Vol. 13 No. 1 (2015): Accessibilità e paesaggio urbano
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Sul concetto di ‘accessibilità’: l’esperienza dell’Unità di ricerca FAL del DIDA-Unifi

Emanuela Morelli
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura

Published 2015-09-11

Keywords

  • habitat,
  • public open space,
  • fruition,
  • independent life

How to Cite

Morelli, E. (2015). Sul concetto di ‘accessibilità’: l’esperienza dell’Unità di ricerca FAL del DIDA-Unifi. Ri-Vista. Research for Landscape Architecture, 13(1), 146–155. https://doi.org/10.13128/RV-16736

Abstract

Accessibility is a complex issue that also concerns the fruition of the public space of the city, but in Italy it is presented mainly as yet another aseptic technical-normative requisite to satisfy. The UdR FAL of DIDA born with the intention to widen this term and to spread a new cultural approach in which “accessibility habitat” is transformed into “a great resource for the collective human empowerment, to make it viable, safe and cohesive local communities, for the development of the architectural and landscape heritage”. Or rather “it indicates the ability of a habitat to ensure an independent life to every person, regardless of age, gender, cultural background and the physical, sensory and cognitive”.