AUTONOMA - Joana Braga - Terras da Costa Community Kitchen: A Path Towards a Common Ground

TERRAS DA COSTA COMMUNITY KITCHEN

a path towards a common ground

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Valter Vinagre

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Valter Vinagre

“Acting to build ‘another world’ will continue to have limited impact as long as we don’t give ourselves the means, individually within our reach, to reinvest urban space collectively, ecologically and politically; as long as this space stays desubjectivated by our absence.”

Constantin Petcou, Doina PetrescuPetrescu. “Acting space.” 2007, 321

TERRAS DA COSTA NEIGHBOURHOOD

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Valter Vinagre

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Valter Vinagre

Terras do Lelo Martins © Fernando Guerra

SITUATED SOCIO-SPATIAL PRACTICES AT TERRAS DA

COSTA

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen © Fernando Guerra

THE URBAN BOUNDARIES PROJECT

Registering battuko within the urban boundaries project © Urban Boundaries

Critical litteracy within the urban boundaries project © Urban Boundaries

TERRAS DA COSTA COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Inês Veiga

Casa do Vapor at Cova do Vapor © construclab

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen | water point construction © Inês Veiga

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen | finishings © Inês Veiga

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen | barbecue © Inês Veiga

RESSONANCES OF THE PROCESS

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen © Inês Veiga

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen © Inês Veiga

Terras da Costa © Fernando Guerra

BRINGING TO THE FORE ISSUES OF SPATIAL INJUSTICE AND

CHALLENGE THEM

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen © Inês Veiga

Terras da Costa Community Kitchen © Inês Veiga

Terras da Costa neighbourhood © Inês Veiga

The violence of municipal identification of self-built houses © Joana Pestana

The violence of municipal identification of self-built houses | subsequent renumbering by dwellers © Joana Pestana

Collective customization of houses identification © Joana Braga

Collective customization of houses identification © Joana Braga

Collective customization of houses identification © Sofia Borges

Collective customization of houses identification © Sofia Borges

NEW CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED OVER THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Terras da Costa © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Demolitions of the cluster near Rua do Juncal | March 2016 © Joana Braga

Demolitions of the cluster near Rua do Juncal | March 2016 © Joana Braga

DWELLERS TAKE PART ON THE PROCESS TOWARDS LEGAL

ENERGY SUPPLY

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Residents assembly concerning future legal energy supply | April 10, 2016 © Joana Braga

A PARTICIPATORY REHOUSING PROCESS IS POSSIBLE

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Fernando Guerra

Terras da Costa community kitchen © Joana Braga