O Espaço de Debate à Sexta Feira recebeu o Sr. Paulo Moreira Arquitecto e Investigador, formado pela Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto, Doutorado em London Metropolitan University, é editor do livro Critical Neighborhoods – The Architecture of Contested Communities. Tem promovido projectos, iniciativas de projectos e pesquisas relacionadas a carência urbana e social, em contextos independentes e institucionais. De uma forma coesa, vai apresentar a sua mais recente obra intitulada "Arquitetura em comunidades contestadas", que abarca o entendimento da arquitetura como uma profissão multifacetada, e que combina o conhecimento técnico com a interação social

1. Arquitetura em Comunidades Contestadas
Paulo Moreira (editor)
Debate à Sexta Feira, DW - Angola, 03.02.2023

2. CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS
CHICALA
Luanda, Angola
33
Chapter One
Documenting a Disappearing
Neighbourhood
PAULO MOREIRA
129
Chapter Four
Critical Conversation
MATTHEW BARAC
in conversation with
Julia King, Paulo Moreira,
and Elisa Silva
163
Afterword
Performing the
Counter-Archive
INES WEIZMAN
171
Biographies
T CAMP
New Delhi, India
97
Chapter Three
Stitching the City Together
JULIA KING
9
Preface
What Makes a
Neighbourhood “Critical”?
ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE
13
Introduction
Critical Neighbourhoods:
The Architecture of
Contested Communities
PAULO MOREIRA
LA PALOMERA
Caracas, Venezuela
65
Chapter Two
Barrio is City: Public Space,
Art and Pedagogy as Tools
for Urban Integration
ELISA SILVA

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PAULO MOREIRA CHICALA LUANDA ANGOLA
The decision to work in Chicala was taken
shortly before plans for the complete
erasure of the site were implemented and
local authorities and private investors
forcefully displaced its inhabitants to
remote settlements with unsuitable living
conditions. It became urgent to document
and understand the urban form of this
neighbourhood before it disappeared.
Chicala affords an opportunity for in-depth
reflection on the potential role of research
in relation to complex urban situations,
in particular those involving disappearing
communities. This neighbourhood quite
literally vanished before my eyes – the
question here concerns the means of
documentation and the methods employed
in the unique observations and actions
undertaken on the ground.
Paulo Moreira
Why Chicala?

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138
MATTHEW BARAC JULIA KING PAULO MOREIRA ELISA SILVA
Fig. 3 Gika Waterpoint, Viana, Luanda. Project by Paulo Moreira in collaboration with DW
as part of the Africa Habitat research project. © Rui Magalhães, 2022
Fig. 5 Kilunda Waterpoint, Cacuaco, Luanda. Project by Paulo Moreira in collaboration with DW
as part of the Africa Habitat research project. © Paulo Moreira, 2022
Fig. 6 Kilunda Waterpoint. © Development Workshop, 2022
Fig. 4 Wako Waterpoint, Cacuaco, Luanda. Project by Paulo Moreira in collaboration with DW
as part of the Africa Habitat research project. © Rui Magalhães, 2022
The Luanda waterpoints project improved and
adapted three water access points on the outskirts
of the city in close collaboration with the local
partner in Angola, DW – Development Workshop.
The first task was to identify sites for intervention,
based on analysis of a photographic survey
provided by DW. The next step was to travel to
Luanda in April/May 2021 and launch an
experimental laboratory around the water access
points identified, with participation from local
residents and professionals. The process was
followed by a second fieldwork trip in October/
November 2021, during which further
improvements were made on the ground,
prioritising local labour and reused materials.