ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS AT SANTA ROSA STATE COLLEGE: case study

Abstract

Despite being present throughout human history, accessibility has not always been taken into account in architectural projects. It is common knowledge that, since the first human groups, people with disabilities have been excluded from participating in society, and it was only with the aftermath of the Second Civil War that the need arose to find ways to reintegrate civilians and military personnel who had returned with sequelae from the conflict into society. The aim of this study was to verify accessibility in a school in the city of Santa Rosa de Goiás and how it may or may not become a facilitating tool. This research was carried out through a case study in which the accessibility conditions of this school unit were analyzed in accordance with NBR 9050. Analyses of accessibility become a tool for school inclusion and ensure possible conditions that enable and promote access. In fact, planning with the situations people face when accessing the places, they go to in mind is necessary to facilitate the implementation of accessibility projects. Therefore, the school inclusion proposal advocates that the educational environment should adapt to the needs of users, rather than adapting to the structures of the place of study, but if the environment is not prepared to cater for everyone, it is this place that becomes deficient.