About Arqua
Arqua Access Consultancy provides services to clients on the Central Coast and Sydney, NSW and in all states of Australia.
Arqua is a trusted name in access consultancy, with a wealth of experience and up-to-date knowledge.
We take our name from the last resting place of the 14th century humanist, Francesco Petrarca.
Francesco Petrarca
(1304-1374)
Arqua-Petraca is a small town in Italy and the final rest place of Francesco Petrarca the 14th Century Italian scholar whose poetry and research invigorated an interest in Greek and Roman history, an interest that later spawned the Renaissance and the Humanist movements. To Arqua Australis (Arqua of the South) Petrarch survives as a historic reference for our exploration of human rights and architecture.
On his tours of Europe, Petrarca (1304-1374) the poet laureate and scholar, promoted the virtues of studying the humanities; Greek, Latin history, philosophy, and poetry.
It was the era of Bubonic Plague and coming at the end of the orthodoxy of the Middle Ages, the study of the heroic Greek and Latin civilisations was seen as a means of progressing society from a post Roman hiatus, and of realising the full potential of humanity in a Renaissance.
The study of human thoughts and action informed the Renaissance philosophy of Humanism and his poetry and writings continues to the present to be studied and enacted.
Humanism in the 20th Century continues the exploration of human self worth, dignity and the relationship of the individual and the community. The concept of a community protecting and respecting the sovereignty of the individual is now regarded as a precondition for continuing peace and social harmony.
The international community through the UN has determined that all communities share a responsibility to respect and protect the dignity of their citizens and that certain values be secured as Human Rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
