INCLUD: The Tool That Evaluates Accessibility and Inclusion of Buildings
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The talk explains Universal Design and Design for All evaluation methods for the built environment, reviewing existing principles and assessment approaches. It then presents INCLUD, a tool from Politecnico di Milano that uses a new set of objective, performance-based indicators to measure physical, sensory–cognitive and social quality of existing buildings, produce inclusion benchmarks, certify strengths/weaknesses, and support designers and decision-makers in creating inclusive spaces.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 1:41Opening greetings
- 4:08The relationship between the built environment and health
- 4:46The INCLUD tool
- 5:00Accessibility regulations
- 5:58Situational limitations
- 7:25Different solutions
- 8:10The goal of universal design
- 9:582% of buildings worldwide are designed with accessible design
- 11:01How can we measure the accessibility and inclusion of the environment?
- 11:26What tools are used to assess the accessibility of spaces?
- 12:30What tools are used to assess the quality of spaces?
- 13:49What are the objectives of the INCLUD project?
- 14:37How was the systematic literature analysis conducted?
- 15:05Which principles and indicators relate to the physical quality of spaces?
- 15:39Which principles and indicators relate to the social quality of spaces?
- 17:47Where has it been used?
- 18:02The PhD research
- 18:33Transforming research into a digital platform
- 18:43The inclusion experience with Politecnico di Milano
- 19:57The inclusion experience with the New European Bauhaus
- 20:18The INCLUD research team
- 21:02The INCLUD digital assessment tool
- 21:43The Universal Design INCLUD digital assessment tool
- 22:06What are the inclusion criteria?
- 22:16Application example
- 22:45Platform
- 23:40Accessing the platform and certification
- 24:18New name: INCLUD
- 24:55Questions
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