TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS ZONE
THE TAZ ARCHIVE The TAZ file is an observatory that collects experiences from self-organized spaces: Urban gardens, community centers or autonomous cultural spaces as a testing ground for a new urban self-management. The intention is to create a directory of spaces that allows a synthetic reading information of each, so we can extract the relevant elements to understand and comprehend these initiatives through an initiatory perspective.
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In this way, you can consider this as a guide that will allow you the implementation of projects based on experiences already made, or to be a platform that lets you connect with them. WEBSITE
LOCALISATION
EUROPE Alte feuerwache, Colonia, Alemania Kunstwerk, Koln, Alemania 56 St Blaise, Paris, Francia L’Avant Rue, Paris, Francia Mix Art Myrys, Toulouse, Francia Cascina Cuccagna, Milan, Italia Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisboa Portugal LX Factory, Lisboa Portugal Mouraria, Lisboa Portugal Germanetes, Barcelona, España La fabrika de toda la vida, Badajoz, España La Tabacalera, Madrid, España Montamarta, Madrid, España Naquerant Espais, Naquera, España Patio Maravillas, Madrid, España Re-Gen Huesca, Huesca, España San Fermín, Madrid, España Seco, Madrid, España SK8 + U, Arbucies, Girova, Espana Solar Corona, Valencia, España Tramallol, Sevilla, Wikitoki, Bilbao, España Alg-a Lab, Valladares, España Astra, Gernika-Lumo, España Box.A, Tolosa, España Calafou, Barcelona, España Campo de Cebada, Madrid, Espana Can Batlló, Barcelona, España Can Masdeu, Barcelona, España La casa Invisible, Málaga, España Casa Pumarejo, Sevilla, España Eskalera Karakola, Madrid, España Esta es una plaza, Madrid, España
MODEL OF OCCUPATION : CESSION, OCCUPATION
MODEL OF MANAGEMENT : MANAGEMENT, COMANAGEMENT, SELF-MANAGEMENT
WORKGROUPS
ACTIVITIES
SPACE PROPERTY: PUBLIC, PRIVATE
SPACE: URBAN PLOT, BUILDING
NETWORK
LEGAL ENTITY: ASSOCIATION, OTHERS, NONE
FUNDING : PUBLIC, CO-FUNDING, SELF FUNDING
CONTACT
LATIN AMERICA ATEA Somos Mexas, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico FARO de oriente, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico La Casa Tomada, San Salvador, El Salvador La Escuela esperanza, Ecuador Nucleo Cultural, Caracas, Venezuela Parque Comunal de Manglares Tierra de Sueños, Maracaibo, Venezuela Tiuna El Fuerte, Caracas, Venezuela La casa de la lluvia, Bogota, Colombia La Redada, Bogota, Colombia Casa do Estudante, Belo Horizonte, Brasil Luiz Estrela, Belo Horizonte, Brasil Martadero, Cochabomba, Bolivia CRAC, Valparaiso, Chile
MODEL OF ORGANIZATION: ASSEMBLY PERIODICITY
ALTE FEUERWACHE Alte Feuerwache (Old Firestation) is a sociocultural organisation where people can sit down and enjoy meeting others, as well as helping in many ways, under the principle of democratic practice as an ongoing experiment. It caters to a broad variety of user groups, objectives and ways of working, and encourages people of all occupations, ages, social classes and cultures to meet. As a self-managed social centre, it allows and promotes independent and group initiative and action, offering alternative concepts for society, politics and culture. It hosts music activities, film and theatre events, lectures, debates, exhibitions and teaching programmes.
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CESSION, OPENED PERIOD UNDEFINED PERIOD
TAZ
WWW.ALTEFEUER WACHEKOELN.DE
MELCHIORSTR, 3. COLOGNE GERMANY
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
NO GROUP
EXPOSITIONS, MUSIC, CINEMA, CONFERENCES, THEATRE
INFO@ALTE FEUERWACH KOELN.DE
PUBLIC OWNER
URBAN PLOT & FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / MONTH
TRANS EUROPE HALLES NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
KUNSTWERK KÖLN Kunstwerk Köln is a former rubber factory that that was occupied in 1995 and converted into an artists’ workshop run by its own tenants. As well as functioning as an exhibition space, it rents studios, workshops and rehearsal rooms to more than 150 artists and musicians. It functions as an association that offers affordable rental prices and tenants automatically become associates. It is also possible to take part as an external member (sponsor). ARCHIVE
CESSION, OPENED PERIOD 30 YEARS
TAZ
HTTP://WWW. KUNSTWERK-KOELN .DE/EN/INDEX.HTML
DEUTZMULHEIMER STRASSE 127-129 – KÖLN, GERMANY
SELF SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
NO GROUP
ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
INFO@ KUNSTWERKKOELN.DE
PRIVATE OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
SAINT BLAISE 56 Lot 56, in the centre of Saint-Blaise, was considered non-buildable and remained closed for several years, being used as a rubbish tip. It was regarded as dangerous and was abandoned. In 2005 the Paris city council invited AAA architects to explore the potential use of this space. After several months of numerous contacts with neighbours, associations and schools, the project began to take shape on the basis of the suggestions and needs that were expressed, with the aim of achieving an economic and environmentally-friendly use. The space has since been self-managed. It is used regularly for gardening, distribution of organic vegetables, performances, exhibitions, debates, celebrations, workshops, film screenings, concerts, seminars and other projects conducted under the principles of environmental protection and low cost. It is a self-run space where people can participate freely, share responsibilities, exchange tools and create an open program.
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WWW. 56STBLAISE. WORDPRESS.COM
CESSION, OPENED PERIOD
56, RUE ST. BLAISE. PARIS, FRANCE
SELF MANAGEMENT
CO/FUNDING
VEGETABLE GARDENING, THEATER GROUP
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, CULTURAL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS
PUBLIC OWNER
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
AAA URBAN TACTICS NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
LE56CONTACT@ GMAIL.COM
URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
L’Avant Rue L’Avant Rue is a cultural centre for contemporary research conducted by artists who work in multidisciplinary and unconventional ways under a system of residencies. It is located in a former nineteenth-century steam factory. As part of the effort to revitalise the district where L’Avant Rue is located, the public are invited to take part in various types of exchanges, debates and meetings with the artists, and in presentations of work, lectures and workshops.
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CESSION, RENTING OPENED PERIOD
TAZ
HTTP://WWW .FRICHES.FR /ACCUEIL
134,RUE DE TOCQUEVILLE PARIS, FRANCE
SELFUNDEFINED MANAGEMENT
CO/FUNDING
NO GROUP
ARTISTIC RESIDENCES, EXHIBITION, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS
AVANT-RUE@ WANADOO.FR
PRIVATE OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
MADE MEETING WITH EACH NEW ADDITION
FRICHES THEATRE URBAIN NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
MIX ART MYRYS Mix’Art Myrys mainly provides working spaces adapted to and equipped for artists. The proposed materials and organisational conditions are an alternative to conventional formats for producing works. The idea behind this project is to bring together various artistic worlds, levels of professionalism and experience in a single place, encouraging an interdisciplinary approach and promoting inspiration, creativity and the construction of works. It seeks to generate a space for creation, meetings and contact between artists, professionals and all disciplines and all universes, between artists and audiences, and among the public. It is run on the basis of self-management.
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CESSION, OPENED PERIOD UNDEFINED PERIOD
HTTP:// MIXART-MYRYS.ORG/
12 RUE FERDINAND LASSALLE TOULOUSE, FRANCE
SELF SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
NO GROUP
ARTISTIC RESIDENCES, MUSIC, EXHIBITIONS, VIDEO FILMING
PUBLIC OWNER
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
FRAAP NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
CONTACT@ MIXART-MYRYS. ORG
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
CASCINA CUCCAGNA Cascina Cuccagna is a multifunctional space designed for initiative, social participation and the joint pursuit of social well-being and quality of life. The project involves recovering the hitherto abandoned open spaces belonging to this farmstead, converting them into a meeting place. It seeks to provide Milan with an opportunity for citizen participation and generational and cultural exchange in order to combat exclusion by recovering cultural heritage. L’Associazione Consorzio Cantiere Cuccagna (ACCC) is made up in turn of several associations and manages the Cascina Cuccagna project. ACCC has an assembly and governing board consisting of a dedicated team of employees and consultants and three working groups of volunteers and assistants.
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CESSION, UNDEFINED CESSION OPENED PERIOD
HTTP:// WWW.CUCCAGNA .ORG/
VIA CUCCAGNA 2/4 ANG. VIA MURATORI. MILAN, ITALY
SELF MANAGEMENT COMANAGEMENT
CO/FUNDING
CINEMA, THEATER GROUP
CULTURAL
PUBLIC OWNER
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
INFO@ CUCCAGNA.ORG
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
FÁBRICA DO BRAÇO DE PRATA This former factory that once produced war material has been transformed into a cultural space. The idea was to use already-established private enterprise to run the bookshop through a new system of sustainability: common property would be guaranteed by a private structure. It has multipurpose rooms, concert halls, art galleries, cabinets of curiosities, a film studio, and workshops and shops, as well as a huge terrace for theatre and circus performances, summer concerts, and ballgames for children.
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CESSION, OPENED PERIOD
TAZ
HTTP:// WWW.BRACODEPRATA .COM/
RUA DA FÁBRICA DE MATERIAL DE GUERRA - LISBON, PORTUGAL
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
DANCE AND MUSIC GROUP
CINEMA , ARTIST RESIDENCE, DEBATE, CONCERT, EXPOSITIONS
FABRICABPRATA @GMAIL.COM
PRIVATE OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
LX FACTORY LX Factory is a former industrial district that has been reconverted into a small open-air creative and commercial space. It is occupied by more than 150 companies and enterprises run by a broad variety of professionals from the fields of catering, fashion, advertising, communications, media, art, architecture, music and stage design, among others, generating a dynamic that has encouraged many visitors to rediscover this area of Alcรกntara. It has restaurants, shops, galleries and spaces devoted to music and communications, a market and studios.
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CESSION, UNDEFINED CESSION OPENED PERIOD
TAZ
WWW.LXFACTORY. COM
RUA RODRIGUES DE FARIA 103, LISBON PORTUGAL
SELFUNDEFINED MANAGEMENT
CO FUNDING
NO GROUP
RESIDENCES OF CULTURE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNICATION
LXFACTORY@ MAINSIDE.PT
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OWNERS
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
MOURARIA Asociaci贸n Renovaci贸n de Mouraria is a community organisation established in 2008 and based on the inclusion and public revitalisation of the neighbourhood through popular traditions. Over the years ARM has implemented many activities with the local population with the aim of giving cultural, social and economic impetus to the Moorish district and promoting tourism in order to help improve local living conditions. The Casa de la Comunidad del barrio morisco was opened in 2012. ARCHIVE
CESSION, UNDEFINED OPENED PERIOD
HTTP:// WWW.RENOVARAMOURARIA.PT/
BECO ROSENDO 8 LISBON, PORTUGAL
SELFUNDEFINED MANAGEMENT
CO FUNDING
CINEMA AND COMMUNICATION GROUPS
WORKSHOPS, ALTERNATIVE HEALTH THERAPIES, CULTURAL ATIVIDADES
UNDEFINED
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
GERAL@RENOVARAMOURARIA.PT
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
GERMANETES For many years the site of the former convent of Sisters of the Poor was put to no use by Barcelona council. Under the Pla Buits (municipal programme for finding uses for vacant urban lots), it was granted to local residents through the Recreant Cruïlles group and an assembly of citizens of the Sant Antoni and l’Esquerra de l’Eixample districts concerned about unused vacant spaces. The lot is currently a selfmanaged public space. ARCHIVE
CESSION, 1 YEAR OPENED PERIOD
HTTP:// RECREANTCRUILLES .WORDPRESS.COM/
CARRER DEL CONSELL DE CENT, 150 – BARCELONA SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
VEGETABLE GARDENING, SPORTS GROUPS, CULTURAL GROUPS
AGRICULTURE, CULTURAL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS
PUBLIC OWNER
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
ASSEMBLEA@ ESQUERRA EIXAMPLE.ORG
URBANPLOT PLOT& URBAN BUILDING
LA FABRIKA DE TODA LA VIDA La Fรกbrika de toda la vida is an association that sets out to revitalise a former cement factory abandoned 40 years ago and located in Los Santos de Maimona in Badajoz by engaging in self-construction. The renovation project is being carried out collaboratively by neighbours, friends and teams of architects such as Recetas Urbanas, bAuk and other groups belonging to the Red de Arquitecturas Colectivas network. The management processes are open and participatory and designed to create a new self-managed space for promoting culture, sustainability, leisure and commons in the area.
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CESSION, 5 YEARS OPENED PERIOD
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LAFABRIKA DETODALAVIDA.ORG
CTRA. PARAJE LA NAVA, S/N, BADAJOZ, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
MIXT + CROWDFUNDING
SELF CONSTRUCTION GROUP
TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS
LAFABRIKA DETODALAVIDA@ GMAIL.COM
PUBLIC OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
UNDEFINED
ARQUITECTURAS COLECTIVAS NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
LA TABACALERA La Tabacalera is a social centre located in the district of LavapiĂŠs in Madrid. The building, formerly a tobacco factory, is in a dilapidated state owing to years of disuse and lack of upkeep. It functions by means of an open system of assemblies and is underpinned by the principles of horizontality, transparency, costfree, economic sustainability, shared responsibility, cooperation, commitment, proportionality, respect, autonomy, free licences, multipurpose, flexibility and the non-exclusivity and non-appropriation of spaces. It has a main multipurpose room, gallery, free shop, screening room, several technical areas, book and multimedia library, resources room, kitchen, diner, cafeteria, archive, games room and garden.
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CESSION, 2 YEARS CESSION, EXTENDABLE TO 8 OPENED PERIOD YEARS
TAZ
WWW. LATABACALERA.NET
CALLE EMBAJADORES, 51 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF-MANAGEMENT SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
CULTURAL, PROGRAMMING, MAINTENANCE, COMMUNICATION GROUPS
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS
COMUNICACION. TBC@GMAIL.COM
PUBLIC OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
2 ASSEMBLIES / MONTH
HUERTOS URBANOS DE MADRID NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
MONTAMARTA A couple of years ago, the residents of San Blas opened a space that had been closed for more than 20 years. For a month and a half they worked to renovate it with the help of many local residents, until one day the council gave orders for it to be walled up. Following negotiations between the local residents represented by the FRAVM (Madrid regional federation of neighbourhood associations), representatives of the project and the council, an agreement was reached for the cession and management of the centre. Espacio Vecinal Montamarta is a community project that seeks to host a broad variety of initiatives implemented by and for the neighbourhood. Its participatory management model encourages cooperation between various local people, entities and groups in devising activities.
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CESSION, OPENED PERIOD UNDEFINED PERIOD
HTTP:// EVMONTAMARTA.ORG/
CALLE MONTAMARTA, 7 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT COMANAGEMENT
CO-FUNDING
MANAGEMENT GROUP
CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, MEMORY WORKSHOP, FOOTBALL
PUBLIC OWNER
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
FRAVM NETWORK
NO DEFINED STATUS
TAZ
SECRETARIA@ EVMONTAMARTA. ORG
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
NAQUERANT ESPAIS Naquerant Espais is the process for vitalising the vacant Centro Multiusos in Náquera, Valencia. It was carried out using an open participatory process of citizen empowerment developed by Paisaje Transversal. The Centro Multiusos is now open to locals for generating and creating culture, as well as providing a meeting point for the two parts of the village – the historic centre and the residential areas – where a prominent role is given to young people, even though it is an intergenerational space where community ownership and management are present. ARCHIVE
Naquerant Espais functions under a hybrid system involving the council and citizens, which has facilitated the staging of permanent and temporary activities by local cultural agents.
HTTP:// NAQUERANTESPAIS. BLOGSPOT.COM.ES/
CESSION, OPENED PERIOD UNDEFINED PERIOD
TAZ NAQUERA, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT COMANAGEMENT
PUBLIC
NO GROUP
ART, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES LANGUAGE, ENVIRONMENT
PUBLIC OWNER
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
NAQUERANTESPAIS@GMAIL.COM
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
PATIO MARAVILLAS Patio Maravillas is a multipurpose self-managed space located in the Malasaña district of Madrid. Patio Maravillas was designed from the outset as a space from which to build democracy and to create another type of politics. The core idea is focused on building a public space and an organisational network for bringing together various social and cultural initiatives with emphasis on the productive dimension and the social economy for the common good. Patio Maravillas has had two premises. The first was an abandoned school in Calle Acuerdo, where it remained until 2009. The same day the centre was evicted, it occupied its second premises in Calle Pez, where it is currently based, in a private building with whose owners an agreement has so far been reached to recognise Patio Maravillas’ rights to the building. It has an assembly that is divided into two parts: management and general, both of which are open.
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CESSION, OCCUPATION OPENED PERIOD
HTTP:// PATIOMARAVILLAS. NET
CALLE DIVINO PASTOR 9 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF-MANAGEMENT SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
DANCE, BIKE REPAIRS, THEATER, ORGANIZATION GROUPS
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS
PRIVATE OWNER
2 ASSEMBLIES / MONTH
NO NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
TAZ
CONTACTO@ PATIO MARAVILLAS.NET
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
RE-GEN HUESCA The project consists of an intervention on vacant lots belonging to Huesca’s historic centre. The aim is to revitalise the area through specific, temporary interventions as part of a process based on citizen participation and minimum investment. Before the physical interventions on the sites, in 2012 an intervention plan was drawn up that also included the full procedure for each site. It functions with open working groups. A management committee is in charge of the usage and upkeep of the spaces.
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CESSION, UNDEFINED PERIOD OPENED PERIOD
HTTP://REGENHU. WORDPRESS.COM/
CALLE ARTIGAS, 19 HUESCA, SPAIN
SELFUNDEFINED MANAGEMENT
CO-FUNDING
RESEARCH, DESIGN AND CREATION, COMMUNICATION, CONSTRUCTION, PAINTING
CULTURE AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES
DEPENDS ON THE PLACE
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
TAZ
REGEN.HU@ GMAIL.COM
URBANPLOT PLOT& URBAN BUILDING
SAN FERMÍN The Albergue Juvenil San Fermín social centre is an infrastructure located in the San Fermín district. It is pyramidal in shape and is known locally as “The Pyramid”. The centre’s spaces are divided between lodging and social uses and are shared by neighbours and lodgers. Decisions are made in neighbours’ assemblies and the centre functions on the basis of working groups.
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CESSION, CESSION, UNDEFINED PERIOD OPENED PERIOD
WWW.SAN-FERMIN .ORG
AVENIDA DE LOS FUEROS, 36 MADRID, SPAIN
SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SELF
SELF FUNDING
WOMEN, COMMUNICATION, SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYMENT, MANAG EMENT
CULTURAL, SPORTS, WORKSHOPS, EXPOSED, SOCIAL SUPPORT, YOUTH HOSTEL.
UNDEFINED
UNDEFINED
RED HACENDERAS NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
ALBERGUE@ SAN-FERMIN.ORG
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
SECO SECO is a social centre that is self-managed. It is the largest and most heterogeneous and active space for neighbour participation of the Retiro district (Madrid), and is home to a broad variety of associations and projects. It is managed through assemblies. It is currently on the ground floor of a cultural centre in the neighbourhood formerly called Las Californias.
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HTTP:// WWW.CS-SECO.ORG/
CESSION, CESSION, UNDEFINED PERIOD OPENED PERIOD
SELF-MANAGEMENT SELF MANAGEMENT
GARDEN, BIKES, READING AND CONVERSATION, , FREE RADIOGROUPS
TAZ CALLE LUIS PIEDRÓ, 2 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF FUNDING
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SHOP BIKES, FREE RADIO, WORKSHOPS
UNDEFINED
1 ASSEMBLY / MONTH
RED HACENDERAS , GARDENING NETWORK
SOCIAL CENTER
CENTROSOCIALSECO@GMAIL .COM
URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
SK8+U SK8+U is a proposal of the Straddle3 collective and a group of children and teenagers aged between 11 and 18 for the design, construction and operation of a skate park as part of a radically participatory process that combines various creative disciplines and tools for communication and management. In the spring of 2011, this group of young people got in touch with a few political groups during the election campaigns and also with members of Straddle3 – with whose experience in collaborative design and selfconstruction they were vaguely familiar – in order to express their wish to create facilities for skateboarding that were also open to other sports such as rollerblading, scooting, cycling and BMX racing.
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The council resulting from the elections endorsed the proposal – which was difficult to argue with in a district of 6,000 inhabitants with a shortage of spaces for young people. During a series of talks, a methodology was designed for converting the proposal into a laboratory for social and urban experimentation where work has been performed by several groups: young people, Straddle3, Asociación de Skateboard de Badalona, the local council and Asociación Idensitat.
STRADDLE3.NET
CESSION, PERMANENT PERIOD OPENED PERIOD
POLÍGON ESPORTIU CAN PONS, ARBÚCIES, SPAIN
SELF-MANAGEMENT SELF MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE GROUPS
SPORTS: SKATE, SCOOTERS, BICYCLES
PUBLIC OWNER
UNDEFINED
NO NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
TAZ
S3@STRADDLE3. NET
PARK URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
SOLAR DE CORONA Solar de Corona is a self-managed, dynamic space run by neighbours and various associations of the Carmen neighbourhood in the historic centre of the city of Valencia. It is an open-air community space for social and cultural activities. The lot also functions as a small community park in a historic centre characterised by its shortage of green public spaces for the use and enjoyment of young children.
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CESSION, ANNUAL OPENEDRENEWAL PERIOD
TAZ
HTTP:// SOLARCORONA.WORDPRESS.COM/
CALLE DE CORONA, 16 VALENCIA, SPAIN
SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SELF
SELF FUNDING
NO GROUP
PARK, ART, MUSIC, ARCHITECTURE, CINEMA
SOLARCORONAVALENCIA@ GMAIL.COM
PRIVATE OWNER
URBANPLOT PLOT& URBAN BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / MONTH
ARQUITECTURAS COLECTIVAS NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
TRAMALLOL Tramallol is a model of collective enterprise based on horizontal cooperation, exchange and pursuit of other forms of economic management of culture applied to various social spheres, through self-organisation. Tramallol is made up of culture workers and professionals from a broad spectrum and professionals from the fields of architecture, graphic design and communication, programming and web design, experimental flamenco, audiovisual creation and stage design, aesthetics and art, translation, cookery and bakery, artisanal bookbinding and production of network processes.
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CESSION, RENTING OPENED PERIOD
HTTP:// WWW.TRAMALLOL.CC
CALLE PASJE MALLOL, 22 SEVILLE, SPAIN
SELF SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
SELF FINANCING
ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN COMMUNICATION, WEB CREATION GROUPS
ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL SEMINARS, KITCHEN, WORKSHOPS, MARKET
PRIVATE OWNER
UNDEFINED
ARQUITECTURAS COLECTIVAS NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
TAZ
INFO@ TRAMALLOL.CC
URBAN BUILDING PLOT & BUILDING
WIKITOKI WikiToki – Laboratory for collaborative practices is a project in perpetual beta, a laboratory for co-creation and collaborative practices involving new relationship, organisational, investigative, creative, productive and consumption models. It is based on the constant practical questioning of forms of collective behaviour, relationship and organisation. It is also a meeting place where the physical and digital dimensions are interrelated as part of a network of other spaces, initiatives and programmes. The management model pursues horizontality, transparency, and distributed and shared responsibility. It is the result of collective work and the sum of experiences of other initiatives.
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CESSION, RENTING OPENED PERIOD
HTTP://WIKITOKI.ORG/
PLAZA LA CANTERA, 5 BILBAO, SPAIN
SELF SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
COMMUNICATION, MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION GROUPS
PROJECTS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PUBLICATIONS
PRIVATE OWNER
1 ASSEMBLY / BIMONTHLY
NO NETWORK
NO DEFINE STATUS
TAZ
INFO@WIKITOKI .ORG
URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
ALG-A LAB Alg-a Lab is a laboratory for cultural experimentation that was set up in 2008 by the Alg-a artists’ community in collaboration with the architect and activist Santiago Cirugeda, who provided two shipping containers fitted out as accommodation as part of his Recetas Urbanas project, and also with an individual from the Valladares parish who made available for a 10-year period the 3,000 m2 plot of land where the containers are currently installed. Various activities related to art and free culture, development of open technology, permaculture and the community are carried out at Alg-a Lab in the form of artists’ residencies, workshops, meetings, festivals and fairs. It also endeavours to experiment with and learn about the various possibilities of collaborative selfmanagement and organisation inspired by the distributed dynamics of hacker culture, Web 2.0 networks and P2P protocols.
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CESSION, OPENED PERIOD
WWW.LAB.ALG-A.ORG
CAMIÑO DA IGREXA 254, VALLADARES, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
EXPERIMENTACIÓN GROUP : EL LABORATÓRIO
MUSIC, ARTISTS RESIDENCE, FREE DIGITAL ART
PRIVATE OWNER
UNDEFINED
GROUP OF COLLECTIVE ARCHITECURE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
INFO@ALG-A.ORG
URBAN BUILDING PLOT & BUILDING
FÁBRICA DE CREACIÓN DE CULTURA ASTRA DE GERNIKA Astra – Fábrica de Creación de Cultura is a former munitions factory in Guernica which, thanks to the efforts of many people, groups and institutions, is now a social factory for culture – an open space for cultural creation, social transformation, interaction and experimentation. The space is managed by Astra Koordinadora, an open assembly of local young people, cultural and social groups and individuals, who are organised into commissions and working groups. ARCHIVE
CESSION, OPENED PERIOD UNDEFINED PERIOD
TAZ
HTTP://WWW.ASTRAGERNIKA.NET/
GOIKOIBARRA 1. GERNIKA- LUMO, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
CO/FUNDING
GESTIÓN, COMUNICACIÓN, COORDINACIÓN GROUP
CULTURAL, CONFERENCES
INFO@ASTRA GERNIKA.NET
PUBLIC OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / MONTH
GERNIKA-LUMO Y BUSTURIALDE NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
BOX.A ARTE ELKARTEA Box.A Arte Elkartea is a creative space where various disciplines are interlinked and individual and collective projects are carried out. This space is divided into two parts: the printing workshop and classroom; and the communal working area. It also has a space called Box.B, where an alternative cultural offering of open and non-profit cultural activities is provided by and for citizens, free of charge.
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HTTP://WWW. FACEBOOK.COM/ BOXA.ARTE ELKARTE
SAN ESTEBAN 19, FONDO. TOLOSA, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
NO GROUP
CONCERTS , EXPOSITIONS, SERIGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATRE
PUBLIC OWNER
2 ASSEMBLIES / WEEK
COLLECTIVE ARCHITECTURE NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
NO CONTACT
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
CALAFOU COLONIA ECOINDUSTRIAL POSTCAPITALISTA Calafou – Colonia Ecoindustrial Postcapitalista is a former textile industrial estate located near the city of Barcelona. As a self-organised project, it is a cooperative, peaceful and sustainable space currently under creation for the development of productive, technological and housing alternatives. It includes premises for industrial, artisanal and creative activity; common areas for meetings and varied activities; and housing. It was designed from the outset as a network made up of a web of cooperatives, individual projects and housing in a communal space for facilitating the pooling of ideas, goods and resources. It is a place for social, technological and political innovation that is based on self-responsibility and cooperation and functions with an assembly system.
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HTTPS://CALAFOU .ORG/
CESSION, RENTING OPENED PERIOD
CA LA FOU, CAMÍ DE CA LA FOU, VALLBONA D’ANOIA, BARCELONA SPAIN
TAZ
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
COMMUNICATION, GESTION, COOKING, GARDEN GROUP
HACKLAB, ARTIST RESIDENCE, SERIGRAPHY
CALAFOU@ COOPERATIVA INTEGRAL.CAT
PRIVATE OWNER
URBAN PLOT & URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
SOCIAL ECOXARXES NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
EL CAMPO DE CEBADA El Campo de Cebada is an empty urban space resulting from the demolition of La Latina sports centre. It is being managed openly until construction begins in accordance with the new land use. It is a space that has been transformed by the joint action of neighbours, architects, cultural agents, neighbourhood associations and local authorities with the aim of involving the largest possible number of agents in decision making. El Campo de Cebada embodies a critical stance based on constructive proposals with a view to building a future where various professionals, including architects, again play significant roles at the service of society. El Campo de Cebada project follows a shared an open management model.
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CESSION, CESSION, 2 YEARS + A OPENED PERIOD RENEWABLE YEAR
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WWW.ELCAMPO DECEBADA.ORG
PLAZA DE LA CEBADA, 4 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
CO/FUNDING
VEGETABLE GARDENING, CINEMA, WALL MANAGEMENT GROUP
SOCIAL CULTURAL SPORT
INFOELCAMPO DECEBADA@ GMAIL.COM
PUBLIC OWNER
URBAN PLOT & URBAN PLOT BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
URBAN GARDENS OF MADRID NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
CAN BATLLÓ Can Batlló is one of the most important nineteenth-century industrial complexes in Barcelona and remains in good condition even though it is practically vacant. Located in the Sants district, Can Batlló has been pending conversion since 1976 under Barcelona’s general metropolitan development plan, which defined it as an area of urban amenities and green zones for the city. A movement sprang up in 2009 aimed at having the whole industrial complex of Can Batlló – which is the same size as the city’s Camp Nou football stadium – devoted to amenities, social housing, productive uses through cooperatives, and green areas of community gardens and urban allotments.
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One of the spaces – Bloque 11 – has been renovated and ceded to the neighbourhood for cultural purposes. It has a library, meeting areas, a bar/kitchen, areas for children, multipurpose rooms, and visual, performing and audiovisual arts workshops.
CESSION, CESSION OPENED PERIOD UNDEFINED PERIOD
HTTP://CANBATLLO .WORDPRESS.COM/
CARRER DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN 19 BARCELONA SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
INVESTIGATION, CLIMBING, JUGGLING, CARPENTRY, FORGE GROUP
CULTURAL AND SPORT
PUBLIC OWNER
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
CANBATLLO. DIFUSIO@GMAIL .COM
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
CAN MASDEU Can Masdeu is a communal residence and social centre located in the Collserola nature reserve on the outskirts of Barcelona and was formerly a leper colony. It is a place of collective cooperation and coexistence between generations and functions as a network for resistance and creative projects. It seeks to defend organic farming in Collserola, community management of the valley and the renovation and upkeep of the infrastructure. It is based on the principles of autonomy and self-management. ARCHIVE
CESSION, OCCUPATION OPENED PERIOD
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HTTP://WWW.CAN MASDEU.NET/ES/
CAMÍ SANT LLÀTZER, 28 BARCELONA SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
COMMUNITY GARDENS, AGROECOLOGICAL, PERMACULTURE GROUP
CULTURAL RESIDENCES
CANMASDEU@ CANMASDEU.NET
PUBLIC OWNER
URBAN PLOT & URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
3 ASSEMBLIES / WEEK
AAA URBAN TACTICS NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
LA CASA INVISIBLE La Casa Invisible is a social and cultural centre managed by citizens. Local creators play a prominent role in this centre, which is based on cooperation, collaborative production and free culture. It promotes training projects in social, political, technological, artistic and creative environments in order to encourage critical thought, citizen empowerment, social creativity and collective action. The building is a former mansion that was erected in 1876. Before being occupied, it was in a state of neglect and ruin. It has undergone interventions, repairs and other types of care, but its original structure remains unaltered.
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CESSION, OCCUPATION OPENED PERIOD
HTTP://LAINVISIBLE .NET/
CALLE NOSQUERA 11 MALAGA SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, SPORT, DRAWING, PHOTOGRAFY GROUP
CONCIERTOS, CONFERENCES, EXPOSITIONS, EXPERIMETAL LABORATORY
PRIVATE OWNER
2 ASSEMBLIES / MONTH
FUNDATION LOS COMUNES / AAA URBAN TACTICS NETWORK
FUNDATION
TAZ
COMUNICACIĂ“N@ LAINVISIBLE.NET
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
CASA PUMAREJO The rumour that Casa del Pumarejo, a landmark building on the Plaza Pumarejo, was going to be sold to a hotel chain was soon confirmed and triggered a social struggle for this iconic mansion and its people. Shopkeepers, members of various district associations and the residents of the square and adjacent streets began to rally into action back in 2000. In 2003, the Pumarejo mansion was designated Heritage of Cultural Interest. As a result of the pressure exerted by neighbours, in 2004 the council set about expropriating 50% and by 2009 the property was wholly municipally owned. Throughout this time the citizens’ association submitted formal petitions to the authorities for refurbishing the space, but they were dismissed. Following a 13-year struggle, the neighbours of the Casa del Pumarejo association decided to take the matter into their own hands and use their own means to carry out a project to rescue the house and, above all, its related intangible heritage, by opening it up to the community for cultural, welfare and leisure activities.
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CESSION, OPENED PERIOD 15 YEARS
HTTP:// WWW.PUMAREJO.ES/
PLAZA DEL PUMAREJO SEVILLE SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
REHABILITATION GROUP
RESIDENCES, MERCADO CULTURAL, CINEMA, COURSES
PUBLIC OWNER
3 ASSEMBLIES / MONTH
DECRECIMIENTO SEVILLA NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
NO CONTACT
BUILDING URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
ESKALERA KARAKOLA Eskalera Karakola is a centre that houses various projects, all of which stem from a political desire to share spaces and lives, to think better, and to challenge and reinvent the world from a feminist viewpoint. It functions through a members’ assembly. In 1996 the former bakery at Calle Embajadores 40 was occupied by a group of women who aimed to create a collective space for experimenting with new forms of relationships between women by staging various cultural and artistic activities and through the self-management of the house and its uses. Their eviction in 2005 triggered a change. They were offered premises at Calle Embajadores 52, where the centre is currently rented.
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CESSION, RENTING OPENED PERIOD
HTTP:// WWW.ESKALERA KARAKOLA.ORG
CALLE EMBAJADORES 52 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
PLASTIC EXPRESSION, DISCUSION, SPORT GROUP
CULTURAL, DEBATES
KARAKOLA@ SINDOMINIO.NET
PRIVATE OWNER
FACTORY URBAN PLOT & BUILDING BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
NO NETWORK
TAZ
ASSOCIATION
ESTA ES UNA PLAZA This project started out in 2008 as a workshop at La Casa Encendida for transforming the site through a fast and economical intervention coordinated by Urbanacción and directed by the urban action group Esterni, together with the district municipal council, which made the abandoned site available more than 30 years ago. Today Esta es una Plaza is a public space open to all neighbourhood residents and a project aimed at facilitating the processes of active citizenship through their conscious participation in managing the district’s public spaces by means of an assembly system. It has a community garden and allotment, a sports area, a market and an open-air theatre, as well as paths, green spaces, and resting and leisure areas.
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HTTP:// ESTAESUNAPLAZA .BLOGSPOT .COM.ES/
CALLE DR FOURQUET, 24 MADRID, SPAIN
SELF SELFMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
SELF FUNDING
ORGANIC GARDENING, THEATER, COMMUNICATION, CINEMA, BIKE GROUP
SPORTS, MUSIC, ESPECTACULES, THEATER
ESTAESUNA PLAZA@GMAIL .COM
PUBLIC OWNER
URBANPLOT PLOT& URBAN BUILDING
UNDEFINED
HUERTOS URBANOS DE MADRID NETWORK
TAZ
ASSOCIATION
ATEA (Arte/Taller/Estudio/Arquitectura) Somos Mexas ATEA (Arte/Taller/Estudio/Arquitectura) – Somos Mexas is located in La Merced, a deteriorated and stigmatised historic district of Mexico City. It is an urban acupuncture project that seeks to transform the surroundings through art, but without preaching about its benefits, based on the idea that people should approach at their own initiative. It is a space for experimentation, exchange and a variety of cultural, creative and artistic initiatives that come together and overlap to build a new active dialogue from the experience of living in the district. It has hosted workshops, film cycles, lectures and celebrations and has a permanent function as a bicycle factory, a centre for textile recycling and a laboratory for creativity.
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RENTAL AGREEMENT
WWW.SOMOSMEXAS .TUMBLR.COM
TOPACIO 25 CENTRO HISTÓRICO 0610 CUAUHTEMOC D.F. MEXICO
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
WOODWORKING, LABORATORY TEXTILE, SERIGRAPH, FACTORY BIKES.
WORKSHOPS, LABORATORY, FILMS, TALKS, EXHIBITIONS, PARTIES.
PRIVATE OWNER
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
NO NETWORK
UNDEFINED STATUS
TAZ
CONTACTO@ ATEA.MX
URBAN PLOT & FACTORY BUILDING
FARO Fábrica de Artes y Oficios de Oriente. FARO – Fábrica de Artes y Oficios de Oriente is located in the Iztapalapa district, a highly marginal area of the city. It is a pilot programme that aims to house a major arts and crafts school and also a cultural centre that can be used freely, with no charge, by the population of the eastern part of Mexico City. FARO sets out to promote artistic creation and the cultural expressions of the lower classes, as well as to foster access to and the enjoyment of art and culture among the city’s least privileged inhabitants and the population who are physically, economically and symbolically marginalised from the conventional mainstream cultural circuits. ARCHIVE
When FARO started out it was practically alone in its concern with culture in the area. Over the years an increasing number of cultural centres have sprung up in the surrounding areas, just as the recovery of public spaces for everyday use has gained momentum. New FAROs, cultural centres, public squares, gardens, children’s areas and cultural festivals have emerged in the eastern side of the city.
FARODEORIENTE.ORG
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
UNDEFINED CESSION
COORDINATION, CULTURAL SERVICES, ASSISTANT MANAGER, GENERAL SERVICES, PUBLICATIONS &PRESS.
. CALZADA IGANCIO ZARAGOZA S/N, 09150 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO MÉXICO.
PUBLIC FUNDING
LIBRARY, EDUCATION, WORKSHOPS, ART&CRAFTS, FESTIVALS.
FAROSDF DIRECCION@ YAHOO.COM.MX
PUBLIC OWNER
URBAN PLOT & BUILDING
NO ASSEMBLY
NO NETWORK
TAZ
UNDEFINED STATUS
La Casa Tomada La Casa Tomada promotes collaborative, multidisciplinary and transversal artistic production by training cultural agents to strengthen creative industries and undertakings, identity building, self-management of resources, and individual and collective thought processes from an artistic approach. It is located in the San Benito suburb in the so-called Zona Rosa of San Salvador, but close to the marginal district of Las Palmas, making it a place where two distant, hostile worlds can meet and overcome their lack of communication.
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LACASATOMADASV. WORDPRESS.COM
CALLE LA REFORMA, 179. COLONIA SAN BENITO SAN SALVADOR EL SALVADOR
CO-MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC FUNDING
COMUNICATION GROUP
FILMS, VISUAL ARTS, WORKSHOPS, PHOTOGRAPHY, FOOD, MUSIC, LITERATURE, CONCERTS
PUBLIC OWNER
ASSEMBLY UNDEFINED DATE
NO NETWORK
SPAIN CULTURAL CENTER IN SAN SALVADOR, CCESV
TAZ
APUBLICO@ CCESPANASV. ORG
BUILDING
ESCUELA ESPERANZA
WWW.ALBORDEARQ .COM/CGI/WD/?PG=21
EL CABUYAL, S/N MANABÍ-ECUADOR
EDUCATIONAL BUILDING 36 M2
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SPACE DEVOTED MAINLY TO EDUCATION
Escuela Esperanza The project, located on the beach away from the villages in the community of Cabuyal in Ecuador, seeks not only to solve immediate problems but also to come up with long-term solutions. A space was designed in accordance with the principles of an active school related to the nature surroundings – a space where children can give free rein to their imagination, creativity and desire to learn new things, as opposed to one where they feel repressed. ARCHIVE
The project uses the same materials and local constructional logic with which the community has built its houses over the years: a wooden base on stilts, cane walls, a wooden structure and a roof woven from toquilla straw. The difference lies in the conception and conceptualisation of the space as a place for education that encourages learning through action.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
TAZ
WWW.ALBORDEARQ. COM/CGI/WD/?PG=21
EL CABUYAL S/N, MANABÍ-ECUADOR
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
DESIGN, FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION, STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION.
LEARNING, READING WORKSHOP, VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN.
CONTACT@ ALBORDEARQ. COM
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP
BUILDING
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
NO NETWORK
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
NÚCLEO CULTURAL 7 CERO
BARRIO EL 70, PARROQUIA EL VALLE, CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
NUCLEOCULTURAL7CERO @NUCLEO7CERO
BUILDING
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RECORDING STUDIO AND REHEARSAL ROOM
Núcleo Cultural 7 cero Núcleo Cultural 7 cero is run by the Youth Ministry as part of the national network of recording studios for young people – an action carried out in the framework of the Mission: Young People of the Homeland youth policy to support and encourage the talent of young Venezuelan people. A school that remained abandoned for more than 20 years was converted into a recording studio for training talented young people from the poorer areas of Caracas to be audio producers. It is located in the highest part of El 70 community in the parish of El Valle in Caracas, Venezuela.
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COMMUNITY SPACE
TAZ
NUCLEO CULTURAL7CERO @NUCLEO7CERO
BARRIO EL 70, PARROQUIA EL VALLE, CARACAS, VENEZUELA
CO-MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC FUNDING
NO GROUP
WORKSHOPS, RECORDING STUDIO, DANCING & SINGING, EDUCATION
NUCLEO CULTURAL7CERO @NUCLEO7CERO
PUBLIC OWNER
BUILDING
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK
GOVERNMENT ENTITY
Parque Comunal de Manglares, Tierra de Sueños. Parque Tierra de Sueños is an ecotourism programme developed by Fundación Azul Ambientalistas in conjunction with the community council of Capitán Chico-Tierra de Sueños, where the community is in charge of the safekeeping and running of the nature reserve. The foundation functions as an environmental advisor and manages guided tours. Until only a few years ago, this place was a huge rubbish tip where fires were constantly started in an attempt to reduce the fetid stench of the solid waste. It consists of 130 hectares of coastal woodland, mangrove tunnels and wetlands and borders part of the coast of Lake Maracaibo. It is home to a huge biodiversity of flora and fauna.
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WWW.AZUL AMBIENTALISTAS.ORG/ PARQUECOMUNAL .HTML
UNDEFINED CESSION
AV. 3, SANTA ROSA DE AGUA SECTOR CAPITÁN CHICO 4002 – MARACAIBO VENEZUELA
CO-MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING GROUP
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND GUIDED TOURS
PUBLIC OWNER
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
AMBIENTALISTAS FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
TAZ
PARQUEDE MANGLARES@AZUL AMBIENTALISTAS .ORG
PARC
Parque Cultural Tiuna El Fuerte Tiuna El Fuerte is a group of political and cultural collectives made up of young activists who use urban arts as a tool for fighting and transforming society. Tiuna El Fuerte cultural park is based on a system of academic and recreational production for providing services in arts, trades and communication. It is an alternative public space for the meeting, expression, training, recreation and inclusion of working-class young people, developed by the LABPROFAB group of architects. Tiuna el Fuerte runs workshops for nontraditional training, research, socio-productive initiatives, networks of small enterprises and recreational, social and cultural activities targeted chiefly at underprivileged young people.
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TIUNAELFUERTE .COM.VE
AV. INTERCOMUNAL DE EL VALLE, SECTOR LONGARAY. 1090 – CARACAS, VENEZUELA
CO-MANAGEMENT
MIXED-FUNDING
MUSIC MOVIES COMMUNICATION EVENTS PRODUCTION AUDIOVISUALPRODUCTION THEATER SOUND RADIO
GRAFFITI, SERIGRAPHY, GRAPHIC DESIGN, DANCE & BODY ART, MUSIC&THEATER, WORKSHOPS. CINEMA.
CESSION UNDEFINED PERIOD
PUBLIC OWNER
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
NO NETWORK
POLITICALCULTURAL GROUP
TAZ
TIUNAELFUERTE @GMAIL.COM INFORMACIÓNTIUNA @GMAIL.COM
URBAN PLOT
Casa de la Lluvia (de Ideas) The self-construction process – physical and social – of the Casa de La Lluvia is a cultural and community space in a shantytown of Bogotá, a place with scant material resources but invaluable environmental and human resources. The project, which stemmed from a community initiative to set up a “village hall”, has been developed through a process of “physical and social construction of the territory” in order to convert it into the “Casa de la Lluvia (de ideas)” (lit. “brainstorming house”): a comprehensive space and a multipurpose room that will nevertheless permanently house the district’s first cultural association – a community library.
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OWN SPACE
WWW.ARQUITECTURA EXPANDIDA.ORG
BARRIO LA CECILIA, SAN CRISTÓBAL SUR, BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
NO GROUP
LIBRARY, EDUCATION, SELF-CONSTRUCTION, CULTURE.
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
NO NETWORK
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
TAZ
AXP@ ARQUITECTURA EXPANDIDA .ORG
BUILDING
La REDada, Miscelánea Cultural. La REDada is a combination of four cultural spaces designed to carry out collective social and cultural work in Bogotá. It is a space for meeting, discussion, creation and inspiration – an exercise in the exchange of knowledge and the desire to work towards a dream, be it cultural, artistic or social.
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CESSION UNDEFINED PERIOD
LAREDADA .JIMDO.COM
CALLE 17 # 2-51 LAS AGUAS, BOGOTA. COLOMBIA
SELF-MANAGEMENT
MIXED-FUNDING
RESEARCH CULTURAL MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION
EXHIBITIONS AUDIOVISUAL PROJECTIONS, WORKSHOP DOCUMENTATION CENTER.
UNDEFINED OWNER
UNDEFINED ASSEMBLY
RED DE ARTICULACIÓN DE DINÁMICAS ARTISTIVAS
UNDEFINED STATUS
TAZ
LAREDADA. EXPOSICIONES @GMAIL.COM LAREDADA.BOGOTA @GMAIL.COM
REMODELED HOME
Associação Casa do Estudante de Minas Gerais Associação Casa do Estudante started out in 1959 with the Movimiento de Fundação da Casa do Estudante de Minas Gerais (MOFUCE), a movement aimed at creating a students’ residence in Belo Horizonte. The plot of land on which to build the house was acquired in a public auction in 1961. Following the military coup of 1964, state entities were dissolved and the property was assigned to the federal university of Minas Gerais. In 1981 the building was abandoned until 1985, when a group of students occupied it in order to complete work on the Casa do Estudante, cleaning it and building the second floor. They are organised into assemblies and are responsible for the management and upkeep of the Casa.
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UNDEFINED CESSION
TAZ
WWW.ACEMG.ORG
RUA OURO PRETO, 1421 SANTO AGOSTINHO, BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING
LEGAL, FINANCES, FUNDRAISING, COMMUNICATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAINING POLICY, DOCUMENTS, HEALTH.
RESIDENCE FOR STUDENTS, ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
CASADO ESTUDANTE3@ GMAIL.COM
PUBLIC OWNER
BUILDING
ASSEMBLY UNDEFINED DATE
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
Espaรงo Comum Luiz Estrela On 26 October 2013, a group of artists and activists of the city of Belo Horizonte occupied a mansion owned by the state authorities that had been vacant for 10 years. The opening of Espacio Comun Luiz Estrela was designed not only to save the building from falling into total ruin, but also to create an open and selfmanaged space for free artistic and political education. Following its opening, it started up a programme of activities to ensure that the space would be continually occupied: workshops, lectures, concerts, cultural attractions and permaculture.
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WWW. FACEBOOK.COM/ ESPACOLUIZ ESTRELA
CESSION UNDEFINED PERIOD
RUA MANAUS 348, SANTA EFIGร NIA BELO HORIZONTE BRAZIL
TAZ
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SELF-FUNDING & OTHERS
RESTORATION AND CARE OF THE BUILDING
WORKSHOPS CONFERENCES CULTURAL SHOWS PERMACULTURE CONCERTS
WWW. FACEBOOK.COM/ ESPACOLUIZ ESTRELA
PRIVATE OWNER
BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / WEEK
NO NETWORK
UNDEFINED STATUS
mARTadero mARTadero is a comprehensive project for social development through art and culture. It seeks to create a plural public space where expressions of diversity are enriching and non-excluding, and to rebuild a sense of belonging to a community and of collective responsibility in the neighbourhood by fostering meetings and exchanges of ideas between neighbours.
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WWW.MARTADERO. ORG
CESSION UNDEFINED PERIOD
CALLE 27 DE AGOSTO Y OLLANTAY, COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA
TAZ
SELF-MANAGEMENT
MIXED-FUNDING
PRODUCTION COMMUNICATION SPACE MANAGEMENT SELF-MANAGMENT INTERACTION
MUSIC, GRAPHIC & ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS, HUMANITIES
INFO@ MARTADERO.ORG
PUBLIC OWNER
BUILDING
1 ASSEMBLY / 2 WEEK
GRUPO DE ACCION CULTURAL (GAC)
FOUNDATION
Centro de Residencias para Artistas Contemporáneos. CRAC CRAC – Centro de Residencias para Artistas Contemporáneos is a centre for artists’ and researchers’ residencies that organises various meetings in the form of talks, workshops and seminars in conjunction with a platform for disseminating content in public files and also through publishing in print and digitally. It is based on the cross-disciplinary nature of art, the public sphere and territory, which function as a network of links and associations based on socio-urban experiences, with an interest in contributing to the debate on the possibilities being developed by collective citizenship and artistic practices to rethink and redesign common and participatory policies on sustainable development in culture, space and society. It fosters autonomy and transversal knowledge of the various contemporary disciplines.
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OCCUPED
WWW. CRACVALPARAISO. ORG
AV. PRAT Nº 798, OFICCE 574 VALPARAÍSO CHILE
SELF-MANAGEMENT
MIXED-FUNDING
PUBLICATION & COMMUNICATION GROUPS
WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES, ART EXHIBITIONS, TALKS.
PRIVATE OWNER
ASSEMBLY UNDEFINED DATE
NO NETWORK
ASSOCIATION
TAZ
CONTACTO@ RACVALPARAISO. ORG
BUILDING