Habitação estudantil multifuncional: integração de moradia, estudo e lazer em Natal-RN

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis proposes the architectural preliminary design of a Multifunctional Student Housing complex, located in the Lagoa Nova neighborhood, in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The project is designed to integrate housing, study, and leisure, providing university students with an environment that fosters well-being, accessibility, and academic persistence. The proposal seeks to address the growing demand for adequate student accommodations, considering functional, social, and environmental aspects, and providing spaces that encourage social interaction, safety, and quality of life. The choice of this theme arises from the observation of a recurring issue: the insufficiency of well-structured student housing, which forces many students to resort to improvised and often inadequate solutions, negatively affecting their performance in higher education. Based on this, the general objective is to develop an architectural preliminary design that combines functionality, accessibility, and sustainability, creating an innovative space that strengthens the integration between academic life and residential experience. The specific objectives include analyzing the historical and social context of student housing in Brazil, investigating how the built environment influences well-being and academic performance, studying the environmental and legal constraints of the selected site, and applying technical standards for accessibility and safety. The adopted methodology is exploratory and descriptive, involving bibliographic and article-based research, analysis of national and international case studies, as well as surveying and interpreting the physical-environmental and regulatory conditions of the location. Finally, the work presents an architectural proposal that combines comfort, aesthetics, and functionality, contributing to the debate on university retention policies and to the development of design solutions that value the student’s experience and education.