Arquitetura D.I.Y. e urbanismo tático: uma abordagem leve na transformação da cidade

Abstract

As it is explained in the beginning of the book "Tactical Urbanism"1 tactical means: "of relating to small-scale actions serving a larger purpose" A kind of urbanism that look for solutions of problems with small interventions. In the same direction the practice of DIY Architecture tries to improve the change of behavior of the people in a place, with projects that are often small and temporaries. These two approaches's fieldwork is the public space of cities, and are developed with the help of the inhabitants of the place where the project is located. Sometimes these projects are directly realized by the designers and inhabitants their selves. The word "tactical" and the expression "do it yourself" highlight that the distance between citizens, architects and the final project is shorter in these practices then what usually happens in the orthodox architectural practice. In fact these projects are always and clearly a product of a group of people, where a team is needed in the design, in establishing humans relations, and in the end in the building process. DIY Architecture and Tactical Urbanism are two branches of the field in rapid evolution. They are used more and ore in solving problems of North American and Europeans contemporary cities. These two continents, with their contradictions, are the geographical borders of this study. The speed of the transformation of cities is faster than the capability of interventions of orthodox Architecture and Urbanism. It's because of this growing speed of transformation that these two approaches are becoming more usual. The operative dimension of the architect changes in these practices, he's closer to people and to the project. These two practices, the transformation of cities and this new dimension of the "architect" are the main object of this thesis.