School in color project

Abstract

Constant exposure to noise in the learning environment can generate numerous consequences, such as low productivity, stress or insomnia for users. Evaluating the importance of acoustic comfort in these spaces, it was observed that prior planning, with the aim of avoiding problems related to the behavior of sound waves, is more effective than solutions to correct them. With this statement, this article presents the School in Color project, prepared for the III Conrado Silva Acoustics Student Competition – CACS. The product was exhibited at the congress of the Brazilian Society of Acoustics – SOBRAC and follows the premise that acoustic conditions must be applied from the selection of the terrain and evaluation of the surroundings. Based on this idea, the general objective of this work is to propose the preliminary project of a school focused on Elementary School II, for the city of Natal/RN with emphasis on acoustic comfort. In this context, methodological procedures occurred in four stages: data collection on architectural acoustics and the influence of noise in the school environment, focusing on speech intelligibility; analysis of empirical references; approach to the physical-environmental conditions and legislation in force in the project lot; and project development and design. Additionally, during the development, the acoustic technical analysis of the classroom, library and auditorium environments was carried out through the calculation of reverberation in octave bands, which contributed to the proposition of solutions for the sound qualification of these spaces, reconciled with an attractive design, and in addition, sets the school as a tool to stimulate learning.