磚心聽-智慧共融導引系統

Project idea

Modern urban design often faces a contradiction between accessibility facilities and universal spaces: while traditional raised tactile paving guides the visually impaired, it acts as a "micro-obstacle" in spatial environments, posing a bumping and tripping hazard for wheelchair users, strollers, and pedestrians. Rooted in the core concept of "Universal Design," this project selects an urban site of over 40,000 square meters, utilizing the "Brick Heart Listening" flat intelligent guidance system as the design soul of the entire urban settlement. We aim to break down physical spatial barriers by embedding micro-Internet of Things (IoT) technology deep into the urban fabric, allowing this vast cultural and memory hub to accommodate the mobility needs of all users with a completely flat "0mm height difference" morphology, thus resolving the long-standing zero-sum game in urban spaces.

Project description

This project aims to create an urban cultural and memory hub centered on "Universal Design," utilizing the "Brick Heart Listening" flat intelligent guidance system as the core infrastructure of the entire district. In terms of the spatial layout solution, we use a 2,500 m² Memory Plaza as the radiating core to seamlessly connect the administrative center (1,000 m²), commercial service area (1,000 m²), and three major cultural venues, including the Historical Exhibition Hall. A 4,000 m² concert hall and comprehensive conference/classroom zones are strategically placed on the periphery, orchestrating a massive urban volume of over 40,000 square meters.

To break down physical barriers in traditional urban design, the entire landscape, pedestrian networks, and the 23,300 m² of parking facilities feature a 0mm height difference flat flooring system. We embedded micro-IoT technology deep into the urban fabric by deploying "Flat Guide Bricks," which contain soft iron sheets and NFC tags, at all circulation nodes. As visually impaired users navigate intersections, they receive physical magnetic trajectory guidance and haptic feedback through a dedicated "Smart Cane." Paired with real-time audio broadcasts of building orientations from a mobile APP, users can achieve blind-spot-free, precise navigation, ensuring an absolutely equitable spatial experience for everyone within this vast urban settlement.

Technical information

The technological core of this project is a micro-Internet of Things (IoT) accessible navigation system deployed across a vast urban site, achieving precise guidance through the seamless integration of physical spaces and digital information. On the infrastructure side, we developed the "Flat Guide Brick System," which utilizes stone bricks and a matte acrylic surface precisely embedded with soft iron sheets and NFC tags to create a completely flat, 0mm height-difference barrier-free surface. This system includes "Guide Bricks" for straight-line navigation, "Warning Bricks" distinguished by intermittent magnetic attraction, and "Decision Bricks" embedded with four-way NFC directional information. On the user side, the dedicated "Smart Guide Cane" features an ESP32 microcontroller as its computing brain, powered by a 18650 lithium battery. Its base is equipped with a strong magnet and an NFC reader for physical trajectory interaction and signal scanning, while the handle contains a built-in vibration motor. When a visually impaired user navigates over a Decision Brick, the cane instantly triggers a haptic vibration and synchronizes with a dedicated Bluetooth mobile APP to provide real-time voice feedback (such as broadcasting the orientation of exhibition halls or plazas), effectively translating the massive 40,000-square-meter urban architectural cluster into a comprehensive, blind-spot-free auditory navigation network.