Afetos de idosos em intervenções urbanas no centro de Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the affects of elderly people in the city center of Fortaleza / CE. The choice of the elderly in this study was due to the fact that they followed for longer this historical background and the urban center. The study included 60 elderly, and 30 living near the center and only 30 attending this urban environment. The reference to the affects that subtends the same foster the involvement of individuals with something and has approximate character in his conduct, according to the thought of Sawaia (2011), BOMFIM (2010). As methodology for seizure of affection we used the Affective Maps, which gives access to the feelings and meanings to the senses from the request of a design environment. As a result, the subjects of affective developed five images from the city center: Images of Destruction, Belonging (the past), Insecurity, and Agreeableness contrasts. We realize that many seniors resignificaram Center that from this place they experienced on their previous experiences. The affective images of older people portrayed herein continuity, sometimes the split between a present and a past history of the city of Fortaleza.