Comunidades sustentáveis: recomendações para o planejamento dos espaços externos das Ecovilas do Rio Grande do Sul, um estudo sobre a qualidade dos espaços construídos.

Abstract

The research, in addition to inserting the debate about the dimension of Sustainable Architecture, aims to propose suggestions for planning, organization of external spaces and arrangement of buildings from the perspective of Environmental Psychology, in order to contribute to the improvement of open spaces of Ecovillages located in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The initial methodological procedures were: documentary and bibliographic research, and their follow-up was conducted by case study, based on the Ecovillages existing in the State (objects of study). Exploratory visits, photographic records, technical observations, physical surveys and interviews were carried out. The analysis of the collected data was carried out through the use of qualitative methods. From the data and results obtained in the exploratory visits and based on references from the area of technical and scientific knowledge of environmental perception, 3 Ecovillages were chosen. The theoretical framework, allowed the definition of the categories and the attributes of the environmental perception which, generated a semi-structured interview. These categories of analysis were defined through a bibliographic review, taking into account the dimensions of sustainability and attributes that stimulate individual emotions in the field of human psychology. In the end, after interpreting the results, again confronted with the theoretical framework, 38 recommendations were generated for external environments directed to the Ecovillage of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Therefore, the objective of this investigation is to outline proposals for the improvement of the studied ecovillages and for the planning of future interventions in the external spaces of Ecovila do RS.