Acalanto – casa de parto: proposta de um centro de parto natural na cidade de Maceió, AL

Abstract

Through a perspective of humanization healthcare environments, the Natural Birthing Center Acalanto, architectural proposal of this Degree Final Project, basis itself on the affeticon and cultural values as an aggregating factor of the place of birth. The general objective of this paper work is, therefore, to propose spaces that contribute to change the current obstetric scenario in Alagoas, that basis on turning parturion into something unnatural, on the patriarchal appropriation of the tools and methods of science and the devaluation of female as protagonists of their own labors. As the basis of the architectural proposal, the bibliographic research included studies from different fields. It combines historical, economic, political-social and biological contextualization with case studies and environmental psychology involved in the space to be born. It also encompasses empirical knowledge, made possible through field research, which includes narratives of women that performed several roles at childbirth scenarios. In this way, the present work provides an opportunity to discuss the producon of birth spaces environments, resulting in an architectural proposal of a Natural Birthing Center for regular risk pregnancies, with spaces that favor humanized and less intervenonist childbirth. It also offers an alternative space, intermediate between hospital and home births. Finally, an environment that respects the emotional, family, social and cultural aspects of human birth.