Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2015

A Blind Architect leads his Berkeley Students to equitable, barrier-eliminating design solutions

Oh, that we could see as clearly as blind architect Chris Downey. Leading his UC Berkeley seminar students to equitable, barrier-eliminating design solutions or consulting on a 170,000-square-foot blind rehab center at the Veterans Affairs center in Palo Alto or filling the stroke seat on his East Bay Rowing Club team, the 52-year-old Piedmont architect and teacher says he lacks sight, but is not without vision.