OUTLINE
We want to investigate cortiços as examples of the spatial and social situation in which squatters have to live. We focus on three different types of cortiços with different typologies / spatial dispositions each examplified by one building:
1) Galpão / Armazem (squatted factory hall / warehouse); Example: [name of cortiço, adress]
2) Sobrado (two storey building); Example: [name of cortiço, adress]
3) Edificio (highrise building); Example: [name of cortiço, adress]
SCALE
We will research in two scales:
- Large: Cortiço, meaning the squatted building in its entirety and its relation to the city
- Small: Residencia / Unidade, meaning the individual living units of families and their relation to the semi-public area within the cortiço
- We also consider the scale of time as a fourth dimension for the developpment of the spatial dispositions
CATEGORIES
Within these scales we analyse three categories:
- Object / Product: Our main focus is a spatial analysis of the condition: The density, spatial arrangement, daylight, ventialtion, hygiene and construction / surfaces.
Representation: Plans, Sections, Diagrams, Photography
- Social / Program: Dealing with social structures such as leadership, administration, security, house rules and privacy. Here our main focus is the versatile programming of housing units and the entire cortiço within different times of day.
Representation: Diagrams, Video, Photography, Text
- Process / Context: This third category contextualizes the spatial and social conditions in the indivdual cortiços within the larger urban, historic, economic and political context. Here we want to clarify the terminology. For example the rent compared to other housing forms or the fact that not every cortiço is a squatted building.
Representation: Introductory Text, Diagrams
Monday, April 13, 2009
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very clear outline. With the collected data I would even go a step further and exploit more numeric dimensions of cortiços if time allows (People per room, taps per person etc.)It could substantiate your visual material with solid information. Further your matrix you developed I personally would lean on the work of Lefebvre (triple dialectic) or the one of Harvey (space as a keyword). Lefebvre argues the importance of spaciality, sociality and historicality. If you not familiar with his work just use him as a footnote.
ReplyDeleteAlso it would be great to see a storyboard of how you would like to represent your work in details at it might shift one or the other analytical step.