Aplicação da norma de desempenho no processo de projeto: criação de ferramenta computacional para operacionalizar conceitos de acessibilidade e funcionalidade

Abstract

Concern about buildings performance is a global trend. In Brazil, the ABNT NBR 15.575 - Buildings Performance was created in 2008, whose objective was to promote a systemic view of buildings with a focus on users' needs. In 2013, the new NBR 15575 (ABNT, 2013) version was created, dealing not only with buildings up to five floors but also with all new residential buildings, establishing minimum requirements and performance criteria for Housing Buildings. Many design deficiencies are identified by the lack of communication between various designers who work at the design process initial phase. Considering that civil construction, throughout its process, involves many factors and agents, it is known that architectural design is one of the main items that will ensure the final product quality. In order to fit the research within the context of habitability of the Performance Standard, only requirements of functionality and accessibility in design were considered. The research identified a gap in the AEC Sector regarding the lack of tools that could help in the applicability of the Performance Standard. In that sense, this work proposes the feasibility of using computational resources establishing design guidelines that will be inserted into a prototype model to be developed on the SketchUp modeler platform, comparing and aligning accessibility and functionality requirements in projects, imposed by the Performance Standard with taxes by the accessibility policy. The research is structured around the Design Science Research (DSR) methodology and resulted in a prototype that proved the tool functionality. The basis for its creation was to develop a tool that could assists designers in the process early stages and allows the guidelines application for accessibility and functionality, supporting architects and designers in decision making.