The SAAL Process
Architecture and Participation 1974-1976
concept Delfim Sardo ; texts Alexandre Alves Costa, Pedro Gadanho, Vittorio Gregotti ...[et al.]

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Author(s)

Alexandre Alves Costa, Pedro Gadanho, Vittorio Gregotti, ...[et al.]

Editor(s)

Delfim Sardo

Publication

Porto : Fundacao de Serralves, 2014

Scope

304 Pages, illustrated, 30 cm.

ISBN

9789727393121

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This is the catalogue for the first major exhibition on SAAL [Local Ambulatory Support Service], an architectural and political project created just months after the April 1974 Revolution in Portugal. The merging of architecture and the needs of underprivileged populations by involving them in direct participation was one of the most compelling European projects of its time. SAAL was crucial to the internationalization of Portuguese architecture, and would transform the perception of many architects in their understanding of social housing.

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Keywords

urban planning , social housing

Remarks

Incl. Chronology