The paper covers the basic research carried out at the Universities of Trieste, Udine and Venice in the field of safety in use, use and enjoyment of public spaces, which are characterized by a multi scale and trans-disciplinary approach, exceeding the vision of solutions given by regulations and based on the concept of “standard user”. This approach does not overlook the dimension of man's desire to benefit from all the potential that a give context would be able to provide to "enable” him to use spaces, goods and services safely and with the highest possible autonomy, benefiting while doing it. These search paths, developed at national and international level, focus on the role played by the project to improve the degree of accessibility of spaces and assets for public use, thereby contributing to the processes of social inclusion and empowerment of communities for a sustainable transformation of the habitat.
