Lisbon and Évora, 29-31 October 2024
The International Conference “The Architecture of Need: Collective-Use Facilities and Community Service in the Twentieth Century” will take place in Lisbon at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on 29-30 October with a filetrip visit day on 31 October 2024 to Évora.
It is organised in the context of the initiative “Arquitectura Aqui – Community, Proximity, Action: Collective-use Facilities in Portugal and Spain 1939-1985”, an output of the research projects ArchNeed – The Architecture of Need: Community Facilities in Portugal 1945-1985 (funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), based at CIDEHUS Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Culture and Societies, University of Évora, and ReARQ.IB – Built Environment Knowledge for Resilient, Sustainable Communities: Understanding Everyday Modern Architecture and Urban Design in the Iberian Peninsula (1939-1985) (funded by the European Research Council, ERC, under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme), based at DINÂMIA’CET-ISCTE, both coordinated by Ricardo Agarez. The conference is co-organised by DINÂMIA’CET-ISCTE, CIDEHUS-University of Évora and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
“Arquitectura Aqui. Community, Proximity, Action: Collective-use Facilities in Portugal and Spain 1939-1985 supports sustainable, resilient local communities with solid knowledge about the buildings and ensembles where our daily life unfolds. We follow the parallel, shared history of the Iberian countries from dictatorship to democratic transition and European integration, specifically looking at proximity structures devoted to welfare and medical care (health centres, homes), general and social services (council facilities, community centres, market halls), minimum-rent housing, security (fire and police stations), education (schools, creches), culture and leisure (museums, libraries, sports halls) and cooperative farming facilities. Originating in local and central initiatives, launched and supported by public and private entities with state technical support and funding, these structures often drew on non-governmental, philanthropic aid from foundations, groups and individuals with strong community links.”
The conference program includes keynote talks by Janina Gosseye (TU Delft) and Tania Sengupta (The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London).
Full program here
To know more about the project please visit its website
