University of Buenos Aires

Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism

Architecture - Graphic Design - Landscape Design - Textile Design - Industrial Design - Audiovisual Design -

Secretariat of Community Accion

Aim: to create tools to articulate with disadvantaged

Group dinamics

Urban technical knowledge

Legal technical knowledge

Timing

Quantity

Issues: Neighbourhoods / Us

Aim: To create a tool for settlers and technitians that integrates practical and technical knowledges

Contents: How to build my neighbourhood The location

Contents: How to build my neighbourhood Blocks & Plots

Contents: How to build my neighbourhood Urban Programs

Contents: How to build my neighbourhood Infrastructure

Contents: How to build my neighbourhood Identity

Contents: Legal issues Rights

Urban Codes

Land Tenure / Preventing eviction and jail

Associative forms

Government Housing Plans

Contents: Groups Dinamics The assembly

Leadership

Division of tasks

Design participative process:

Wishes map

From the wish to the urban program

Polishing up the aims

Work arranges

Evaluation

Contents: Groups Dinamics

Contents: Annexes Detailed governmment housing programms

List of NGO´s and governmment agencies

List of infrastructure agencies

List of founding organizacions

List of laws

Good Practices

Glosary

Group dinamic´s filling cards

Strategies: Communicability As much graphics as possible

Not plans but views (not abstractions)

Differentation of the contents by kind + icons

Strategies: Empathy / Empowerment Vindicate popular knowledge

Friendly graphic design

Avoiding stigmas

Strategies: Disemination A4 size

Use of greyscale

Not wrigting over plain color

Free download

Not copyright

Strategies: Creating a vision of the future

Strenght

Weakness

Results

Free download: www.urbanismopopular.blogspot.com

It´s a bridge between social and government timing

It´s quite politicly uncorrect

“ If dogs are barking it´s because we are moving”