A percepção do ambiente condominial pelo usuário: Residencial Porto, um estudo de caso

Abstract

The dissertation addresses the Residential Lease Program - RLP as a social interest housing provision program that differs from other proposals in that it introduces the residential lease as an innovative element. The main research problem was to inquire “What is the effect of being lease and not property on the condominium life of the housing development”? This is a case study of Residencial Porto, a small housing development, inserted in the urban area of Pelotas, RS city. The peculiarity of the housing development is the fact that it was designed by an architect, because of its configuration and constitution of being a residential condominium, and it is a version of the program called Par-Especial that benefited families with monthly income between two to four basic salary. The specific objectives were: to know if the condominium administrator is fulfilling its functions regarding the maintenance, security and cleaning of the condominium and to analyze how the spaces are used by renters. The break with common thinking is important in all fields of science, and with regard applied social sciences, and especially in the discipline of architecture and urbanism, it is a prerequisite since this is the area of knowledge that guides to understanding man's relationship with the built environment. Among the research methods used to measure the quality of a built environment, the “Post-Occupancy Evaluation” (POE) stood out. This is a set of methodological procedures that aims to evaluate, especially, the fulfillment of the objective and subjective needs of the user during the use of the built environment. The condominium environment can be seen as a micro-society because it is also a reflection of the larger society where it is inserted. Therefore, the perception of residents in relation to the place where they live brings them a lot of understanding, of comprehension of their condition in society and of their life expectations. The survey results indicated that the issue of lease or property is not the main demand for the owners, subject of this research, since what matters most is the security of tenure. What matters most is the fact that they are inside the property with the idea that it is "difficult to get them out". This situation of regularity has allowed us to deduce that lower income people take care and strive not to lose their purchases. The habitation is a fundamental good for the constitution of social life and, therefore, security of tenure through the contractualisation is of great value to those who envision owning it. To have something to call your own, of to be your guarantee, not to the financial market. In this sense, the RLT emerged as an alternative model Housing Program to the financialized and globalized operations that we saw as mortgages and the Housing Finance System (HFS) contracts.