We are pleased to invite you to join us on December 7 2023,  at 13:15, at the headquarters of the Western University in Timișoara (bv. Vasile Pârvan no. 4), in room A01, for the launch of the project "MapSense – Navigating the World by Touch”, a unique project in Romania, which makes the main building on Pârvan 4 accessible in the form of tactile models. The event is organized on the occasion of the World Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is celebrated annually in December.

The event will be attended by the rector of UVT, prof. Dr. Marilen Gabriel Pirtea, project coordinators and representatives of the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology of UVT.

The team involved in the project worked for more than a year to create the seven large models. They are printed from plastic, using the 3D printing technique. Their purpose is to provide blind people with a reduced-scale model of the structure of each floor of the building. Such tactile models help the blind to understand the space in which they are and to orient themselves much better inside such a complex building. The models will be mounted at the main entrance and next to the elevator exit on each floor. The work is the result of team work, involving students and professors from the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, the Department of Geography and the Department of Informatics.

We are waiting for you!