This study deals with the analysis of physical accessibility conditions that allow the elderly to take ownership of public space, as a case study with a square and a park in the city of João Pessoa - PB, identifying the biological and functional losses that they acquire due to aging process in order to verify the physical needs of this unique portion of the population, and study the environments of urban public...
The cities as they grow, has been closed between new walls, leading to worsening of issues the streets and occupation of urban space, the privatization of public spaces, the neighborhood relationship mandatory, the allusion of greater security and status. With this, the public spaces of the contemporary city are marked by selective appropriation and differentiated spaces that should be accessible to everyone. T...
This research analyses the processes of verticalization and (re)production of space in the quarter of Manaíra in João Pessoa, Paraíba, located in the coastal area with a population of 26.369 inhabitants, according to data from the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). It is a qualitative analysis making use of quantitative data. The methodology adopted was the one suggested by Costa (2000), co...
Cette thèse de maîtrise a été consacrée à des recherches sur la morphologie urbaine de la Rua Direita de la ville de Parahyba, à partir de ses photographies, prises entre les années 1870 et 1930, alors que le paysage urbain était la cible du regard des photographes du monde entier. La photographie est vue, ici, comme des indicateurs historiques au donner des informations sur les processus de transformation ou d...
The landscape is the central theme of the discussion outlined here, which uses a part of the historic center of João Pessoa - PB, called Cidade Alta, as empirical object. The work is developed on two fronts: one investigates the relationship of landscape and conservation, from the construction of the landscape concept in geography - discipline where this concept is deeply debated - and architecture - discipline...
The final destination for waste polymers EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) discarded by footwear industries has been recognized as a increasing problem of impact on the environment. However, studies have show that these residues have characteristics suitable for recycling purposes transforming them into lightweight aggregates, which may provide benefits to the environment for example, their use to attenuate effects ...
Daylight can provides human health and well-being, as well as economic benefits. Daylight can creates interesting interiors supportive of human health and energy can be saved by dimming down or switching off electric lighting that are not needed. The surrounding, the building design and the daylight system are key elements of the greater or lesser possibility of use of the natural light. This Master s dissertat...
Due to the densification of urban centers and the verticalization, the urban grid has been modified to the point of significantly affecting the availability of daylight in buildings. Under this view, the scope of this paper discusses the influence of variables around and of the building on the illuminance and glare of its indoor environments. From a case study in Manaíra, a district in the city of João Pessoa P...
In Brazil, the technical standards for thermal performance of buildings [NBR 15.220:3 (ABNT, 2005)], acts as a guideline for design in architecture in order to reduce energy consumption and allow better building efficiency providing appropriate criteria for each climate zone. This research aims to evaluate, according to the parameters suggested by the standards, the thermal performance of building envelope of s...
This research intends to initiate an in-depth analysis process of the single-family residential architecture produced, in the state of Paraiba, by the architect Acácio Gil Borsoi, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, with emphasis on the period between 1953 and 1979, which marks the period of construction of the selected houses. According to Acácio Gil Borsoi, the house is, primarily, a program that made the archite...