Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Levels and scope of participated projects: Case studies in the Portuguese context
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 ...
Levels and scope of participated projects: Case studies in the Portuguese context
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 ...
Levels and scope of participated projects: Case studies in the Portuguese context
01.07.2017
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