WIDECLUSIVE

MISSION

WIDECLUSIVE® aims to create inclusive and accessible environments.

A digitalized, objective, and time-effective assessment tool to improve inclusion and accessibility in projects and existing buildings.

We adopt Universal Design and Design for All strategies to promote environments that are independently and equitably usable by a wide range of people, regardless of age, gender, culture, disability, or ability.

UNIVERSAL DESIGN E DESIGN FOR ALL

Strategies with the common goal of creating accessible and inclusive environments and services for the majority of users, regardless their abilities or disabilities, without the need for adaptations or specialized design.

WIDECLUSIVE® assesses the inclusiveness of environments in a holistic way, considering Physical, Sensory-cognitive, and Social quality to achieve Universal Design objectives that reflect the needs of different people.

EFFICACY

Identification of priority strategies for improving projects and existing buildings quality.

EVIDENCE

Based on scientific, performance-based, and objective indicators, developed over several years of research and experimentation with stakeholders.

TIMELINES

The automatic process reduces evaluation and design support time by 50%.

FLEXIBILITY

A flexible framework to different types of environments, which is already in use in healthcare and university spaces.

The product

Wideclusive® is a digital platform that provides performance evaluation to enhance accessibility and inclusion of spaces, aiming to support designers and decision makers. We assess the usability and inclusivity of the built environment and provide objective data on the quality of buildings.

The evaluation

A digitalized, objective, and effective evaluation tool to improve the features of inclusion and accessibility in projects and existing buildings, aiming to promote well-being and meet the needs of all users, starting from healthcare facilities.

The Wideclusive certification

The system provides Certification with a new system of objective indicators of Universal Design, both qualitative and quantitative, that measure the performance of both the outdoor and indoor spaces.

The team

Multidisciplinary team of researchers and professors expert in inclusion, public health, and quality assessment from the Design & Health Lab of the ABC Department at the Politecnico di Milano.

OUR TEAM

Erica Isa
Mosca

Architect, PhD, Postdoc
Design for All assessment

Andrea
Brambilla

Architect, PhD, Research fellow Complex buildings assessment

Stefano
Capolongo

Full Professor in Hospital Design, Director of the ABC Department

Silvia
Mangili

Architect, PhD candidate
Fragile elderly design

Michele
Dolcini

Economist, PhD candidate Business development