and does not place them as objects of research studies but as participants who are willing to share their experiences which may involve their physiological and psychological feelings. Thus, this study was conducted with visually impaired women as active participants, in the context of dwelling, to see and express the experiences in daily activities and setting based on the cognition of their senses. This study aims to see and formulate