Estudo preliminar sobre diretrizes de bem-estar e sustentabilidade para edificações voltadas à saúde mental

Abstract

The person-environment interrelationship can generate positive and negative effects within the context of mental health. Environmental Psychology is an area of study that explores the relationship between the built environment and its occupants and the way in which they mutually interfere. In a similar manner, Evidence-based Design uses scientific knowledge regarding people and environments to guide design decisions. In addition, the sustainable building field concerns people’s well-being and health. This study aims to converge the three areas of research to identify its similarities and particularities and organize them só as to be used as reference material. The research is based on a bibliographic survey in Environmental Psychology and Evidence-based Design. Then, it addresses the main sustainable building certificates that are currently being used as the basis to identify, through a comparative analysis, the aspects that could be more relevant and could have an impact on mental health. The method was to organize the obtained information in comparative tables categorized by similarity, in order to identify the most relevant aspects. Even though the areas of Environmental Psychology, Evidence-Based Design and sustainable buildings have a wide bibliographic reference, they are still underexplored in current project practice, hence this study offers, as a result, a practical didactic guide containing project guidelines for architects, engineers, designers, health professionals and the general public. The parameters defined by the analyzed sustainable building certificates complemented the information obtained from the areas Environmental Psychology and Evidence-Based Design, albeit with limitations.