Assistência técnica: melhorias habitacionais através da adição de dispositivos arquitetônicos no loteamento Anglo (Pelotas/RS)

The research evaluates the thermal performance of the housing units of the Anglo area, Pelotas / RS (Brazil) through the collection of field data and computer simulations and seeks to provide technical assistance to the inhabitants of the neighborhood, improving the thermal comfort problems in the housing units, improving the interior space of the houses, as well as changing the image of the informal city. In this location, a 1998 occupation, about 90 houses were built thanks to the Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC), which since 2007 has promoted a series of interventions in urban, social and energy infrastructure in the country. In the case of the Anglo area, the program dealt with the replacement of the most precarious houses, built along the canal, with standard housing of approximately 36 m². In most cases, in the year following construction, the benefited inhabitants transformed their homes, adding volumes to the patio area. These interventions carried out without the help of specialized professionals, generated buildings that were often structurally precarious, constructed with low quality materials and without criteria of habitability and environmental comfort. These purposes are achieved through an action of housing qualification, which provides for the architectural reform and the design of devices, designed for self-construction, which improve the space and the thermal comfort conditions of the houses. The objective is to guide residents in the construction process, helping them, at the same time, to become aware of the problems related to thermal and spatial performance that affect houses.

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978-1-944214-31-9