SACRED ARCHITECTURE: Preliminary project for a Liturgical Space with an emphasis on Ambience and Environmental Comfort.
Architectural Design. Sacred Architecture. Environmental Comfort. Ambience.
This Professional Master's degree final project consists of a technical report, consists of a technical architectural intervention project for a building for religious use destined for a Catholic liturgical space with an emphasis on ambience and environmental comfort for the city of Caico/RN. Sacred spaces, catholic environments par excellence, must present certain characteristics to build a liturgical celebratory space – a place where religious and sacramental services can perform in the spirit of prayer and the supreme dignity of the celebration of the Eucharist. In addition to this, there must be concepts, design tools, presentation, display of design methods, good construction techniques and bringing the benefits of ambience and environmental comfort to the space to designed. The objective is to develop a proposal for a building based on issues of ambience and environmental comfort, to seek comfortable architectural solutions that provide ideal conditions for connection to the sacred and well-being of those who seek its use in its space. To develop the project, a theoretical-conceptual deepening of the topic initially conducted, through bibliographical research and studies of previous or related design references. Next, the architectural programming developed, defining dilemmas and project goals. From this base, and with the help of the course's curricular components, the design process gradually developed and mapped, through different forms of recording, from the initial stages of conditioning studies, conception, and development of the architectural design. Considering the specific objectives, the work sought architectural strategies to maximize comfort conditions in the built environment, both in terms of ideal ventilation conditions and local thermal comfort, and in the adoption of elements that favor the acoustics of the internal space, leading to aspects linked to the form and use of this spatial typology are considered. The results achieved consist of a project formed by two interconnected blocks, with the main building, intended for celebrations (the church itself), being a building and the second building aimed at support, a construction that took advantage of the existing previous chapel building, promoting the incorporation of spaces and structure. This solution aimed to preserve some building characteristics to preserve the memory of the place, important for the faithful who frequent it. This design solution is expected to meet the set objectives.