Analisi dell’accessibilità di un patrimonio edilizio scolastico nel Sud Italia per una riqualificazione integrata multifunzionale

The 2021 Istat survey of Italian school buildings indicates that only one in three schools accommodates people with mobility disabilities, while only 16 percent facilitate access for people with visual and hearing disabilities. Within a collaboration between the Metropolitan City of Naples and the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” the technological, typological and location characteristics of high school buildings are studied. The article presents part of a research project aimed at defining an integrated process model for the redevelopment of high school buildings. It studies the potential of reconfigurations to simultaneously integrate accessibility, static safety, health, and sustainability, avoiding separate, technically contradictory and costly retrofitting interventions. The paper depicts a survey form, tested to verify compliance of the building stock to Italian accessibility standards, existing Universal Design solutions and/or their absence, and the resulting critical issues. An intrascale approach helps to understand the technological construction characteristics of school buildings and the environmental context where they are located. Using the processed scorecards, it is possible to derive all accessibility data with a process to integrate with BIM applications. Holistic consideration of aspects of sustainable redevelopment contributes to coherent planning of multi-purpose interventions to create inclusive environments able to meet the needs of all users.