Intermediate places in accessibility: an integrated methodology of diagnosis and solution of elimination of physical barriers and criteria of comprehension and identification in

Abstract

This paper is focused in the contribution of the Grupo de investigación de Paisaje Cultural (GIPC/UPM) (Research Group on Cultural Landscapes) to the PATRACT project. In this framework it has been designed an integrated methodology to identify and solve physical barriers in all the scales of heritage; and in the selection, management and adaptation of information to improve the understanding the importance of heritage. This contribution is supported in a starting theory premise: the importance of continuity in the scales of accessibility to heritage, and the specificity of the relationship between the individual with the element or heritage environment. In the conclusions the GIPC group has strengthened the importance of the intermediate spaces which interlink different scales, using the quality of the design to accomplish specific solutions, and the relation between the human being and heritage as a pivotal point in the orientation and identification processes.