Technical Assistance to Communities in Bahia

Thais Rosa, Debora Didonê, Gloria Cecilia Figueiredo, Zara Francisco, Flora Tavares, Daniel Morastegan

O debate discute junto a convidados de assessoria sociotécnica a comunidades locais na Bahia acerca de experiências de canteiro e participação cidadã. As Assessorias técnicas são equipes multidisciplinares que trabalham para as comunidades em territórios periféricos, para contribuir na construção, reforma e regularização fundiária, qualificação urbana, além do desenvolvimento de planos, estratégias de incidência políticas e mediação de conflitos. Afinal, como atuar em colaboração com as comunidades locais? Quais os desafios da assessoria técnica e quais os avanços na transformação social local?

Thais Rosa
Professor and researcher at the School of Architecture of the Federal University of Bahia, the AU+E Residency Program – Specialization in Technical Assistance, Housing, and the Right to the City – and the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism, where she coordinates the Margear group. She currently coordinates the Periferia Viva Action Plan for the Alto da Conquista and Marielle Franco occupations in Simões Filho, Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia. She was a member of the Monotrilho em Disputa (Monorail in Dispute) and the Zeis Já! (Our Right to Housing and the City) Campaign in Salvador, Bahia. She was a founding member of the TEIA collective – a creative house (São Carlos, SP) and a collaborator in the USINA advisory board – a center for work on the inhabited environment (São Paulo, SP).

Debora Didone
A journalist, permaculturist, and socio-environmental activist, Débora has dedicated herself for 13 years—since the creation of Canteiros Coletivos—to developing, fundraising, and leading socio-environmental projects in the city of Salvador. Prior to her strong work in this field, she had a long career in journalism in São Paulo, where she wrote for local and national magazines and newspapers, and also won awards and recognition as a reporter. Communication, also focused on the nonprofit sector, continues to be a defining characteristic of her projects, work, and initiatives.

Gloria Cecilia Figueiredo
Urban planner with a degree from the State University of Bahia and a master's and doctorate in architecture and urban planning from the Federal University of Bahia. She is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in the area of urban and regional planning and a member of the research group Lugar Comum (Common Place). She is currently one of the curators of the "Our Future Forum: Dialogues between Africa, Europe, and Brazil," which will take place in November in Salvador. She is the Brazilian coordinator of the project "African Territories and Heritage: Spatial Imaginations, Ecological Urgencies, Educational Practices, and Epistemic Justice in Brazil and South Africa," an international collaboration between the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), the Federal University of Pasadena (UFPA), the University of Johannesburg, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Abdias Nascimento Program/Capes), as well as the research project "Ex-Centric Cities" (CNPq Universal). She is involved in urban initiatives and collaborations, such as the Popular Expertise in the Historic Center of Salvador and the "Canteiro Modelo de Conservação" (IPHAN, FAUFBA).

Zara Francisco
Master's in Urban Planning from UFBA, urban planner, architect, and artist, resident and researcher of Valéria, a Black neighborhood and territory in the city of Salvador, Bahia. General Coordinator of the Trama Association, where she develops collaborative and collective actions with communities in defense of socio-territorial rights through innovation, education, communication, urbanism, and the arts.

Flora Tavares
An urban planner and architect from Salvador, Bahia, she focuses on projects that combine urban planning and communication in social impact initiatives. With an interdisciplinary approach, she also works as a graphic designer, researcher, and visual artist, with experience in set design and art direction. She is a founding partner of TRAMA, an organization focused on implementing territorial innovation and community development projects through popular education, culture, and audiovisual media.

Daniel Morastegan
He holds a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of São Paulo (EESC-USP, 2001), a Master's degree in Teaching Methodology (PPGE-UFSCar, 2008), and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning (PPGAU-UFBA, 2021). He is an adjunct professor at the UFBA School of Architecture and coordinator of the Architecture, Urban Planning, and Engineering Residency Program at FAUFBA. He works with university extension programs, advising and providing technical assistance to grassroots movements, popular education, and construction processes. Since 2019, he has been working to bridge the gap between grassroots technical consulting and cultural heritage preservation.

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TODAY (10.10)

2:30 pm – table Risk-Free Periphery in the Context of Climate Change

4pm – table Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans

6:30 pm – table Inclusive Adaptation: Nature-Based Solutions in the Peripheries

9am – Drawing Workshop: Oscar Niemeyer's Architecture in Ibirapuera Park and the Climate Challenge

IN THE NEXT DAYS (11 to 14.10)

ATTENTION the table Palmas: For 36 years, the ecological capital of Tocantins which would be held on 10/11 | 7pm was canceled.

11.10 and 12.10 | 9am – workshop Inventa(rio) Fronteiras: Playing for Multispecies Cities

11.10 | 10am – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 11am – table Learning to inhabit the Anthropocene: the crisis of architecture

11.10 | 2pm – table Architecture for Learning and Civic Use

11.10 | 3pm – table Culture and Public Architecture

11.10 – 15h – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 4pm – table Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design

11.10 | 5pm – table Architecture of Belonging: Interpreting Heritage Through Place

12.10 | 10am – table Experience: Climate Refuges and Naturalized Public Spaces, with Eco-Neighborhood

12.10 | 10:30 am – table Childhoods and Climate: Climate Justice in Vulnerable Territories

12.10 | 10:30 am – Windsock Workshop with the Floating Collective 

12.10 | 3pm – table Doing a lot with a little: architectures for a planet in transition with Esteban Benavides from Al Borde office

12.10 | 4:30 pm – table Earth – building a sustainable and democratic future 

12.10 | 6pm – table Living With – French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and AJAP – Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects

13.10 – activity Pantanal Action at IABsp

10/14 | 10am – table Urgent Panorama! Space as an act of permanence

14.10 | 6pm – Launch of the “Nature-Based Education” Guide

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And there's much more until October 19th!

NOTE OF CONDOLENCE

With deep sorrow, the Brazilian Institute of Architects – São Paulo Department (IABsp) mourns the passing of architect and landscape architect Kongjian Yu, a global leader in ecological urbanism, and the members of his team who accompanied him, tragically killed during the filming of a documentary. The institute is honored to have had him as a participant in the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, where his transformative vision strengthened the dialogue between global challenges and local realities. IABsp emphasizes that Yu's contribution, which transcends borders, will remain an inspiration for generations and expresses its condolences to China, to the families of all the deceased, to his friends, and to all those impacted by his genius and dedication. Read the full note here.