Decisões projetuais e sustentabilidade na arquitetura: influências e consequências.

Abstract

Population growth, the model of economic development and the excessive use of natural resources have had great influence on humanity. As a result, contemporary interest in most spheres of human intervention is reflected in sustainable development, including architecture, in which the need for architectural projects with a focus on sustainable practices is evident. In addition to the dimension involved in this problem, the challenge of professionals in the area is even greater with the complexity of integrating the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability with the decisions made in the project. Thus, the objective of this work is to examine in general the application of sustainability criteria in architectural projects that are considered by their authors to be sustainable. To achieve this objective, the methodology was based on the study of sustainability criteria of the main certifications of environmental performance of buildings, seeking to list the priority criteria directly related to architectural design. After choosing five award-winning projects from the National Public Architecture Competition “Casa da Sustentabilidade” Parque Taquaral, Campinas - SP, the criteria applied were analyzed according to their service, seeking to identify and argue about the various ways of conceiving sustainable architecture. In view of the advantages and disadvantages of the design decisions made, it was found the difficulty to obtain a sustainable building considering all the elements that constitute it, such as materials, construction techniques, adopted systems, as well as the phases of its life cycle.