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The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76. Installation view, 2015.
Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex urban and social factors, from the “ilhas” (slums) of Porto and the periphery of Lisbon to the self-constructed homes in Algarve, in the far south. Although most SAAL projects were never fully built, the debates it prompted generated a new model of participation that affected thinking about urban planning and participation and spurred architects to re-examine their own social and political role, issues that continue to resonate forty years later. The exhibition brings together a selection of ten influential housing projects that reflect the diversity of SAAL procedures and approaches.
Curator: Delfim Sardo, Lisbon.
Scientific consulting: José Antonio Bandeirinha, Universidade de Coimbra.
Curatorial adaptation at CCA: Eszter Steierhoffer, CCA.
Graphic design: Marc Hollenstein, Amsterdam.
Organizers: Fundação de Serralves – Contemporary Art Museum, Porto, in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal.
Selected objects
José António Paradela and Luís Gravata Filipe. Presentation panel “Education no. 4” made as part of a study of the Curraleira-Embrechados neighbourhood, Lisbon, c. 1975 Ink and traces of graphite on drafting film with coloured and patterned drafting appliqué and collage of photographic prints on drafting film on verso, 70.5 x 95.5 cm. Coleção José António Paradela e Luís Gravata Filipe. © José António Paradela and Luís Gravata Filipe
Alexandre Alves Costa. View of construction of the Antas neighbourhood, Porto, 1975 © Alexandre Alves Costa
Fernando Távora. Diagrammatic chart for the organization of SAAL, c. 1975. Porous point pen on paper, 29.5 x 21 cm. Fundação Marques da Silva, Arquivo Fernando Távora. © Fundação Marques da Silva
Alexandre Alves Costa. View of a protest sign (“Total autonomy of the residents’ commissions”), 1975 © Alexandre Alves Costa
Arrábida neighbourhood association protest poster (“Total autonomy of the residents’ commissions”), 1975 Paint on cardboard, 76 x 74 cm. Coleção Alexandre Alves Costa
Álvaro Siza. Presentation panels showing site plans, elevations, sections, floor plans, hand sketches, and photographs of the existing neighbourhood, São Victor, Porto, c. 1974–75 Diazotype, 195 x 96.3 cm. Coleção São Victor. © Álvaro Siza
André Cepeda. View of the São Victor neighbourhood, Porto, 2014 © André Cepeda
Sérgio Fernandez. Studies of stickers for the Leal residents’ association, 1975. Pen, graphite and ink on translucent paper, 8.9 x 9.5 cm. Coleção Sérgio Fernandez. © Sérgio Fernandez
Sérgio Fernandez. Ground floor plan of homes in the Leal neighbourhood, Porto, 1975 Diazotype, 71.5 x 99.5 cm. Coleção Sérgio Fernandez. © Sérgio Fernandez
Fernando Távora. Plan showing the proposed development of the Miragaia neighbourhood, Porto, 1977 Coloured pencil and graphite on translucent paper, 49.5 x 74.5 cm. Fundação Marques da Silva, Arquivo Fernando Távora. © Fundação Marques da Silva
Artur Rosa. Photomontage: Bairro Quinta da Bela Flor, Lisboa, SAAL III nº1: “Desenhos Adiados” (Postponed Designs), 1978 Gelatin silver print with collage of pen and ink drawings on translucent paper, 63.3 x 63.3 x 6 cm. Coleção Artur Rosa. © Artur Rosa
Artur Rosa. Textual materials documenting the administration of the SAAL brigade in the Bela Flor neighbourhood, Lisbon, 1978 File folder with documents, 31.8 x 25 x 6.8 cm. Coleção Artur Rosa. © Artur Rosa
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