Arquitetura e saúde: a influência do espaço construído no comportamento de crianças e adolescentes com transtornos mentais

Abstract

The concepts related to mental health have gone through several transformations over time, however, the historical weight of prejudice still afflicts the portion of society that suffers from mental disorders, including children and teenagers who, for a long time, were hostages of lack of assistance. When observing such changes, it is possible to perceive that architecture has always been a key element in the treatment given to them. Therefore, the present work aims to carry out a study on the aforementioned theme, making a bibliographical survey on the treatment given to madness from antiquity to the present day, in order to subsequently relate it to issues that touch art and built space, which will culminate, in the next stage, in the architectural project of a Psychosocial Care Center aimed at children and youth, which has architecture as an ally to the well-being of children and teenagers who enjoy this space, based on the application of strategies based on environmental psychology and biophilic design.