SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND BIOCONSTRUCTION: THEORY AND
APPLICABILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CARIRI
CEARAN
Architectural project; Integrated Eco-Efficient Solutions; Region Metropolitan of Cariri; Construction; Sustainability.
Civil construction has a strong impact on the global environmental crisis that we are experiencing by working with unsustainable forms of production, harmful in their interference with the environment. Atresidential constructions, as they have a strong participation in this sector, are also the target of concern for necessary practice changes. Faced with this problem, the present study focuses on the analysis of how single-family residential architectural projects can guide the construction sector in a more sustainable way. From a general objective which sought to investigate the relationship of single-family residential architectural projects in Cariri with environmental, economic and social sustainability criteria aimed at civil construction, had as empirical objects of study two single-family homes located in Cariri Ceará (municipalities of Crato and Missão Velha), designed and whose executions were managed by the research author. The study had a qualitative and exploratory nature, and triggered several methodological procedures, among which the literature review (which gave the entire theoretical basis of the research) and case studies (for the analysis of which it was necessary to create an analysis method). Among the main results achieved are: demonstration of how Integrated Eco-Efficient Solutions can favor less aggressive to the environment, without leaving anything to be desired in terms of construction and habitability for your users; the correlation of these solutions not only with the three dimensions of sustainability, but with the intersections between them; the need to think about an architectural project articulated with its execution and with the entire production chain of construction; and the ratification of the environmental, economic and social viability of bioconstruction Against other conventional constructions, following a trend presented in studies that have been carried out in the area. In the conclusions of the work, the goals achieved, the limitations of the research, its main academic, social and contributions to sustainable regional development, as well as the expected future perspectives in the face of its presentation to the community.