Arquitetura escolar: análise do conforto lumínico em escolas municipais de ensino fundamental em João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

Students are a significant portion of the population during a great period of the day the school building, which is a space of learning, social interaction and diversity, lodges them. Many studies have already shown that school architecture influences student’s learning, school performance, and health. In this aspect that this research is focused, with the aim of analyzing the luminic comfort, with focus on the user in classrooms of elementary county schools. For this purpose, classrooms of three county schools built from the standard school project (developed by the City Hall of João Pessoa) were selected and analyzed. In the data collection, the illuminance was studied through sensors placed on the work plane, and questionnaires were also applied to verify the satisfaction level of users regarding light comfort. The obtained results showed that there is a shortfall in the illumination of almost all studied classrooms, and that most students feel symptoms that may be related to the sick building syndrome. This reinforces the essential need for a suitable lighting project for school buildings, whether natural or artificial, or combined, since the school environment influences students' learning and performance.