"SAAL, Sweat and Tears." Published in Volume 43

My article “SAAL, Sweat and Tears” was just published in the architecture magazine Volume, issue 43, Self-Building City: 82-91.
In this article I discuss the issue of self-help in housing policies in the Portuguese post-revolutionary context.
Portugal faced a dramatic housing shortage in the early 1970’s that contributed to the energies of 1974’s revolution. One of the first acts of the new government was to institute new housing policies and institutions, Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local (SAAL, Service for Local Mobile Support), that focused on promoting the right to the city through collective processes of design, construction and management. Manifesting itself differently throughout the country, SAAL was irreparably altered just a few years later due to political conflict. Since then, the fates of these architectures and their built agendas have lay uncertain. What will be the legacy of this failed proletarian utopia?
The article is also available online, <http://volumeproject.org/saal-sweat-and-tears/>