Enrique Rovira-Beleta, Professor of the Accessibility subject and of the Postgraduate degree in Accessibility and Design for All in the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture, gave a talk entitled "The fundamental issue: from accessibility to architecture" at the III International Forum on Disabilities in Higher Education (FIDES 2016), organised by the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas in Tampico, Mexico.
Linked to the subject: “Access and empowerment for people with all types of abilities”, the aim of the forum was to harmonise, implement and disseminate the innovation and challenges that are being generated daily on inclusive policies in the international university community as well as in society as a whole.
Likewise, within the framework of this meeting, Enrique Rovira-Beleta participated in a round table entitled “The universal principles of unnoticed accessibility ”, held in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, attended by more than 15.000 people, including teachers, students and university staff. The first part consisted of a conference, in which the main difficulties that can be found when designing a space were discussed: difficulties of scope, of control, different levels and manoeuvre. Subsequently, attendees were able to ask questions and discuss the images that had been shown.
The FIDES 2016 took place on 20 and 21 April and was open to participation from students, teachers, researchers, executives and staff from universities and Higher and Further Education institutions, as well as professionals involved in the area of disabilities.
