Do Desenho à Compreensão. A Comunicação entre Arquiteto e Cliente

Abstract

This dissertation is based on the role of communication between architect and client through the development of a real housing project. Therefore, we propose to reflect on the importance of active listening, empathy, and sensitive interpretation as fundamental tools in the contemporary design process. In an increasingly complex and diverse world, architecture should be understood not only as the construction of spaces but also as the construction of meaningful human relationships. Based on a concrete experience, lived in the first person, the thesis focuses on the close relationship between the author and the client, highlighting how this interaction influenced spatial, material, and formal decisions throughout the entire project. The design process was developed from informal conversations, evoked memories, daily habits, and specific ways of life, assuming dialogue as the driving force of the architectural creative process. The true architectural quality is not limited to formal coherence or technical excellence, but lies above all in the ability to translate, with sensitivity and attention, the intentions, expectations, and experiences of those who will inhabit the space. Thus, this thesis contributes to a more human, relational, and participatory vision of architectural practice, proposing that such architecture should arise from listening, proximity, and emotional involvement with both the other and the place. The study reinforces the idea that, in architecture, to communicate is to create, and that such creation is always an act of sharing and responsibility.