Habitar e Pertencer: Centro de Acolhimento Institucional Infanto-Juvenil para Vítimas da Pandemia da Covid-19 em Campo Grande/MS

Abstract

With the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of Brazilians have died, and consequently, children and adolescents have suffered indirect victims of the death of their family members, mitigating the issue of orphanhood in the country. According to research by Imperial College London, Brazil has more than 268 thousand orphaned minors, with the death of one or both parents and grandparents who had custody of the children and adolescents, due to Covid-19. However, there are no public policies that aim to directly intervene with this population and the existing shelters are not sufficient to shelter this group in a vulnerable situation. Taking this scenario as a basis and understanding that the architect plays an indispensable role in terms of the right to the city and its housing, together with the fact that architecture plays the main role in the response to urban and housing problems, this work aims to develop a project to update an institutional reception center for children and adolescents in a situation of orphanhood due to covid-19 in the city of Campo Grande/MS, based on current legislation, especially the Statute of Children and Adolescents, in order to serve as a response to the problem, highlighting the role of the architect in guaranteeing access to the city and decent housing for minors in social vulnerability.