Entering a shop, stopping for a coffee, choosing a place to spend time together. Everyday gestures, so simple they seem taken for granted—until, for someone, they no longer are.
A single step can seem like a small detail, just a slightly bigger move to overcome a change in level. But for some, it represents a real barrier—one that takes away all those simple gestures that shape everyday life.
In fact, a step is not so much a barrier for what it represents, but for what it prevents: connection.
A portable wheelchair ramp is more than a physical bridge: it is connection.
Connection isn’t just physical—it’s human. It’s about relationships. And accessibility is relationship, not exception.
A relationship is never impassable: it is—or rather, it should be—two-way. A bridge that connects two or more places, two or more people, two or more minds, hearts, words, gestures. Never one-way, never difficult.
Talking about accessibility doesn’t mean talking about ‘help’ or exceptions. It means talking about civic responsibility. Because disability is not in the body of the person who cannot enter, but in the environment that was never designed to welcome them.
An inaccessible entrance doesn’t just block a passage—it interrupts the possibility of relationship. Of choice. Of presence.
IoRampo: urban bridges for social connection
It is from this awareness that IoRampo was born—a project committed to making shop entrances accessible through the use of portable wheelchair ramps.
And not just simple ramps, as you may have guessed, but true bridges for social connection, capable of creating human connections.
Connections, not just links. After all, reducing everything to a technical solution would be limiting.
A ramp isn’t just about ‘overcoming a step.’ It says: you can enter here without asking for permission. It creates a space where everyone can feel at ease, without having to explain, justify, or adapt themselves.
It makes it possible to stop for a coffee, try on a dress, or meet someone over a glass of wine.
Simply being there—like anyone else.
The connection between Embrace and IoRampo
Embrace was created to design experiences that bring people together—urban walks, food, art, shared moments. IoRampo works to ensure those same spaces can truly be experienced by everyone. This is our connection too: two-way, human, powerful.
A ramp opens far more than just an entrance. And it is from this idea that a new vision of the city can begin—human-scaled, made of open thresholds designed to welcome.
Because when we create the conditions for connection, the city changes.
And, finally, it truly lives.
Visit all the places made accessible by IoRampo at: https://iorampo.com/