The habitat project
Urban intervention in Chamanculo C, Maputo, Mozambique, focused on granting the obten- tion of DUAT to the inhabitants, through the conversion of their alleyways into more accessible roads, and the infraestructure improvement of the sanitary sewer system. Also, this considers the inclusion in their public policy, of a 9 step methodology for the access to the use of land.- This intervention is jointly developed between the Municipality of Maputo, Arquitectura sin Fronteras, the community of Maputo, and Water & Sanitation For the Urban Poor.
The habitat project
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Arquitectura Sin Fronteras
LOCATION
Chamanculo C, Maputo, Mozambique
Year of execution
2017-2025
Benefited Families
225
Engagement work
Sensitisation, public consultation, local leaders empowering, with families, cartography students, municipal workers, interdisciplinary team of ASF and volunteering lawyers.
1. Social sensitisation about the process and citizen rights.
2. Community choosing the roads to be widened.
3. Participatory urban planning: use of imagery.
Conflict management
Challenge
“That the residents gave back the road space illegally occupied and give value to the public space, without economic retribution.” (Márquez, 2017)
Conflicts
High expectations not met with previous projects and refusal to give public space back.
Strategies
Sensitisation about the value of public space, benefits of the project and short term commitments.
Recognitions
The Habitat Project presentation in the context of the Global Agenda for the sustanaible develop- ment of cities.
2. Miramar TV news story
Mozambique’s TV channel “Televisa Record”, covered the process of urban requalifi- cation of the neighborhood.
3. Congress in the “Barcelona’s Resilient Week” (2018)
Presentation in congress organised by Urban Resilience Hub, UN-Habitat.
Construction of the solution
Family participating in The Habitat Project
Alley prior to its widening
DUAT’s obtention. Source: Miquel Carrillo
Source: humanbuilding.org
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