Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: 2020 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the constitution of the Orcasitas Neighbors Association (Madrid). In this neighborhood, immigrants coming mainly from Andalusia, Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha settled on land classified as being for rural use, building their own homes - shacks - lacking the minimum services. Initially, the neighborhood struggle was focused on achieving infrastructure improvements, but it did not take long for the Association to be non-complacent, demanding decent housing and educational, socio-cultural, sports, leisure and supply facilities, etc. The struggle for dignified housing spreads to other neighbourhoods. In the 1980s, Madrid underwent the largest urban development operation in Europe in terms of housing after the one carried out to repair the damage caused by the Second World War. The residents of Orcasitas not only participated in the struggle, they also participated in the urban design of the urban layout, the typology and distribution of the space of the house or in the selection of the construction materials, or of the thermal power station, or even in the design of the Pradolongo park, one of the largest newly created parks in Madrid. Making use of a combined emic (account of the native population) and etic (analysis by the research staff) in a projective way methodology, this article pays tribute to the Association and the process of struggle and participation undertaken in the spatial transformation, making city
Source: Hábitat y Sociedad
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3094915523