Casa-Abrigo em Curitiba para mulheres vítimas de violência doméstica

Abstract

Violence is a recurring issue in Brazil, having relevance for statistical reasons, especially with respect to general and domestic violence against women. The Maria da Penha Law is the result of a huge effort towards the visibility of this issue, which has already good results but should be further applied. The state assumes much of the responsibility in the form of a network host for women victims of violence. In Curitiba, the Social Action Foundation attendance structure is according to national standards of low, medium and high complexity social services, the latter corresponding to the shelter. The Network is being restructured by the advent of the Casa da Mulher Brasileira (“House of the Brazilian Woman”) being the only "gateway" of women to the Shelter-House, which will change the flow of the service nowadays dispersed in the city, and also expand the concept of shelter, which already has a history in our country. The analysis of the Shelter-House institution continues with the deconstruction of its concept at house, shelter and home, based on the principal architectural theorists. From the case study of Curitiba, a case similar to here and a semi-ideal case for the city, the interpretation of reality points to the present / future need of designing a new Shelter-House for women victims of domestic violence and their children in Curitiba. According to design strategies carried by a US institution, where the sheltered have a better quality of life than here, have set up design guidelines that value the sustainability and comfort of the victims. Achieved almost entirely through the methods of literature review, interviews and case studies, these were the objectives and hypotheses of the study, which is justified by both technical and personal issues of the author. Finally, it is suggested questions: how architecture can contribute with the reception of trafficked persons and the role of housing rehabilitation of the abuser of women.