Afago: centro de apoio e vivência com enfoque para pessoas com transtorno do espectro autista (TEA): anteprojeto arquitetônico para a Cidade de Natal/RN

Abstract

It is ethical and social to discuss a subject called: TEA (Autistic Spectrum Disorder), cases of autism in Brazil are growing more and more, as a result, the demand for spaces that help in its development also grows. Therefore, this work has the general objective of developing an architectural draft of a Support and Experience Center with a focus on people with ASD, showing how autistic behavior can be influenced by changing the sensory environment, color, texture, ventilation, feeling of closure. , orientation, and acoustics can influence. Autism interventions in tactile architecture with sensory integration, which are our senses, the process of organizing sensations, which are our senses, have all the time through the medium, auditory, vestibular as: visual, olfactory, auditory, as: visual , olfactory. In this way, sensory architecture can contribute to the social development and behavior of individuals with the Disorder in question. In addition, it is intended to develop a composition of environments that help the good experience and integration between the center, people with autism and society, in order to reduce social barriers. To achieve these objectives, the characteristics of the target audience, the perception of the senses in architecture and autism, architectural guidelines necessary for the project, the study of sensory stimuli through materials and coatings, current norms and study for the environmental comfort of the space. In addition, direct and indirect case studies with similar uses were developed that helped in creating the project needs program. Therefore, based on all the topics presented in the course of this monograph, it was possible to select a plot of land in the city of Natal, where a project was developed to meet the special needs of each person with ASD, offering therapeutic assistance and appropriate activities for cognitive and behavioral development and the interaction between carriers-society-physical space. In addition to promoting their integration with the population.