POST-OCCUPATION EVALUATION OF BUILDINGS AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE IN LONDRINA – PR

Abstract

This paper discusses the occurrence of land tremors in the urban area of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, the appearance of numerous pathological manifestations and the results of postoccupancy evaluation (POE) application in procedure for constructive-technical assessment of the dwellings in use, aiming to contribute to the knowledge about the quality of the built environment and the construction systems within a systemic view of the life cycle of the buildings. The standardized procedure proposed by the methodology encompasses a set of instruments optimized for evaluation of considering the residents' view, the socio-economic profile and the constructive-technical assessment, was based on the POE methodology. After analyzing the collected data, it was concluded that a great part of the technical-construction problems existed before the tremors due to constructive defects, some of them were aggravated by the tremors, and new problems appeared. The work also considered the quality of the buildings, as well as their preparation to stand up to possible natural phenomena which were harmful to the buildings studied.