Tatear: anteprojeto de uma clínica para crianças autistas

Abstract

The idea of creating a clinic that provides support to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) comes to meet a real demand of the city and quite expressive in general throughout the country. Thus, the objective of this work is to develop a preliminary project of a clinic for autistic children in the city of Natal and metropolitan region, seeking the optimization and functionality of the built environment through the influence of architecture on user behavior. To this end, bibliographic research of theoretical references, case studies, as well as analyzes of physical, environmental and legal conditions were carried out. The project needs program was divided into 5 sections: the administrative; the family care center; health care center; early intervention nucleus; and the educational service center. For the purpose of the project, two masterplans were created, and the one to be developed initially includes 3 of these 5 cores. The project adopted the concept of refuge, in order to create a space for humanized care and designed to improve the quality of life of children, and consequently families, with ASD.