Maia. Identificação de uma Cidade. BM99, Bienal da Maia

A relação entre a sociedade e o urbano, não se poderá reduzir à emergência espontânea de formas urbanas, mas à existência de actores sociais portadores de perspectivas, de representações e de formas de actuação no quadro da cidade da Maia. A diversidade e complexidade de formas de apropriação pela população da cidade, dos seus espaços públicos e semi-públicos e das instituições presentes, são determinadas por factores muito diversos, quer de ordem interna ao próprio tecido urbano, quer de ordem externa. Elas podem ser factor de coesão social e urbana ou, em contrapartida, acentuar situações de marginalidade; podem ser enriquecedoras de relacionamentos intergeracionais e intergrupais ou, em contrapartida, acentuar apenas os conflitos existentes; podem contribuir para a consolidação de identidades locais ou, em contrapartida, ser apenas repositórios de identidades mais ou menos perdidas. Este relatório procura representar a imagem da cidade da Maia pelo olhar multidisciplinar da sociologia, da geografia e da arquitectura.The relationship between society and the city, can not reduce the spontaneous emergence of urban forms, but the existence of social actors carrying from perspectives of representations and forms of action within the city of Maia. The diversity and complexity of forms of appropriation by the population, its public and semi-public spaces and institutions and are determined by many different factors, both internal order of the urban structure itself or of external nature. They can be a factor of social and urban cohesion or, on the other hand, to emphasize situations of marginality, can be enriching intergenerational relationships and intergroup relationships or, in opposition, only accentuate conflicts, may contribute to the consolidation of local identities and strong or weak repositories of identities. This report seeks to represent the image of the city of Maia by a multidisciplinary look focus on the sociology, the geography and the architecture

Uneven growth: tactical urbanisms for expanding megacities

In 2030, the world's population will be a staggering eight billion people. Of these, two-thirds will live in cities; most will be poor. With limited resources, this unbalanced growth will be one of the greatest challenges faced by societies across the globe. In the coming years, city authorities, urban planners, designers, economists and others will have to join forces to avoid a major social and economic catastrophe and to ensure that these expanding megacities will be habitable. Exploring how emergent forms of tactical urbanism could address rapid and uneven urban growth around the globe, The Museum of Modern Art presents Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, its third iteration of the Issues in Contemporary Architecture series. Following the same model as the critically acclaimed projects Rising Currents and Foreclosed, Uneven Growth is a combination of workshop, exhibition and publication that brings together ideas from an international group of scholars, practitioners and other experts on architecture and urbanism. Featuring proposals for six cities on five continents--New York, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Hong Kong and Lagos, each developed by a pair of teams (one local to the host city and one abroad)--Uneven Growth also documents the brainstorming processes and the workshops. Contributions from each of the teams and essays by leading scholars on the issue make the publication a rich resource for students and professionals alike. Participating teams include Cohabitation Strategies with Situ Studio, POP Lab with URBZ, MAS Urban Design ETH with Rua Arquitetos, Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée with Superpool, Network Architecture Lab with MAP Office and Inteligencias Colectivas with NLÉ Architects

Vasco Araújo : Momento à Parte = A Moment Apart

"Vasco Araújo's show brings together many of the pieces produced by the artist around the themes of voice, body and performance [...] The survey thus became both a refreshing reminder of the artist's cohesive body of work, but also a critical assessment of his artistic evolution[...]" -- page [5]