PARTICIPATORY SOCIAL PROJECT: possible lessons from SAAL

Authors

  • Alexandra Saraiva ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Dinâmia’CET-IUL
  • Patrícia Bento Almeida ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Dinâmia’CET-IUL
  • Teresa Marat-Mendes ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Dinâmia’CET-IUL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.12504

Abstract

In Portugal, in the 1970s, the Local Outpatient Support Service (SAAL) constituted a progressive housing program, which instituted participatory democracy and a collaborative framework between the State, specialists and target populations, seeking to solve the urgent problem of homelessness. Focusing on three specific case studies [Távora: Prelada (Porto, 1975-1976), Hestnes Ferreira: Fonsecas e Calçada (Lisbon, 1974-1988) and Costa Cabral: Pego Longo (Queluz, 1975-1977)], possible reflections of the previous paths of these architects in their respective urban and housing project proposals. Basing the analysis on original material, deposited in various archives and specialized libraries, this article offers a first systematization of the collected information, promoting a methodology for analysing the relationship between research and the practice of architecture/urbanism, developed and experimented in Portugal. Finally, clues are offered for the recovery of these participatory social projects, as possible models to follow today.

 

Keywords: Housing; SAAL; Investigation; Sustainability; Urban Metabolism

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Published

2024-03-06

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SIIU2023_LISBOA