Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: MARCELLA VIANA PORTELA DE OLIVEIRA CUNHA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARCELLA VIANA PORTELA DE OLIVEIRA CUNHA
DATE: 16/12/2019
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Miniauditório PPGAU/UFRN
TITLE:

PUBLIC HOUSING TO ELDERLY PEOPLE: The case of “Cidade Madura” in Paraíba.

KEY WORDS:

Elderly; Quality of life; Housing; Condominiums. 

PAGES: 160
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUMMARY:

This research have been developed from an initial question: How can the understanding of the urban space by blind people contribute to the planning of a more accessible city? As a preliminary answer to this question was defined the hypothesis that the recognition of the sensitive perception of city by the blind people have enabled the understanding of less obvious elements for the other users, which have allowed the conscious use of this information by professionals who intervene in space, favoring the urban design. Based on a paradigm of spatial analysis grounded by human being and the people-environment relationship, the research analyzed the perception of blind people during their movement through the city, according to the social and physical aspects of visual impairment, orientation/blind body mobility and the concepts of urban ambience, environmental experience, affordance and wayfinding. In this context, the general aim of empirical study was to understand the main elements that have composed the perception of the urban space by blind people and that can subsidize favorable ideas to urban design. In order to provoke the discussion about multi-sensorial strategies used in the understanding of the urban space, evoking senses such as smell, hearing, touch and taste, the empirical research methodology was developed in two moments: (i) and mobility; (ii) planned experiment with participation of blind people willing to contribute to the research and who presented conditions for autonomous mobility by the city. This last stage occurred in an urban sector adjacent to the Institute of Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind of Rio Grande do Norte, in the district of Alecrim, Natal-RN, and was included individualized interviews, commented course and the use of technological resources, and story. It has been emphasizing the perception, cognition and memory of blind people, so results have shown that our senses are the basis of knowledge and understanding of space, a finding that has reinforced the importance of stimuli in environmental planning. The information collected subsidized the preparation of an initial version of sensory maps of the chosen urban area. It is concluded that, confirming the hypothesis, the analysis of movement of the blind body in space has allowed the definition of multi-sensorial subsidies for the architecture and urbanism project, not only providing more spatial inclusion to these individuals, but also may represent higher environmental quality for all people. 

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externa ao Programa - 2318817 - AMIRIA BEZERRA BRASIL
Presidente - 1149643 - GLEICE VIRGINIA MEDEIROS DE AZAMBUJA ELALI
Interno - 2508732 - HEITOR DE ANDRADE SILVA
Externa à Instituição - NIRCE SAFFER MEDVEDOVSKI