Centro de convívio e ensino para comunidade surda em Curitiba

Abstract

Deaf and hearing impaired people are fundamentally visual and their conceptions of space are build from experiences and sensations provided by vision. The way the deaf dwell the world is different from the listeners and therefore, they need specificities to interact, communicate, relate, learn, teach – to be socially active. To understand this individual, who has been historically excluded and stigmatized, in their singular way of perceiving space, allows an analysis of architecture’s function within society. For só, this research intends to understand the body as an instrument of sensory experiences and also assimilate the the needs that teaching and cultural spaces for the deaf may have. Thus, this work intends to base the development of architectural project Social and Educational Center for the Deaf Community in the city of Curitiba-Pr which looks forward to integrate, welcome and teach through sensory space experiences suitable to the deaf perspective.