Arte para quem não vê: estudo preliminar de um Centro de arte e cultura com foco no deficiente visual

Abstract

NBR9050/2015 is considered to be the most responsible for providing accessibility in archtectural projects, but it does not bring all the necessary guidelines to generate inclusion in its full form, in which it does not include all types of disabilities, including visual impairment. However, well-being and culture are rights guaranteed by Law and accessibility can be seen as an instrument of access to it, which is the right of all human beings, whithout any distinction. Therefore, inclusive cultural institutions are a means of securing such rights.With this in mind, this study aims to develop a preliminary study of art and culture Center focused on the visually impaired in São Luís-MA, so that it has a significant sensory experience, it seeks to go beyond the basic needs of the disabled, turning to the rights of culture and leisure and deeping studies of accessibility in architecture, associating it with sensory archtecture to provide a more inclusive enviroment for the visualy impaired. The research is classified as bibliographic, building the theoretical framework through materials such as: magazines, articles, books, dissertations and others; as well as exploratory, qualitative and field, wich led to data collection to obtain the diagnosis and subsequent result: the project, which suggests an accessible enviroment for all population in order to provide inclusion, culture, leisure and social interaction.