Cidade da ficção: proposta de reparação de danos para o conjunto habitacional José Euclides

Abstract

Technical and social problems are a persistent feature of a large portion of Brazil’s formal housing production, particularly with regard to urban integration, the poor quality of architectural and urban design, and the materials and construction methods themselves. In this context, beyond the fundamental struggle to reorient housing policies and programs, there is an urgent need to broaden the focus to the already consolidated reality in which thousands of families live in housing developments provided by the public sector. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a Damage Repair Plan for the José Euclides housing complex in Fortaleza, identifying the resident-led practices of resistance undertaken in response to the absence or insufficiency of housing policies and programs. Grounded in extension-based practices, architectural and urban intervention proposals are formulated, drawing on local practices to recognize possible solutions for repair. Thus, by understanding popular initiatives of spatial adaptation and transformation as powerful tools of resistance and as a means of defending the right to the city, it becomes possible to envision new horizons that subvert the rigidity and isolation imposed by the production model of large-scale peripheral housing estates