SOLAR ENVELOPE AS AN URBAN PLANNING TOOL: A CASE STUDY IN PASSO FUNDO / RS, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Grace Tibério Cardoso Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Escola Politécnica, IMED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1779-4631
  • Fernanda Moscarelli Departamento de Geografia e Gestão Urbana, Universidade de Paris Nanterre https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-2839
  • Saionara Dias Vianna Doutoranda (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais - PPGCEM), Universidade Federal de Pelotas: Pelotas, RS, BR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-3337

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2021.172.07

Abstract

Like many Brazilian cities, Passo Fundo / RS, Brazil, presents a consolidated urban fabric, the result of decisions supported in various areas of knowledge, manifested through the transformation of the natural and built environment. Urban design and densification have been carried out without planning for all aspects that interfere and result from these decisions. The prioritization of economic criteria conditions the built environment and has produced urban areas of low performance, as they disregard, among others, the advantages of good solar orientation and natural ventilation. Thus, the methodology of this article associates the analysis of the solar envelope with the pre-existing urban design. From the classification of urban morphology by blocks, blocks of blocks with certain uniformity in the configuration of lots were selected. The analysis of insolation through the constructed volumes and the solar envelope allowed to explore the conditions of the Municipal Master Plan of Passo Fundo, and to propose different situations based on what is recommended by the standard.

Keywords: Urban Fabric, Built Environment, Morphological Classification, Solar Envelope, Municipal Master Plan

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Published

2021-09-21

How to Cite

Tibério Cardoso, G., Moscarelli, F., & Vianna, S. D. (2021). SOLAR ENVELOPE AS AN URBAN PLANNING TOOL: A CASE STUDY IN PASSO FUNDO / RS, BRAZIL. Arquitetura Revista, 17(2), 296–318. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2021.172.07

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2021): JUL-DEZ

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