Pelas mãos latino-americanas: a atuação dos escritórios ELEMENTAL, AI Borde e Atelier Metropolitano em assentamentos precários

Abstract

This current work discusses the ways in which Architecture and Urbanism offices operate in Latin American precarious settlements, such as the case studies of ELEMENTAL (Chile), Al Borde (Ecuador) and Atelier Metropolitano by Jorge Mario Jáuregui (Brazil). In this way, the research investigated the context of the problems inherent to the urban centers of Latin America, understanding the formation process and the main characteristics of its informal dwellings. In addition, this study exanimated the general context of the work of other Latin American architects, urban planners and organizations, who likewise the cases studies, act and contribute on reducing the problems in these scenarios. Furthermore, this analysis approached methodologies and concepts of the participatory process, understanding this tool as one of the main resources used by the offices. Thus, in order to collaborate with the discussions about the intervention practices of architects and urban planners in Latin American precariousness areas, three different studios recognized worldwide for their current interventions were investigated, and a brief study was done on their work methodologies as well as on how the population inserts itself into their projects.