Sentir a terra: técnicas de bioconstrução e permacultura aplicadas à arquitetura sensorial para a construção de uma capela ecumênica.

Abstract

The topic addressed in this work is a study on the use of natural materials applied to the construction of spiritual spaces and how this influences the user. Within this perspective, this work aims to associate psychology studies and bioconstruction techniques with matters of spirituality and religiosity. These studies aim at the development of a family chapel project that has some particularities regarding the beliefs it must represent. Thus, the overview of spiritual and religious matters in today's society is also studied in this paper, using as aid the author Deis Siqueira, who talks about these aspects in his work “The western religious labyrinth” (2008). The book “The Eyes of the Skin”, by author Juhani Pallasmaa, also represents an important part of the research carried out to support this work. In order to better understand the applications of bioconstruction techniques for the purpose of the chapel, case studies were carried out for each proposed technique: wattle and daub, hiperadobe and COB. In the sequence, the present work brings an analysis of the general contexts that involve the chapel project, such as location, information about the land, practical questions for the construction and a conceptual principle of the project itself.