Experimenting

Work together with local authorities and the stakeholders involved to spot urban sites that need interventions and co-create new ways to transform those public spaces.

Find a place that meets SUSHI goals and at the same time corresponds to the priorities of local authorities in terms of interventions in public spaces

To test management models based on public-private partnerships to adopt in further activities to develop in Alfama Living Lab.

To activate the community of local stakeholders

To create synergies between art and sustainability

To bring together in the same programme an art gallery, a private company, local authorities, start ups and several NGO´s acting in the field of sustainability.

Integrate different motivations and visions about the role of public spaces towards a sustainable neighbourhood.

The materialization of an activity that results from the union of two different languages, the artistic and the scientific.

Use urban art as a vehicle to activate local community and stakeholders towards a sustainable transformation. Promote creativity and community engagement, appealing to the aesthetic dimension as a way to create environmental awareness and improve sustainability in the neighbourhood.

Need to articulate artistic concepts with operational constraints. Need to face regulatory issues to act in public space and properties rights and authorizations to use private spaces. For example, option A, B and C (Action 4, Expectar) were not possible to develop due to the impossibility to reach the private owner of the vacant space. The mural painted in the façade of the vacant building was successful developed after the private owner authorization. 

The programme has been developed targeting the local community, with the aim of creating a space for experimentation and information on various topics related to sustainability. Workshops were created for experimentation and information on urban gardens, reduction of energy consumption, reuse of textiles through patchwork techniques. A set of neighbourhood talks involving several stakeholders with activities in the area of sustainability were also held in the physical space of the artistic esplanade. They shared with us innovative ideas on sustainable mobility, on the circularity of textiles and building materials, on social action and inclusiveness and on urban agriculture and new technologies. The conversations with neighbours were very enriching and allowed us to get to know new and old residents of the neighbourhood .

Designed for a pre-pandemic time, the COVID-19 caused the disruption of an entire initial plan, whose intention was to attract population, residents and visitors. It was necessary to rethink the initiative, to explore different formats and methodologies, in order to ensure effective and safe conditions for the continuation of activities. However, these new programming models ensured the fulfilment of the initial objectives: to explore new ways of using public space, linking concepts of art, sustainability, creativity and innovation, through actions to raise awareness of local urban, climate and circularity challenges. 

Increase local community awareness about reuse of materials, sustainable energy and mobility and green spaces.

Activate the linkage between innovation, creativity and sustainability.

Activate the linkage between innovation, creativity and sustainability

Densify the network of local stakeholders

To test activities in the context of Alfama Living Lab.

To face unforeseen situations and to deal and manage delays due to work overload when moved from physical to digital format.

To bring together different visions about the role of art as a vehicle to support sustainability .

To integrate different understandings and languages: artists and scientists.

New disseminations strategies were developed for the digital format in order to reach the local community. 

From 12th October to 31st December 2020 Largo do Cascão, Lisbon Historic Centre and on deferred social media

• Branding and logo
• Communication Plan
• Zet gallery Press release
•  Zetgallery vídeo, promotion of the artistic intervention 
•  Podcast (TV and Facebook) Bora Ambientar, Quercus 
•  SÃO VICENTE CÁ FORA Digital format, hosted in Lisboa E-Nova site 

Facebook/Linkedin/Youtube: Lisboa E-Nova, Lisbon Green Capital, Municipality of Lisbon, Parish São Vicente, SUSHI

Zero Desperdício , Thinker & Sinner, Bicicultura, Construção Sustentável,

Locals Approach, Zero Wast Lab, NGO João 13, Quercus

Interventions in public spaces requires several logistics measures and an important articulation with local authorities;

The activity SÃO VICENTE CÁ FORA was a fruitful opportunity to meet new facets of the Alfama community and understand the role of sustainability from different perspectives:

• The elderly residents that remember vibrant Alfama from the past and show how their rural roots influenced the importance of present life styles based on sustainability practices;
• The new residents that have chosen Alfama and lives a sustainable life, creating communitarian gardens or experiencing new composting technics;
• The solidarity association that takes care of homeless people and promotes the reutilization of textiles.
• The densification of local ecosystem with the engagement and participation of entities working in several sustainable fields: textiles circularity, construction circularity, sustainable mobility and local development. 

The activity allowed us to improve the integration between art & science by bridging the gaps between these two different languages and ways of communication. This approach allowed a visual engagement appealing to the aesthetic sensibility of the local communities.

Restrictions imposed by COVID 19, caused delays and deviation from the initial plans which required more creativity and constant adaptation to unforeseen circumstances and additional expenses;

It was necessary to find new ways of engaging local communities and create sustainability awareness, exploring the digital solution.

The workshops and talks were filmed and a digital version of SÃO VICENTE CÁ FORA was released in social media.

Sofia Mourão , Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

Isabel Maciel, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

Filomena Marques e Cristina Rocha, Municipality of Lisboa, Brand and Communication Department

Luisa Dornellas, Ana Rodrigues e Isabel Roque, Municipality of Lisboa, Development and Training Department

Ângelo Mesquita and Amélia Cabaço, Municipal Direction of Environment, Green Structure, Climate and Energy

Ângelo Garcia, Rui Simão and Ana Francisco, Municipality of Lisboa, Green Structure Maintenance and Re-qualification Division

Catarina Valente and Célia Costa, Municipality of Lisboa, Department of Urban Hygiene

André Gomes, Câmara, Municipality of Lisboa, Mechanical Repair and Maintenance Department

Communication Team - Lisboa Capital Verde 2020 

Nuno Rico e Afonso Dias - Junta de Freguesia de São Vicente

José Sá Fernandes - Deputy Mayor of Lisbon, Environment, Green Structure, Climate and Energy

Sara Morais Pinto - Zero Waste Lab

Gonçalo Folgado - Local Approaches

Paula Policarpo and André Gonçalves - Zero Desperdício

António Peres and João Galvão - The Thinker & the Sinner

Carmen Lima - Quercus

Diana Henriques and Sara Freitas- Lisboa E-Nova

Ana Pereira - Bicicultura

Frei Filipe - Associação João 13 

Alex Macdonald

Dona Júlia

Ângela Carvalho

Márcio Santos

Gabriel Correia

William Dell 

António Gama