Proposta arquitetônica de uma casa de apoio às mulheres ribeirinhas e vítimas de escalpelamento no Amapá

Abstract

The scalping accident is configured predominantly in the northern region of the country. In search of better living conditions after the accident, as victims they face various difficulties in obtaining decent and adequate treatment, aggravated by the lack of visibility of the works onwards in front of a society. This paper aims to provide clarification on the obstacles faced by victims of scalping and on the role of shelter institutions in the lives of vulnerable people. Through the results of bibliographical and field research carried out at the Association of Riparian Women and Victims of Amazonian Escalation, guided by the methodology of ethnography that enabled an insertion into the victims' space and consequently the identification of the problems, it was possible to obtain the necessary parameters to a propose of an architectural design of a support house aimed to the victims of scalping in Macapa, which is the main objective of this paper.