Proposal for an architectural project for a processing factory of almonds and cashew nuts, with emphasis in thermal comfort.
Architectural Design; Factory; Thermal comfort.
This report integrates the qualification stage of the professional master's degree held at the
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, and exposes part of the development of an
architectural project for a processing factory of an almond and cashew, with an emphasis on thermal
comfort, in the municipality of Severiano Melo - RN. The biggest challenges in this type of
project are to reconcile: complexity with objectivity; functional aspects with technicians; the
size and demand of the project with financial resources; and thermal comfort in environments,
characteristically, unhealthy with job security. The choice for the theme was based on the need
for research in this field of knowledge, as well as on real demands for structures of this nature
in a region producing cashew nuts and on the very challenges encountered by the author with
work experiences in factories in this segment. The methodological research procedures include
literature review, analysis of related projects and on-site visits in the intervention area to study
the design constraints. The initial design phase was built from architectural programming and
definition of design dilemmas and goals; studies on the direction and speed of the winds, the
pressure distribution around the building (analysis made through the Flow Design program) and
the consequent spatialization of ideas through schematic sketches and models, points that
served as subsidies for the definition of the party architectural design. The results consist in the
progress of an architectural product in the preliminary phase with description of the spaces and
use in the projected buildings; as well as study of coverage favorable to thermal comfort, inside
the environments.