Brazillian coastal zones concentrate the majority of the country’s urban population. The coast’s urbanizationpromotes the vulnerability of the coastal ecosystems, which already have a high degree of fragility due to their ...

Urban parks are free spaces for leisure, recreation and circulation that contribute to the quality of urban life. This research sought to analyze, through landscaping, the neighborhood parks in the middle city of Santa ...

This dissertation presents the identification, analysis and evaluation of open spaces in the middle city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Through the methodological contribution of multicriteria analysis, the ...

The study aimed to feature the cultural heritage and scenery along the route of existing Catholic buildings in Silveira Martins - RS county, as a way of supporting sustainable preservation. Therefore, a qualitative ...

Considering the civil construction context – marked by the constant technological progress, diversity of specialties, and professionals involved, as well as by the complexity of the existing technical and bureaucratic ...

Emergency signs are key elements to ensure correct orientation of people in an evacuation process, especially for large public places. Fires with a high number of fatalities in nightclubs, such as Nightclub Kiss (Brazil) ...

Faced with the growth of the construction industry in Brazil, discussions that were already happening internationally on the performance of buildings began to gain space in the country. The standard "ABNT NBR 15575 – ...

Public Spaces for leisure and recreation, specially when waterfronted, have an integrated and systemic design with the urban fabric of cities. This research aims to understand and analyze the perception, use, interaction ...

In Brazil, the national energy system is predominantly composed of renewable sources, allowing to obtain energy through cyclical resources such as water source, which corresponds to the main energy source in the country. ...

Numerous researches emphasize the use of vegetation as a thermal comfort strategy for buildings, as plants contribute to the humidification of the air and shading of surfaces, attenuating extremes of temperature. The ...