APARTAMENTOS CONTEMPORÂNEOS:

UMA ABORDAGEM DA ERGONOMIA

Abstract

Vertical residential buildings have characterized the landscape of Brazilian cities, aiming not only to reduce the housing deficit, but mainly to promote the construction industry. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE, 2010), there are about 6.1 million apartments in Brazil, representing a 43% growth when compared to the data of 2000. The production of these buildings marks the change of the urban landscape, as it being one of the main ways of contemporary living. The present study aims to analyze morphological (geometric) characteristics related to how people interact in spaces, seeking to identify the environmental quality and the end-user behavior. Therefore, the configuration of socio-spatial priorities (residents’ appropriations and interventions) inside the apartments, as well as usage information of dwellings and permanence of people (occupation) in the spaces are parameters to assess the quality of the built environment from physical factors to the psychological. The methodological procedures allow ergonomic articulation with living spaces in order to evaluate the selected apartments and propose reference elements, such as support to architects during the process and project management. The obtained results demonstrate inadequacies in the living spaces by the end user.