16|REPORTAJE origin that impairs communication and social interaction and is accompanied by neuropsychological alterations that affect the higher thought processes, language, memory and intelligenceā. Getting a diagnosis and acting accordingly is the most important thing. There are chaotic minds that can be, to a certain degree, ordered by paying attention to the way the child learns; you can emphasize strong points. Autistic people process information in three different ways: visual thought, musical and mathematical thought, and logic- verbal thought. According to most experts, what autistic people have in common is that they observe details first and little by little they get to the big picture. It is a process in reverse to ours. This makes their relationship with the world much more stressful because they are more susceptible to light, textures and other stimulus. All this should be considered when designing an environment for them. If his needs are not taken into account, an autistic person will withdraw into himself becoming isolated and in many cases suffer a crisis due to overload of information and sensory stimulation. The individuals suffering from high levels of autism have three impairments in the way they process sensory stimulus: hypersensitivity (very sensitive), hyposensitivity (low sensitivity), and the so called white noise (internal interferences). For this reason, an interest has emerged in an architecture that would address the needs of the autistic person. Could the appropriate environment soothe the anxieties of the autistic individual? Would it improve his relationship with the environment, and consequently with the other people? In response to these considerations the decalogue of the autistic person, was created; 10 standards to use as reference when the moment came to create an ideal environment: a school, for example. Two concepts were the basis of the project: transition and the individual, both based on the proportions of a logarithmic spiral that becomes a hole burying itself on the ground. For someone with such sensibility to detail, a pure, clear environment, free from distractions has to be designed, otherwise these will set back learning and social interactions making his integration into the world harder each time. The use of pastel and soft colors to avoid hard contrasts, avoidance of patterns in the textures and always an environment free of noise, surrounded by natural elements. In essence, every element that could alter any one of the senses should be watched for and this leads us to seek a neutral environment. What is a neutral space for an autistic child? A normal child can deal with the fact that a space varies with the light of the sun. They understand (or they do not pay attention) that the day changes. Autistic children are much less flexible and many of them have a hard time perceiving accurately the tridimensionality of a space. If a space has less light or marked shadows that move throughout the day, they could feel that they are in a different place because these shadows are points of reference for them, spots from where they relate everything else. If these points vary, all their associative order gets out of balance and they do not feel safe. Shadows are also important because for someone who does not perceive the tridimensionality of a space well, walking from a bright floor to a dark strip that creates such a contrast, might make them think that