Use of Assistive Technology elements on an accessible urban route:

accessibility and inclusion for PWD and RM in the city.

Authors

  • Mauricio Pereira UFAL
  • Suzann Lima UFAL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46421/entac.v20i1.6148

Keywords:

Assistive technology, Accessible route, Accessibility, Inclusion, Person with a disability

Abstract

Brazil is ahead of many developing countries in terms of laws that guarantee basic human rights to people with disabilities (PWD), who currently represent 8.9% of the population (IBGE, 2022). The use of assistive technology (AT) in urban accessible route projects is crucial to ensuring the inclusion of PWD in the socioeconomic and cultural life of cities. This work is part of a larger project, ongoing research towards the construction of a doctoral thesis. The objective of this article is to indicate AT elements that can be part of urban accessible routes present in the municipal urban planning of the city of Maceió – AL. The research is the result of a bibliographical review on the subject and presents the most recent data on AT collected in addition to producing an analytical comparison between the most recent versions of Brazilian Standards (NBR 9050/2020 and NBR 16537/2024) that deal with elements of TA within the category “Architectural projects for accessibility”. Finally, it presents examples (correct or not), through images, of the use of these elements in urban areas considered accessible by public authorities.

Author Biographies

Mauricio Pereira, UFAL

PhD student in the area of ​​concentration: Cities from PPGAU-Dinâmica do Espaço Habitado/UFAL, Master in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer from PROFNIT/UFAL, Specialist in Strategic Design from CESMAC, Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from UFAL and Degree in History from CESMAC , in addition to the Building Technician course at the current IFAL. He has worked since 1994 in the areas of Basic, Technical and Higher Education and in the area of ​​Projects and Consulting in Architecture and Design. He is currently a professor at the Federal Institute of Alagoas (IFAL), Campus Palmeira dos Índios, on an Exclusive Dedication basis and coordinates the IFAL Palmeira dos Índios hub at the Open University of Brazil (UAB) of the Department of Distance Education (DPEAD) IFAL and UFAL. He works mainly as a teacher in the areas of Technical Drawing, CAD Drawing, Architectural Drawing, Architectural Design and Ethics and Professional Practice.

Suzann Lima, UFAL

Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism and the Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Visiting Professor at the Postgraduate Program at the Faculty of Law, Forensic Medicine and Criminology, at the University of São Paulo (USP), Coordinator of the Research Center on Special Projects (NUPPES/UFAL) and coordinator of the line of research on incarceration spaces at the Penitentiary Management Laboratory of the University of Brasilia (LABGEPEN/UNB). Graduated and master in Architecture and Urbanism (1998), PhD in Psychology from UFPE (2008), Post-doctorate in Criminology from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (2016), Post-doctoral training internship in Design, Innovation and Technology from C.E.S.A.R. School (2020), in a research trajectory that addresses, in a multi and interdisciplinary way, the built environment and, specifically, Prison and socio-educational Architecture. He was a Member of the National Council for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy - CNPCP (2011-2013), where he coordinated the preparation of the Basic Guidelines for Penal Architecture. (Resolution 9/2011) adopted as a reference in the Penal Architecture of Latin America. Collaborator with the National Secretariat for Human Rights, for the preparation of the Basic Guidelines on Socio-educational Architecture of the National Socio-Educational Service System (SINASE, 2005; 2017). Experience in preparing and developing architectural projects and monitoring works in prison, socio-educational and justice establishments, as well as preparing and acting in agreements with Public Management in Brazil and abroad (Africa, Latin America). Experience in drafting and developing architectural projects and monitoring large-scale works, as well as drafting and acting in agreements with Public Management. Consultant and Expert in the area of ​​Penal and Socio-educational Architecture. Author of several architectural projects and consultancies for Penal Units in Brazil and abroad (Africa, Latin America). Author of several books on Penal/Prison and Socio-educational Architecture.

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Published

2024-10-07

How to Cite

PEREIRA, Mauricio; LIMA, Suzann. Use of Assistive Technology elements on an accessible urban route: : accessibility and inclusion for PWD and RM in the city. In: NATIONAL MEETING OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY, 20., 2024. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: ANTAC, 2024. p. 1–10. DOI: 10.46421/entac.v20i1.6148. Disponível em: https://eventos.antac.org.br/index.php/entac/article/view/6148. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 20 (2024): XX ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA DO AMBIENTE CONSTRUÍDO

Section

Urbano