Ce mémoire présente et discute d’une problématique importante qui s’inscrit dans un contexte actuel, autant sur le plan international que local, puisqu’elle touche 1 enfant sur 68 (CDC, 2010). On parle ici du trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA). Plus spécifiquement, cette recherche se concentre sur les jeunes adultes autistes, qui du jour au lendemain, se retrouvent face à une interruption de services. Elle suggère qu’une adaptation adéquate de l’environnement soit davantage explorée en vue d’offrir des centres de jour adaptés à cette clientèle. La question de recherche est la suivante : Quels sont les éléments du design intérieur qui peuvent améliorer la qualité de vie des adultes autistes? Il est essentiel de s’y attarder, puisque les personnes TSA sont entre autres caractérisées par leur hypersensibilité et leur hyposensibilité face à l’environnement. Bien que le sujet de l’autisme soit richement documenté par le domaine des sciences médicales, il est apparu qu’il l’est moins par celui de l’aménagement. La stratégie méthodologique de cette recherche repose sur des analyses de précédents, des observations participantes ainsi que la tenue d’entretiens semi-dirigés auprès de parents d’enfants autistes. Cette étude vise simultanément l’amélioration de la compréhension de la pratique émergente du design comme moyen d’intervention ainsi que l’identification des facteurs (éclairages, couleurs, matériaux, division de l’espace, etc.) pouvant améliorer le bien-être des adultes autistes. Sur la base des données collectées, il a été remarqué qu’effectivement, plusieurs moyens peuvent être entrepris pour concevoir des environnements améliorant le bien-être de ces adultes. Les résultats extraits du terrain mènent à des propositions d’aménagement claires : rendre l’abstrait le plus concret possible, aménager des zones de retrait social, offrir une variété d’ambiances, et finalement, offrir un encadrement sécuritaire. / This thesis presents and discusses an important issue that is part of a current context, both international and local level, since it affects 1 child in 68 (CDC, 2010). We are talking about the Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More specifically, this research focuses on young autistic adults who suddenly find themselves facing a lack of services. It suggests that an adequate adaptation of the environment should be explored in order to provide adapted day Centers to this clientele. The question of the research is the following: What are the elements of interior design that can improve the quality of life of autistic adults? It is essential to linger over it, since ASD people are characterized by hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity to the environment. Even if the subject of autism is richly documented by medical science, it appeared that it is less studied by the interior architecture domain. The methodological strategy of this research is based on analysis of precedents, participant observation and the conducting semi-structured interviews with parents of autistic people. This study aims simultaneously to improve the understanding of the emerging practice of design as an intervention and the identification of factors (lightings, colors, materials, spatial organization) that could improve the wellbeing of autistics adults. Based on the data collected, it was noticed that, indeed, several means can be undertaken to design environments improving the well-being of adults. The results extracted from the field study lead us to clear layout proposals: making the abstract as concrete as possible, develop areas of social withdrawal, offer a variety of atmospheres, and finally provide a safe environment.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The diffusion of the learning virtual environments use shows a great potential to the applications development that meet the needs in the education area. In view of the importance of a more dynamic application and one that can adapt itself to the needs of the students, it was proposed and developed the U-SEA (oblique adapted teaching system). This system was built based on the learning virtual environment Moodle and on the module Mle-Moodle, available in an infrastructure of Cloud-Computing and has as a main finality the adaptation to the student's computing context, envisioning technical characteristics as the adequacy of the environment to the user's speed connection. The results gotten showed the feasibility of working with systems that are sensitive to the context, bringing improvements to the students' access to the materials and tools. / A difusão do uso dos ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem apresenta um grande potencial para desenvolvimento de aplicações que atendam necessidades na área da educação. Tendo em vista a importância de uma aplicação mais dinâmica e que consiga se adaptar continuamente as necessidades dos estudantes, foi proposto e desenvolvido o U-SEA (Sistema de Ensino Adaptado Ubíquo). Esse sistema foi construído com base no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem Moodle e no Módulo Mle-Moodle, disponibilizado em uma infraestrutura de Cloud Computing e tem como principal finalidade a adaptação ao contexto computacional do aluno, vislumbrando características técnicas como a adequação do ambiente a velocidade de conexão do usuário. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram a viabilidade de se trabalhar com sistemas sensíveis ao contexto, trazendo melhorias no acesso dos estudantes aos materiais e ferramentas.