RESTAURANT IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI - FOCUS ON THERMAL COMFORT
Architectural Design, University Restaurant, User, Thermal Comfort, Integration.
This professional master qualification work is an architectural idea of a public building for a restaurant
with an emphasis on thermal comfort for Juazeiro do Norte campus, which belongs to the Federal
University of Cariri. This document consists of a technical report and architectural project. It was
developed in order to better understand the characteristics and design a university restaurant that
respects the bioclimatic guidelines for the region and that has a positive relationship with the
academic community where it operates, considering the problem of buildings that do not fit the
climate or the needs of its users, recurrently experienced in professional practice. The campus of
the Federal University of Cariri, Juazeiro Norte is in the process of expanding demanding the
construction of a restaurant that meets the needs of the institution and has good conditions of thermal
comfort. To develop the architectural proposal, it was initially carried out a theoretical and conceptual
deepening on the theme of restaurants, through bibliographic research and studies of related project
references. Continuing, the architectural programming was developed, defining the dilemmas and
goals of the project, layout and dimensioning of the environments. From this base, and with the help
of course classes, the project process was gradually developed and mapped, through various forms
of recording in analog and digital media, from the early stages of conditioning studies, conception
and development of the architectural concept. Given its specific objectives, the work sought to study
architectural strategies to provide thermal comfort and integrate the building with the University
campus, thus stimulating the appropriate use of collective spaces and their socialization. As a partial
result of functional studies, formal and comfort simulations, a preliminary proposal for a building
compatible with the environmental conditions of the region and connected with the community
spaces was reached.