Total comfort as a referential to the process of architectural project / O conforto pleno como referencial no processo de projeto arquitetonico

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Never forsaking Art as the essence of Architecture, comfort in constructed environments is analyzed as the main implicit and explicit goal of any architectural project. Comfort is the explicit intention of architects in the visual-plastic aspects of their projects to the extent its impact on users behaviours is greater than other lesser architectural aspects. General comfort is the essential condition to be offered to users in constructed environments. Total Comfort is understood in its holistic, variable, dynamic, flexible and systemic totality, and it is not restricted to specific aspects such as thermal, acoustic, ergonomic aspects. It is the constant and fundamental referential of the architectonic project, and the construction underpinning of better environmental and behavioural results. The semantic origin of the word comfort is analyzed. The main objective and subjective features of comfort standards are approached from the standpoint of users diversity of age, gender, region, culture, ethnic and other particular aspects. Standards validity is probed, in particular for anthropomorphic aspects and their application to architectonic projects. Interactive and inter-dependent relationship between humans, their community and environment are analyzed, with emphasis on modified environment, from the standpoint of human perception and reaction to stimuli and their elicited sensations. Well-being is related to the bio-psychological and behavioural subjective perceptions of pleasure and happiness (comfort) and their physical, emotional and psychological unfolding. Environmental psychology and ambience are conceptualized, and particular aspects of comfort in architectonic projects are analyzed. Guiding references and vectors for the consideration of comfort in project action are indicated. Departing from a focus on unifamiliar residence and from available data, three paradigmatic examples of three modernist masters are analyzed and confronted with the implicit and explicit intentions of their creators, the desires of their clients and the subjective and objective results. Comfortability effects are evaluated from the perspective of comfortability in the use and enjoyment of constructions by their primary users. A matrix for a methodological process that allows comfort-oriented architecture is proposed

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projeto arquitetonico human comfort architectural design residencial architecture arquitetura de habitação human behavior conforto humano comportamento humano

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