Quality of the view

A study in school environments

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46421/encacelacac.v18i1.7103

Keywords:

Quality of view, LEED, NBR 15215, Classrooms

Abstract

Research confirms that cognitive performance is related to quality views. This article aims to analyze the quality of views in classrooms. The methodology covers analysis in terms of LEED, NBR 15215, and the perception of the evaluator. The analysis took place in four classrooms at three points, two internal and one external. The results show that there are differences between the LEED and ABNT responses to the evaluator. For LEED, all the rooms did not meet the “clarity of view” criterion, although they did meet the other criteria. For ABNT, only one room receives the best rating and the others have the criteria partially met, distributed between Levels I, II and III. For the assessor, only room 04 is considered good, due to the double area of transparency compared to the other rooms.

Author Biographies

Maria Clara Friedrich Dadalto, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Vitória - ES, Brazil), with two semesters of academic mobility at the Federal University of Paraná (Curitiba - PR, Brazil). Scientific Initiation student. Urban Planning intern at URBTEC TM Engenharia, Planejamento e Consultoria (Curitiba - PR, Brazil).

Andrea Coelho Laranja, Federal University of Espírito Santo

Andréa Coelho Laranja has a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (1995), a Master's degree in Architecture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2000), a PhD in Science in Architecture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2010), with academic experience in teaching since 2000. She is currently Associate Professor II at the Federal University of Espírito Santo in the Architecture and Urbanism course. In the postgraduate program in architecture and urbanism at PPGAU-UFES (Postgraduate Program in Architecture), she is linked to the area of PATRIMONY, SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY, where she teaches the subject Natural Lighting in the Built Environment. She is a researcher at LPP (UFES Planning and Projects Laboratory) and also a member of GRILU (Lighting Research Group) at UFAL. She has experience in Architecture and Urbanism, with an emphasis on Environmental Comfort, working mainly on the following subjects: energy efficiency, Bioclimatic Architecture, natural lighting, quality of view and ergonomics.

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Published

2025-08-16

How to Cite

DADALTO, Maria Clara Friedrich; LARANJA, Andrea Coelho. Quality of the view: A study in school environments. In: ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE CONFORTO NO AMBIENTE CONSTRUÍDO, 18., 2025. Anais [...]. [S. l.], 2025. DOI: 10.46421/encacelacac.v18i1.7103. Disponível em: https://eventos.antac.org.br/index.php/encac/article/view/7103. Acesso em: 3 may. 2026.

Issue

Section

6. Iluminação Natural e Artificial