ACCESSIBLE POMPEII. A RESEARCH FOR THE BROADER USE AND

ENHANCEMENT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

Renata Picone

UniversitàdegliStudidiNapoliFedericoII,

DipartimentodiArchitettura,viaMonteoliveto3,80134Napoli

renata.picone@unina.it

ABSTRACT

This paper deals with the issues of the enlarged fruition of the archaeological site of , starting from the

outcomes of the research Accessible Pompeii. Guidelines for an expanded use of the site, which I

coordinated,fundedbytheUniversityNaples"FedericoII".

The essay – hereby proposed for the first issue identified in the first round, Bressanone 2013 - will explore

experimentally the improving accessibility of Pompeii in the broad sense of adaptation, not only to the

instance of the removal of architectural and perceptual barriers, but also to the more general enhancement of

the site. This latter must be interpreted as the improvement of services for safety and comfort, and as a

knowledgeable and informed perception of the archaeological area of Pompeii, one of the most visited in the

world.

The present study stands as a general introduction to the three specific contributions, listed below, for the

accessibility of individual study areas, identified in the archaeological site by the participants in the research

group.

The contribution will deal with a research methodology that started from a survey on the “state of the art”

about the subject, a careful analysis of the present state of some selected areas, chosen as study-cases,

arriving to identify the main morphological and material matters for broader use of the site of Pompeii, and

thestrategicnodestoimplementtosupportthefruitionanddevelopment.

The research has dealt with users with greater difficulty, made up of people with disabilities, intended not as

a separate category, but as part of a whole. In this context, the aim was to propose experimental solutions,

careful to the issues of reversibility and material compatibility, and guidelines lowered into the specificity of

thesiteofPompeii,butalsousefulasexperiencestoothernationalandinternationalarchaeologicalareas.

Parolechiave/Key-words: accessibility, Pompeii,conservation,enhancement