Coxito, António2014Coxito , A 2014 , ' A passage in action research ' , Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação .1646-6756Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e EducaçãoWith different conditions and levels, one can find in contemporary wealthy societies potential situations for the intervention of the architect where it is assumed an intentional avoidance of their presence, that can result in squats, ecovillages or many unnoticed who seek autonomy from something or someone.While in a theoretical research on architecture without architects a systematic enquiry can be produced without taking the part of the subject, in practice based research on the same subject, to keep its character can result in an artifact not validvis-a-vis the architects practice, albeit presenting the printed document with the appropriate tools and methods for an academic research.In the present research it is simulated a situation of scarcity, including the absence ofthe presence of the architects skills.application/pdfengopenAccessARQUITETURAINVESTIGAÇÃOARCHITECTURERESEARCHarticle