A INFLUÊNCIA DO SOM NA PERCEPÇÃO E APROPRIAÇÃO DO ESPAÇO PELO CEGO

Abstract

With a focus on the promotion of accessible architecture, a study was developed within the framework of a graduation discipline to identify fundamental aspects in the perception of the environment by the visually impaired. The main objective was to understand the influence of sound in the appropriation of the public space by the blind, increasing the discussion about the role of the architect and urbanist in the production of inclusive environments. For that, we used semistructured interviews, behavioral mapping, acoustic measurements and simulation in the studio. Thus, we can observe, by tendency, lower tolerance of people without vision at the level of sound pressure, being directly related to their presence in certain spaces and to their mental discomfort. The analyzes pointed to project guidelines that envisage social inclusion and stimulate permanence in collective environments.