Professional profile
Architect I Accessibility expert I Assisted Living evaluator I User experience evaluator I Research project Manager I Urban landscape photographer
Architect, expert in accessibility and usability of the built environment and heritage for larger user groups, personalized tourist routes, and user experience evaluation in co-design. He participated in several European funded projects and proposals, both as a partner and as a coordinator.
Author of about 100 publications among articles, presentations at national / international conferences, reports and contributions to books.
Research topics:
- Accessibility and usability of the built environment and heritage;
- Accessible tourism, accessible routes and cultural heritage;
- Enhancement and access to new cultural knowledge;
- Evaluation of user experience and requirements for co-design in the built environment and products/services/technologies for independence in human activities.
Areas of interest: urban regeneration, re-use/retrofit of historical hospitals, IoT and study of accessible and personalized preferences/routes in museums, co-design for user requirements.
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics
- SH8_3 Cultural studies and theory, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage, architectural heritage
- SH7_4 Social aspects of health and wellbeing, including ageing, intergenerational studies, developmental health and society
MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector
- CEAR-08/C Technological and environmental design in architecture
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Built Heritage innovation Lab →
Publications
Highlight
L. Biocca (2025). A potential toolbox for improving the accessibility process in historic villages. EN: Built Heritage, Springer Nature Link. ISSN (ed. Digitale) 2662 6802. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-025-00213-z
L. Biocca, T. Villani, F. Romagnoli (2022). Usability of Visiting Routes in Heritage: The Case Study of Mercati di Traiano. EN: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Universal Design (UD2022) Series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 297, IOS Press Ebooks. ISBN (ed. digitale) 978 1 64368 305 8. DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220877
E. Pietroni, A. Pagano, L. Biocca, G. Frassineti (2021). Accessibility, Natural User Interfaces and Interactions in Museums: The IntARSI project. EN: Heritage 2021, 4, 567–584. ISSN 2571 9408. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4020034
