Conditions of pandemic social isolation in Popular Housing

Abstract

In the current global context, where the population is facing Covid-19, a highly contagious respiratory disease, the main recommendation to avoid the transmission of the virus is to continue isolating oneself at home. Thus, every residence needs to have the necessary conditions to carry out social isolation and the initial treatment of Covid-19 in coordination with the family's daily activities. The issue is that not all housing can meet these new needs. The research aims to analyze whether the types of housing in the Gimenes Housing Complex, located in the city of Penápolis-SP, meet the socio-physical needs of residents in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. The method applied was the dialogic architecture, which relates the object of study (types of housing) to its context (Gimenes Housing Complex and Gimenes Neighbourhood), according to the dimensions of housing construction and users' perception. A questionnaire was applied to families, the results of which indicated that the types of housing at Gimenes do not meet most of the parameters of social isolation indicated by the Ministry of Health.