Continuous changes in society and the need for sustainable development demand updates in designing better built environments to respond to the variety of user needs. Notwithstanding the growing interest of research and the introduction of guidelines and standards on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility, there are still several limitations in effectively and efficiently embedding such principles for the design of buildings and neighborhoods. Previous research demonstrated the critical need for innovative tools and methods to support professionals in designing responsive, inclusive spaces for an extended range of users. This article reports the results of a pilot study using the new IDEA Audit Tool for assessing how inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility are perceived by building occupants in a specific facility. The analysis of significant data provided by this study shows the challenges and highlights the benefits of the tool, including fostering an evidence-based decision-making process, speeding up the prioritization of critical design improvements, demonstrated through a six-month trial with a London-based inclusive design firm. The research-driven outcomes showcase the huge potential that the tool offers to improve the company strategy while evolving towards more inclusive, accessible spaces that foster diversity and equity, and has the potential to be replicated in several fields of action to raise awareness and improve the application of IDEA principles in all phases of the design process.

Background: The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal interdisciplinary challenge, creating new opportunities for sharing information, driving innovation, and transforming societal interactions with technology. While AI offers numerous benefits, its rapid evolution raises critical concerns about its impact on inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and safety (IDEAS). Method: This pilot study aimed to explore these issues and identify ways to embed the IDEAS principles into AI design. A qualitative study was conducted with industrial and academic experts in the field. Semi-structured interviews gathered insights into the opportunities, challenges, and future implications of AI from diverse professional and cultural perspectives. Result: Findings highlight uncertainties in AI’s trajectory and its profound cross-sector influence. Key issues emerged, including bias, data privacy, transparency, and accessibility. Participants stressed the need for greater awareness and structured dialogue to integrate the IDEAS principles throughout the AI lifecycle. Conclusion: This study underscores the urgency of addressing AI’s ethical and societal impacts. Embedding the IDEAS principles into its development can help mitigate risks and foster more inclusive, equitable, and accessible technologies.

The paper reports the critical-analytical investigation on existent models and processes of enjoyment and use in the field of cultural heritage, combining space perception and experimentation, fostering knowledge transfer to a wide audience, multisensory cultural experience and interactive participation with the aim of enhancing the current models.The acquisition of knowledge from different disciplinary cores - design, archaeology, physics, cognitive sciences, computer science, electronics, art history - allowed tracing the ongoing transformations and obtaining an overview of the current models of fruition both natio- nally and internationally. The challenge will be to give further emphasis to the improvement of current models and to guide the future design of interactive enjoyment and use by bringing together the various aspects analysed in order to return meaningful and customized narratives based on the users' needs, through perceptual, immersive, and multisensory experiences in the spatial dimension of the project, thus enga- ging the user at multiple levels.