16TH GOAL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY ON THE ROLE OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

16º OBJETIVO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOBRE O PAPEL DA ARQUITETURA DE INTERIORES

Authors

  • Suéllen Mota Marques Costa UEMG - UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS
  • Renato César Ferreira de Souza UFMG - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS
  • Rita de Castro Engler UEMG - UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29183/2447-3073.MIX2025.v11.n1.17-28

Keywords:

Sustainability; Architecture; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design; Space Syntax.

Abstract

The 16th goal of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development highlights the importance of developing capacities for crime prevention. Thus, the objective of this article was to verify whether in a Brazilian college entrance hall there are physical space components that reduce surveillance, encouraging unauthorized people to enter the building. At this college, a student was stolen inside their classroom by a supposed intruder. The method uses the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design approach for on-site observation and analysis (qualitative part), the Space Syntax Theory using the DephtMapX software to produce the visibility map (quantitative part) and the Photoshop program for image processing. The results revealed that the large number of entry and exit points, the layout (control desk and turnstiles) and the positioning of the street access door, stairs and pillars are the elements of the physical space that reduce surveillance in the entrance hall. Finally, this work shows procedures for analyzing internal spaces with a focus on crime prevention, highlighting the role of Interior Architecture in achieving the 16th goal of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.

Author Biographies

Suéllen Mota Marques Costa, UEMG - UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS

Professor at the Escola de Design at the Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG); researcher at the Centro de Estudos em Design e Tecnologia (CEDTec) at UEMG and researcher at the Laboratório de Computação Ambiental em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (CA_AU) at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), with Design for Crime Prevention (Design Against Crime and Crime Prevention Thorough Environmental Design) as her main research line. She is a doctoral student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Escola de Arquitetura of UFMG; master in Civil Construction from the Escola de Engenharia of UFMG (2017), specialist in Civil Construction from the Escola de Engenharia of UFMG (2014), architect and urban planner from the Escola de Arquitetura of UFMG (2009) and building technician from the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (2002). Through CEDTec, she collaborates with the international research networks DESIS (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability) and LeNS (Learning Network on Sustainability), as well as with the partnership between CEDTec and the Design Against Crime Reserach Lab (DACRL), from the University of the Arts London (UAL).

LATTES: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7917895330956154

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9244-4706

Renato César Ferreira de Souza, UFMG - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS

He has a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (1985), a master's degree in Architecture from the same university (1998) and a doctorate (Ph.D) in Architecture from The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (2008). He also has a master's degree from the Post-Graduation Certificate on Higher Education (PCHE) in the United Kingdom. He is currently Associate Professor 1 exclusively at UFMG. He is also accredited in the Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at EAUFMG (NPGAU) and teaches in the Postgraduate Program in Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine at UFMG. His areas of interest are Architecture and Urbanism, with an emphasis on Planning, Urban Space Design and Urban Health. He is also dedicated to the study of Contextual Computing and its technological implications for Architecture, urban space, and public health. Its areas of activity mainly correspond to the following themes: architectural design, environmental assessment, architecture and IT, teaching architecture and urbanism, contextual computing.

LATTES: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7770426854513021

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-9496

Rita de Castro Engler, UEMG - UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS

Graduated in Civil Engineering from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1985); master's degree in Production Engineering from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (1988) and specialization (DEA) and doctorate in Production Engineering and Technological Innovation Management from Ecole Centrale Paris (1993); post-doctorate in Design from the Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (1994), post-doctorate in Social Design from Ryerson University (2014). She received a master's scholarship at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and a doctor's scholarship at the Ecole Centrale Paris. She was chargé des cours in Ecole des Mines de Paris; project coordinator at the Centro de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais; professor and coordinator of the Master's Degree in Technology Management at the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio de Janeiro; director and partner of Eventail_ Produções & Eventos; as well as she created and coordinated the Leadership Center at Business School São Paulo. She is professor in Innovation and Design in the doctoral and master's program in Design at the Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais; researcher with a productivity grant from CNPq; guest professor at the University of Tennessee, Christian Brothers University, Middle Tennessee State University, Ryerson University, POLITO, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Stellenbosch University and University of the Arts London. She is also responsible in Brazil for the Engineering Management Consortium, as well as coordinator of the Centro de Estudos em Design e Tecnologia (CEDTec), a laboratory that participates in the DESIS Network (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability) and LeNS (Learning Network on Sustainability).

LATTES:  http://lattes.cnpq.br/1848076566428564

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5707-2924

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2025-05-06

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Costa, S. M. M., Ferreira de Souza, R. C., & Engler, R. de C. (2025). 16TH GOAL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY ON THE ROLE OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE: 16º OBJETIVO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOBRE O PAPEL DA ARQUITETURA DE INTERIORES. ix Sustentável, 11(1), 17–28. https://doi.org/10.29183/2447-3073.MIX2025.v11.n1.17-28

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