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Mendes, P. (2017). Levels and scope of participated projects: case studies in the Portuguese context. Lisbon AESOP annual congress ‘17.

P. A. Mendes,  "Levels and scope of participated projects: case studies in the Portuguese context", in Lisbon AESOP annual congress ‘17, Lisboa, 2017

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AB  - In Portugal, there has been a growing concern, in recent years, about the participation of
citizens inarchitectural and political decisions. The ineffectiveness of the traditional processes of
participation of thedemocratic system proves incapable of responding to the contemporary problems of the
citizens. In parallel ithas been seen in recent years the deepening of the economic and financial crisis of
2007/2008, which, inPortugal, led to a sharp rise in the levels of unemployment in the architecture market.
The lack ofcommissioning of building projects and plans, that had previously generated work, led to new
concepts andapproaches in particular in newly formed architects. On the one hand, there have been
numerous collectivesof architects motivated by issues related to political intervention and dynamics of
social and territorialinnovation. On the other hand, political decision-makers implemented new participatory
instruments tosupport decision, such as Orçamento Participativo (Participatory Budget). This program has
beenimplemented widely among municipalities in Portugal. Citizens' participation in project decisions is a
recurring theme in the 1960s and 1970s, whichreappears with a new configuration at the beginning of the
XXI century. These days are marked by years ofeconomic crisis and the universe of facilitated circulation
of information in a wide network system accessedby a large number of citizens. However, some questions
arise concerning the levels and scope ofparticipation. Since a conventional project involves a certain level
of involvement of decision-makers,architects and users (Carlo, 2010), two questions arise: how can we
now achieve a higher level of participationand involvement of stakeholders (citizens, Architects, policymakers)
in the project? How can we achieve areal bottom-up procedure, in which context problems find
the best formal solution (Alexander, 1964), duringa process implemented in most cases by groups of
architects outside the community of citizens for whomthey work? Starting from a reflection on SAAL, a
housing program promoted by the Central Government inthe post-revolution period of April 1974, research
is carried out through the assessment of the participationlevel (Arnstein, 1969) of referred participated
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projects. From a different typology, two Municipal programswith relevance at regional scale - OP Cascais
and BIP ZIP Lisbon - are analyzed. The study of twoexploratory case studies - Casa do Vapor (Almada,
Portugal) and "Building Together" (Guimarães, Portugal) -and an investigatory proposal - "City Mosaic
Collective" project (Mendes et al., 2017a) – complete theselection. "City Mosaic Collective", which I am a
founder member, aims to achieve a higher level ofparticipation, “Partnership” (Arnstein, 1969). The
research points to conclude that even for the cases studied that do not reach the highest levelsof
participation (partnership), the initiatives reveal valid potential for their evolution.
ER  -