Edifício multifuncional Holanda: diversidade e qualidade ambiental em edificações verticais

Abstract

This research describes the process and development of the design of a vertical multifunctional building located in the Lagoa Nova neighborhood (Natal / RN), with an emphasis on indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency for building, through bioclimatic design strategies for hot and humid climate. The process consisted of bibliographic review, as well as review of relevant building regulations, studies of architectural references, architectural programming, design concept and parti definition, leading to the developed design. It was also analyzed the feasibility of the project, defining the neighborhood for its implementation and the ideal surface area for the building, which led to the choice of the land and the calculation of its constructive potential, up to the definition of number and sizes of private residential and commercial units. Several sketches of different building types were developed, as well as studies on possible design strategies, seeking indoor environmental quality. In this sense, the composition of the building as a single tower, housing different uses in the shape of overlapped blocks, observing differentiated access for pedestrians and vehicles, was the one design option that best met the conceptual and programmatic assumptions. Bioclimatic principles were applied to the building type chosen from the early stages of the design process. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify the most appropriate design strategies for vertical residential and commercial buildings located in hot and humid weather, with information and solutions that can be incorporated by architects and designers in order to promote and encourage the development of more efficient architectural design and indoor environmental quality.