THE SAAL PROCESS: ARCHITECTURE AND PARTICIPATION, 1974-1976
from 01 NOV 2014 to 01 FEB 2015
This is 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. This 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.
The exhibition presents 10 exemplary SAAL projects that were realized, including architectural models, historical photographs, sound recordings and documentaries of the time in 8mm and 16mm film. The exhibition also promotes a contemporary reflection on SAAL and its repercussions with a series of photographic commissions on the current state of some of the emblematic SAAL projects by photographers André Cepeda, José Pedro Cortes and Daniel Malhão, together with an environmental installation by Ângela Ferreira that deals with the historical and political memory of this influential and bold moment of Portuguese architecture and society.
The exhibition is curated by Delfim Sardo, Portuguese independent curator, Artistic Director of Lisbon’s Architecture Triennal of 2010, and is organized by the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal.
Dates of exhibition:
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto: 31 Oct 2014 - 01 Feb 2015
Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal: 12 May through 4 October 2015
Related Activities OPENING
31 OCT (FRI), 22:00, FREE ENTRANCE GUIDED TOURS AND TALKS
01 NOV (SAT), 16H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESGuided tour by Delfim Sardo (curador da exposição) and José António Bandeirinha
15 NOV (SAT), 15H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESGuided tour for Members by Arqª Ana Vieira
29 NOV (SAT), 17H30, MUSEUM GALLERIESConversation by André Cepeda, José Pedro Cortes and Daniel Malhão.
10 JAN (SAT), 16H00-19H00, AUDITORIUM
Talk - Photography, modes of use
Participants: André Cepeda, Ângela Ferreira, Nuno Crespo, Filomena Silvano e Pedro Alfacinha
Moderation: Ricardo Nicolau and Liliana Coutinho
More information here
23 JAN (FRI), 19H30, MUSEUM GALLERIESGuided tour by representants of Moradores dos Bairros SAAL GUIDED TOURS BY MUSEUM EDUCATION STAFF
Access: by purchase of Museum+Park ticket
02 NOV (SUN), 12H00–13H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESBy Ana vieira
07 DEC (SUN), 12H00–13H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESBy Andreia Coutinho
25 JAN (SUN), 12H00–13H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESBy Ana Vieira
Open talks at SAAL-North neighborhoods
08 and 22 NOV; 13 DEC; 17 JAN (SAT), 16H00-18H00Open talks at SAAL-North neighborhoods: Bouça, Leal, Antas, São Vitor08 nov: Bairro da Bouça 22 nov: Bairro do Leal13 dec: Bairro das Antas17 jan: Bairro de São VitorMore information here THEATRE / PERFORMANCE / MUSIC / INSTALLATION
09 NOV (SUN), 18H00, MUSEUM GALLERIES CONCERT / PERFORMANCE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SAAL PROCESS DO ARQ. ALEXANDRE ALVES COSTA JORGE QUEIJOConcert / Performance by Marta Bernardes, with manipulation of the turntable by Pedro Augusto and music by Iannis Xennakis – a composer to closer to this movement in his creative process, music and architecture –, on the basis of the documentary archive of the popular movement in the SAAL process, pertaining to the architect Alexandre Alves Costa.
23 NOV (SUN), 18H00, AUDITORIUMNEIGHBOURHOODANA LUÍSA VELOSO Using a set of guitars, Ana Luísa Veloso and Gil Teixeira create an "ecosystem" that is developed from the relationships and interactions established by some initial sound and musical ideas. These ideas may arise from pre-recorded sounds (e.g. field recordings) or guitars that, fitted with amplifiers devices and distributed around the stage, act as loudspeakers.
14 DEC (SUN), 18H00, BAIRRO DA BOUÇACOMPOSITION FOR 128 HOMES MARTA BERNARDES AND JORGE QUEIJOA visual, sound and performance work that uses architectural and human space as a compositional material. The performance features Bouça’s residents and is divided into three movements, corresponding to the neighbourhood’s three main corridors. During the presentation, the sounds and actions will be produced by the residents through windows and balconies, while the audience will be located in the space between each row of houses. 11, 18 AND 25 JAN (SUN), 16HOO, BAIRRO DO LEALSAAL MUSEUM – RESIDENTS’ MEMORIES TEATRO DO VESTIDO Written, staged and directed by Joana Craveiro, and performed by Vitor Hugo Pontes, this "guided tour" explores the memories of the SAAL process and the city prior to this process, marked by poverty and precarious housing. It brings us memories of places that no longer exist, but which still persist in the memories and testimonies of the neighbourhood’s residents. 24 JAN (SAT) AND 01 FEB (SUN), AUDITORIUM FOYERHOUSING BLOCK PEDRO AUGUSTO (GHUNA X) Using audiovisual material gathered from several neighbourhoods involved in the SAAL process, this installation presents a fictionalized portrait of a housing complex, which conveys the movements and the dynamics of its inhabitants.
01 FEB (SAT), 18H00THE RIGHT TO A HOUSE AND A SMILE IN THE PHOTOS TEATRO DO VESTIDO This performance-based lecture, written and performed by Joana Craveiro, is inspired by the life stories of some of the residents of the SAAL neighbourhoods in Porto, as well as the memories of some of the architects and technicians of the brigades. Consisting of testimonies, original archive documents, photographs, the lecture is another item in the "Living Museum of Small and Forgotten Memories", constructed by the Teatro do Vestido, that refers to Portugal’s recent history. INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
14, 15 AND 16 NOV (FRI, SAT, SUN), COLÉGIO DAS ARTES, COIMBRA74–14 / SAAL AND ARCHITECTURE #Organised by the Centre of Social Studies and by the Architecture Department of the FCTUC / Coimbra, in partnership with the Serralves Foundation, the April 25 Documentation Centre and Docomo Internacional, this colloquium aims to discuss the SAAL process, as a historic model, but from the perspective of contemporaneity, in particular its current relevance for reflection about the question of housing. Further information at http://www.ces.uc.pt/eventos/saal/
CINEMA A film series that aims to contribute to the designing the context in which the SAAL process affirmed itself. The series will present films derived from the dynamics of the process itself, previous films that portrayed the country and its shortages and more recent film production, that looks back retrospectively at this pivotal moment in Portugal’s collective history. The sessions are accompanied by comments by protagonists of the SAAL process, privileged observers or the films’ directors.
27 NOV (THU), 21H30, Session presented and discussed by José António Bandeirinha and Margarida Coelho- Manuela Bacelar - Young Gypsies (1975), 24’ - Cinequipa - Right to Housing (1976), 45’ - Luís Filipe Rocha - Barronhos – Who was afraid of people power? (1976), 53’
28 NOV (FRI), 21H30. Session presented and discussed by Catarina Alves Costa and José Veloso- Catarina Alves Costa - Houses for the People (2010), 15’ - António da Cunha Teles - Continuing to Live or the Indians of Meia Praia (1976), 110’
29 NOV (SAT), 15H30, Session presented and discussed by Julião Sarmento and Eduardo Souto de Moura- Fernando Lopes - Belarmino (1964), 74’
29 NOV (SAT), 21H30, Session presented by Pedro Costa and Abílio Fernandes- Paulo Rocha - Os Verdes Anos (1963), 91’ - José Ernesto de Sousa - Dom Roberto (1962), 102’
30 NOV (SUN), 15H30, Session presented and discussed by Alexandre Alves Costa and André TavaresFilipa César Porto, 1975 (2010), 10’ Pedro Mesquita Paredes Meias / Half Walls (2009), 53’
30 NOV (SUN), 21H30, Session presented and discussed by Alexandre Alves Costa and André Tavares- Fernando Lopes - Habitat. A challenge (1976), 24’ - João de Dias - Operations of SAAL (2006), 120’ FAMILY WORKSHOP
24 JAN (SAT), 16H30–18H30, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMMY HOME, OUR STREETWorkshop by Ana Vieira and Andreia Coutinho More information here 10 MAY: Symposium "SAAL: A retroprospective"
Multimedia SAAL ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS IN EXHIBIT
The Exhibition
Methodology
SAAL Porto
SAAL Lisboa
SAAL Setúbal
SAAL Algarve
Corridor
O SAAL now - invited guests
Beyond the exhibition
Social context Pre SAAL
The Process
The geographical specificities in SAAL
Perspective on the current situation
The projects presented have been selected on the basis of their specific characteristics, in particular the social dynamics that they promote, the architectural issues that they raise, the controversy that they have created in terms of the project itself and the political involvement of the local population, or due to issues relating to the urban development plan that they helped reformulate.
PORTOBairro São Vítor (Arq.º Álvaro Siza Vieira)Bairro Antas (Arq.º Pedro Ramalho)Bairro Miragaia (Arq.º Fernando Távora, Arq.º Bernardo Ferrão e Arq.º Jorge Barros)Bairro Leal (Arq.º Sérgio Fernandez)
LISBOABairro Curraleira – Embrechados (Arq.º José António Paradela e Arq.º Luís Gravata Filipe) Bairro Quinta da Bela Flor (Arq.º Artur Rosa)Bairro Bacalhau-Monte Côxo (Arq.º Manuel Vicente)Bairro Quinta das Fonsecas ? Quinta da Calçada (Arq.º Raúl Hestnes)
SETÚBALBairro Casal da Figueira (Arq.º Gonçalo Byrne)
ALGARVEBairro Meia-Praia-Apeadeiro, Lagos (Arq.º José Veloso).
The exhibition presents 10 exemplary SAAL projects that were realized, including architectural models, historical photographs, sound recordings and documentaries of the time in 8mm and 16mm film. The exhibition also promotes a contemporary reflection on SAAL and its repercussions with a series of photographic commissions on the current state of some of the emblematic SAAL projects by photographers André Cepeda, José Pedro Cortes and Daniel Malhão, together with an environmental installation by Ângela Ferreira that deals with the historical and political memory of this influential and bold moment of Portuguese architecture and society.
The exhibition is curated by Delfim Sardo, Portuguese independent curator, Artistic Director of Lisbon’s Architecture Triennal of 2010, and is organized by the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal.
Dates of exhibition:
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto: 31 Oct 2014 - 01 Feb 2015
Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal: 12 May through 4 October 2015
Related Activities OPENING
31 OCT (FRI), 22:00, FREE ENTRANCE GUIDED TOURS AND TALKS
01 NOV (SAT), 16H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESGuided tour by Delfim Sardo (curador da exposição) and José António Bandeirinha
15 NOV (SAT), 15H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESGuided tour for Members by Arqª Ana Vieira
29 NOV (SAT), 17H30, MUSEUM GALLERIESConversation by André Cepeda, José Pedro Cortes and Daniel Malhão.
10 JAN (SAT), 16H00-19H00, AUDITORIUM
Talk - Photography, modes of use
Participants: André Cepeda, Ângela Ferreira, Nuno Crespo, Filomena Silvano e Pedro Alfacinha
Moderation: Ricardo Nicolau and Liliana Coutinho
More information here
23 JAN (FRI), 19H30, MUSEUM GALLERIESGuided tour by representants of Moradores dos Bairros SAAL GUIDED TOURS BY MUSEUM EDUCATION STAFF
Access: by purchase of Museum+Park ticket
02 NOV (SUN), 12H00–13H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESBy Ana vieira
07 DEC (SUN), 12H00–13H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESBy Andreia Coutinho
25 JAN (SUN), 12H00–13H00, MUSEUM GALLERIESBy Ana Vieira
Open talks at SAAL-North neighborhoods
08 and 22 NOV; 13 DEC; 17 JAN (SAT), 16H00-18H00Open talks at SAAL-North neighborhoods: Bouça, Leal, Antas, São Vitor08 nov: Bairro da Bouça 22 nov: Bairro do Leal13 dec: Bairro das Antas17 jan: Bairro de São VitorMore information here THEATRE / PERFORMANCE / MUSIC / INSTALLATION
09 NOV (SUN), 18H00, MUSEUM GALLERIES CONCERT / PERFORMANCE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SAAL PROCESS DO ARQ. ALEXANDRE ALVES COSTA JORGE QUEIJOConcert / Performance by Marta Bernardes, with manipulation of the turntable by Pedro Augusto and music by Iannis Xennakis – a composer to closer to this movement in his creative process, music and architecture –, on the basis of the documentary archive of the popular movement in the SAAL process, pertaining to the architect Alexandre Alves Costa.
23 NOV (SUN), 18H00, AUDITORIUMNEIGHBOURHOODANA LUÍSA VELOSO Using a set of guitars, Ana Luísa Veloso and Gil Teixeira create an "ecosystem" that is developed from the relationships and interactions established by some initial sound and musical ideas. These ideas may arise from pre-recorded sounds (e.g. field recordings) or guitars that, fitted with amplifiers devices and distributed around the stage, act as loudspeakers.
14 DEC (SUN), 18H00, BAIRRO DA BOUÇACOMPOSITION FOR 128 HOMES MARTA BERNARDES AND JORGE QUEIJOA visual, sound and performance work that uses architectural and human space as a compositional material. The performance features Bouça’s residents and is divided into three movements, corresponding to the neighbourhood’s three main corridors. During the presentation, the sounds and actions will be produced by the residents through windows and balconies, while the audience will be located in the space between each row of houses. 11, 18 AND 25 JAN (SUN), 16HOO, BAIRRO DO LEALSAAL MUSEUM – RESIDENTS’ MEMORIES TEATRO DO VESTIDO Written, staged and directed by Joana Craveiro, and performed by Vitor Hugo Pontes, this "guided tour" explores the memories of the SAAL process and the city prior to this process, marked by poverty and precarious housing. It brings us memories of places that no longer exist, but which still persist in the memories and testimonies of the neighbourhood’s residents. 24 JAN (SAT) AND 01 FEB (SUN), AUDITORIUM FOYERHOUSING BLOCK PEDRO AUGUSTO (GHUNA X) Using audiovisual material gathered from several neighbourhoods involved in the SAAL process, this installation presents a fictionalized portrait of a housing complex, which conveys the movements and the dynamics of its inhabitants.
01 FEB (SAT), 18H00THE RIGHT TO A HOUSE AND A SMILE IN THE PHOTOS TEATRO DO VESTIDO This performance-based lecture, written and performed by Joana Craveiro, is inspired by the life stories of some of the residents of the SAAL neighbourhoods in Porto, as well as the memories of some of the architects and technicians of the brigades. Consisting of testimonies, original archive documents, photographs, the lecture is another item in the "Living Museum of Small and Forgotten Memories", constructed by the Teatro do Vestido, that refers to Portugal’s recent history. INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
14, 15 AND 16 NOV (FRI, SAT, SUN), COLÉGIO DAS ARTES, COIMBRA74–14 / SAAL AND ARCHITECTURE #Organised by the Centre of Social Studies and by the Architecture Department of the FCTUC / Coimbra, in partnership with the Serralves Foundation, the April 25 Documentation Centre and Docomo Internacional, this colloquium aims to discuss the SAAL process, as a historic model, but from the perspective of contemporaneity, in particular its current relevance for reflection about the question of housing. Further information at http://www.ces.uc.pt/eventos/saal/
CINEMA A film series that aims to contribute to the designing the context in which the SAAL process affirmed itself. The series will present films derived from the dynamics of the process itself, previous films that portrayed the country and its shortages and more recent film production, that looks back retrospectively at this pivotal moment in Portugal’s collective history. The sessions are accompanied by comments by protagonists of the SAAL process, privileged observers or the films’ directors.
27 NOV (THU), 21H30, Session presented and discussed by José António Bandeirinha and Margarida Coelho- Manuela Bacelar - Young Gypsies (1975), 24’ - Cinequipa - Right to Housing (1976), 45’ - Luís Filipe Rocha - Barronhos – Who was afraid of people power? (1976), 53’
28 NOV (FRI), 21H30. Session presented and discussed by Catarina Alves Costa and José Veloso- Catarina Alves Costa - Houses for the People (2010), 15’ - António da Cunha Teles - Continuing to Live or the Indians of Meia Praia (1976), 110’
29 NOV (SAT), 15H30, Session presented and discussed by Julião Sarmento and Eduardo Souto de Moura- Fernando Lopes - Belarmino (1964), 74’
29 NOV (SAT), 21H30, Session presented by Pedro Costa and Abílio Fernandes- Paulo Rocha - Os Verdes Anos (1963), 91’ - José Ernesto de Sousa - Dom Roberto (1962), 102’
30 NOV (SUN), 15H30, Session presented and discussed by Alexandre Alves Costa and André TavaresFilipa César Porto, 1975 (2010), 10’ Pedro Mesquita Paredes Meias / Half Walls (2009), 53’
30 NOV (SUN), 21H30, Session presented and discussed by Alexandre Alves Costa and André Tavares- Fernando Lopes - Habitat. A challenge (1976), 24’ - João de Dias - Operations of SAAL (2006), 120’ FAMILY WORKSHOP
24 JAN (SAT), 16H30–18H30, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMMY HOME, OUR STREETWorkshop by Ana Vieira and Andreia Coutinho More information here 10 MAY: Symposium "SAAL: A retroprospective"
Multimedia SAAL ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS IN EXHIBIT
The Exhibition
Methodology
SAAL Porto
SAAL Lisboa
SAAL Setúbal
SAAL Algarve
Corridor
O SAAL now - invited guests
Beyond the exhibition
Social context Pre SAAL
The Process
The geographical specificities in SAAL
Perspective on the current situation
The projects presented have been selected on the basis of their specific characteristics, in particular the social dynamics that they promote, the architectural issues that they raise, the controversy that they have created in terms of the project itself and the political involvement of the local population, or due to issues relating to the urban development plan that they helped reformulate.
PORTOBairro São Vítor (Arq.º Álvaro Siza Vieira)Bairro Antas (Arq.º Pedro Ramalho)Bairro Miragaia (Arq.º Fernando Távora, Arq.º Bernardo Ferrão e Arq.º Jorge Barros)Bairro Leal (Arq.º Sérgio Fernandez)
LISBOABairro Curraleira – Embrechados (Arq.º José António Paradela e Arq.º Luís Gravata Filipe) Bairro Quinta da Bela Flor (Arq.º Artur Rosa)Bairro Bacalhau-Monte Côxo (Arq.º Manuel Vicente)Bairro Quinta das Fonsecas ? Quinta da Calçada (Arq.º Raúl Hestnes)
SETÚBALBairro Casal da Figueira (Arq.º Gonçalo Byrne)
ALGARVEBairro Meia-Praia-Apeadeiro, Lagos (Arq.º José Veloso).
