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Architecture from an alternative power: Participation and design in the Catujal Workers Estate SAAL Operation
Journal Title
Joelho: Revista de Cultura Arquitectónica
Year (definitive publication)
2024
Language
English
Country
Portugal
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Abstract
In a revolution, governors can no longer govern, and the governed refuse to be so. In this sense, the experience of the Portuguese Local Support Service (Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local—SAAL) epitomizes the national revolution of 1974–5, allowing poor city workers to reclaim the right to housing and the city. This essay discusses the Catujal Workers Estate, built in this context, in Loures (Lisbon Region) with a plan by the brigade led by architect Francisco Pires Keil do Amaral. Most information is derived from the reports and drawings of the original SAAL intervention, with the aim of presenting an observation of this case and trying to highlight the process of cooperation that linked those designing the habitat with those who were to live in it.
Acknowledgements
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Keywords
SAAL,Catujal,Housing,Revolutionary process,Popular participation
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences
- Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) - Humanities
- Other Humanities - Humanities
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