This paper deals with the evaluation of the conditions of spatial accessibility in habitation units (UHs) considered accessible in residential hotels on the Island of Santa Catarina. For this purpose, exploratory visits allowed an architectonic survey of the chosen UHs and an analysis of their adjustment to the technical parameters established by NBR 9050/2004. Interviews with different users completed the study which highlighted the real difficulties faced by them due to inadequate solutions of accessibility present in the hotel network environments. The methods facilitated a classification of the problems of spatial accessibility according to four components - spatial orientation, displacement, use and communication - and related them to the abilities and disabilities of the various users. A higher prevalence of problems was found relating to the use of furniture and equipment, which affected the ability to undertake activities with comfort and independence. It is also confirmed that NBR 9050/2004 still focuses its main technical parameters on catering principally for people with physical-motor disabilities.
Spatial acessibility; residential hotel; social inclusion; limitation
