Producing collaborative public space - The Laboratory of Intervention in Architecture in situ / experiment
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2020
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Edições Universitárias Lusófonas
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This chapter discusses the role of collaborative practices for the
production of public spaces. The growing complexity of urban contexts, due to changes
in the production model and in urban activities is a challenge for scholars, technicians
and residents. In this context collaborative practices have been a common
approach in urban interventions in the last decades. The text presents eight editions
of the project Laboratory of Intervention in Architecture in situ/, from 2012 to 2018.
It is a project of intervention in local public spaces with the partnerships of the
Municipality of Almada and numerous local institutions, using collaborative practices
as methodological approach. In situ/ is also a learning process, as it is coordinated by
a research centre, and has a strong concern with the educational aspects of these
living labs and with urban research. Different research themes have been addressed
– such as informal neighbourhoods, old industrial areas or coastal environmental
protection – but they all have a common ground: how can communities (be they
academic, local or institutional) contribute to solve territorial problems in transitional
urban contexts using public space as a mediation and negotiation tool? In situ/
projects aim to promote innovative teaching and learning experiences outside the
academic context, in multidisciplinary and diverse social and cultural contexts, but also
to investigate issues of the city in transition and intervene in real contexts of
action, promoting diversified partnerships with local entities, designing and building
solutions to the challenges of contemporary metropolitan contexts, thus contributing
to improve the quality of life of the populations. Along the same lines, this chapter
aims to present the laboratories’ methodological approach, focusing on the organizational aspects, the importance of all the actors involved and of the learning experience.
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Série Cultura e Território
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EDUCAÇÃO, EDUCATION, ARQUITETURA, ARCHITECTURE, INTERVENÇÕES URBANÍSTICAS, URBAN INTERVENTIONS, PROGRAMAS DE INTERVENÇÃO, INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, APRENDIZAGEM, LEARNING, ESTUDOS DE CASO, CASE STUDIES