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→ FÓRUM NADA NOVO I (2024)


FÓRUM NADA NOVO is an invitation to participate in a program of activities on reuse in construction, with workshops, conversations and exhibitions for higher education students, professionals and the general public.

FÓRUM NADA NOVO collectively explores the fate of the remains of the buildings we demolish to renovate cities (Porto and Guimarães) and searches for the stray pieces that escape fragmentation and accumulate at the back of warehouses.
It maps their lives, records their meanings and photographs these new 'mines'.
It rescues these pieces and builds the Forum in which 'nothing is new'—neither the pieces nor the practice of reuse— supporting the central reflection:
What is the future of reuse? How will we change?

The project is divided into three main artistic practices, interconnected, with different formats, spaces, methodologies, audiences and objectives: 
- 'Peças Desgarradas: A origem dos Materiais' (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials) - workshop of exploration and production and Exhibition; 
- 'Peças Resgatadas: Práticas conceptuais e construtivas’ (Rescued Pieces: Conceptual and constructive practices) - Workshop of reuse and construction of a symbolic spatial device, the ‘Fórum’, and Exhibition, integrated in the ‘FÓRUM NADA NOVO’; 
- 'FÓRUM NADA NOVO‘ – Forum focused on reuse that integrates the Exhibitions, Mini-workshops, and Conversations.

The different practices are distributed across the northern part of the country (the districts of Porto and Guimarães). From the Architecture Schools (Porto and Guimarães), participants travel to material suppliers, and are then directed to urban cultural centers (Garagem Avenida and O Instituto), and ultimately to a community association (Pele), in the area of Campanhã.

‘FÓRUM NADA NOVO‘ takes place in Campanhã because it represents the reality of inequalities in Porto, yet at the same time is going through a process of strong urban regeneration through large-scale works based on new construction and rehabilitation processes that will move enormous quantities of materials and construction components. In a provocative way, attention is drawn to development that ignores the environmental and social potential of reuse.

Project dates: 
January-July 2024

NADA NOVO team:
Cláudia Escaleira
Jonny Pugh
Alice Prata
Jérémy Pernet
Rosinda Casais
Clara Vale
Carlos Maia
Cidália Silva
Patrícia Robalo

Collaborators:
Tiago Ascensão
Sarah Shrbaji

Financial support:
Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal.

Partnerships:
School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) / Pele, Porto / Women in Architecture (MA) / O Instituto, Porto / Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto.

Support:
Rotor, Belgium / NEB goes South, European Union.

Institutional support:
Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OASRN) / Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP).



→ FÓRUM NADA NOVO > PEÇAS DESGARRADAS WORKSHOP


An activity of the project FÓRUM NADA NOVO, ‘Peças desgarradas: a origem dos materiais’ (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials) was a workshop held in January 2024 between the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) and the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD). 

The workshop set out to explore the paths taken by the remains of the buildings we demolish to renovate cities and their potential for reuse, and to steer the participants ways of seeing through the perspectives of social value of material heritage, environmental sustainability and gender inequalities in construction professions.
Where are these ‘stray pieces’? How are the 'mines' where they accumulate distributed across the territory? abandoned buildings? demolition companies? construction companies? warehouses? museums? informal collections? scrap dealers?
In what ways can we qualify their ‘values’? What is their aesthetic potential? symbolic? spatial? political?
What socioeconomic processes have brought them here? What uncertain futures could they have?
Who are the people who deal with this hidden aspect of construction? and what are their motives?
The participants visited 4 different types of these ‘mines’, each corresponding to a theme (‘origem/origin’, ‘salvaguarda/safeguard’, ‘aproveitamento/exploit’, and ‘resíduo/waste’). They were challenged to create, in an exploratory and speculative process, symbolic objects that point to re-readings and aesthetic meanings that go beyond the reductive notion of a map as a utilitarian instrument for geographical orientation or the physical representation of a territory.

The results of the workshop were exhibited in two different cultural centres in the cities of Porto and Guimarães.




Photos: Mayra Derberg, Clara Vale, Jonny Pugh, Eduardo Baltazar, Ana Alvanéo, Ana Dora
Dates: 
24th January - 1st February 2024

Team NADA NOVO:
Cidália Silva
Cláudia Escaleira 
Jonny Pugh
Clara Vale
Rosinda Casais
Alice Prata

Team Mulheres na Arquitectura:
Patrícia Robalo

Team LAB2PT:
Tiago Ascensão
Sarah Shrbaji

Participants:
Ana Alvanéo
Ana Marques
Ana Dora
Paula Lage
Mayra Deberg
Michael Lambuth
Teresa Almeida
Ricardo Serafim
Eduardo Peixoto
Paulo Sousa
Rodrigo Pereira
Célia Barbosa

Financial support: 
Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal.

Partnerships:
School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) / Pele, Porto / Women in Architecture (MA) / O Instituto, Porto / Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto.

Support:
Rotor, Belgium / NEB goes South, European Union.

Institutional support:
Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OASRN) / Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP).



→ FÓRUM NADA NOVO > EXPO PEÇAS DESGARRADAS


Brings together the results of the 1st public activity of the project FÓRUM NADA NOVO: PEÇAS DESGARRADAS: A ORIGEM DAS MATERIAIS (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials), a workshop held in January 2024 between the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) and the School of Architecture, Art and Design from the University of Minho (EAAD).


Photos expo INSTITUTO, Porto: Jérémy Pernet


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Photos expo GARAGEM AVENIDA, Guimarães: Jérémy Pernet


exhibition pamphlet


filme
Locations: Banco de Materiais, Câmara Municipal do Porto / RBA Armazém de Oportunidades, Silva / MV Gestão de Resíduos, Gondar 
Videos: Ana Alvanéo / Mayra Derberg / Jonny Pugh
Edition: Jonny Pugh


Dates: 
22nd March - 17th April 2024. INSTITUTO, Porto.
19th April - 10th May 2024. GARAGEM AVENIDA, Guimarães. 

Team:
Cidália Silva
Cláudia Escaleira 
Jonny Pugh
Clara Vale
Patrícia Robalo
Tiago Ascensão
Sarah Shrbaji
Rosinda Casais
Alice Prata

Exhibition photography:
Jérémy Pernet 

Participants:
Ana Alvanéo
Ana Marques
Ana Dora
Paula Lage
Mayra Deberg
Michael Lambuth
Teresa Almeida
Ricardo Serafim
Eduardo Peixoto
Paulo Sousa
Rodrigo Pereira
Célia Barbosa

Collaborators:
Tadej Urh
Mahdi Alizadeh
João Alves
Pedro Almeida

Financial support: 
Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal.

Partnerships:
School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) / Pele, Porto / Women in Architecture (MA) / O Instituto, Porto / Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto.

Support:
Rotor, Belgium / NEB goes South, European Union.

Institutional support:
Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OASRN) / Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP).


→ FÓRUM NADA NOVO > PEÇAS RESGATADAS WORKSHOP


In this third activity of the FÓRUM NADA NOVO project, the workshop ‘PEÇAS RESGATADAS: PRÁTICAS CONCEPTUAIS E CONSTRUTIVAS’ (RESCUED PIECES: CONCEPTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE PRACTICES) addresses the implications of reuse in conceptual and constructive practices, with experimental techniques, unconventional uses of materials, and the exploration of the aesthetic language of reuse.

In a collective and participatory act of conception and construction, the 'FÓRUM' - a symbolic spatial device - is created, aiming to be: the symbolic representation of the urgency of the discussion about a human future with a scarcity of materials; the political device of civic participation to discuss a sustainable future; and the ‘centre’ of this meeting.

The 'FÓRUM' is built with used construction components collected from the sites visited during the 'PEÇAS DESGARRADAS' (STRAY PIECES) workshop, from other suppliers in the surrounding area and from demolitions that have taken place in the meantime.

The development of the workshop is complemented by the presence of Mulheres na Arquitectura (Women in Architecture), to confront participants with practical issues of gender inequality in the construction professions.

The workshop and final event (July 20th) of the FÓRUM NADA NOVO project take place in Azevedo, Campanhã, at ADEGA - PELE (a locally active cultural association), partner of the project. In this area of the city of Porto, while being confronted with profound social inequalities, we witness processes of strong urban regeneration with large-scale new construction and rehabilitation works that displace enormous quantities of materials and construction components. 

Provocatively, attention is drawn to the need for development that incorporates the social and environmental potential of reuse.




‘Adega’, Pele cultural association, Azevedo, Porto. 
Photo Rosinda Casais
Participation:
University students, professionals, general public

Site:
ADEGA - PELE, Azevedo (Campanhã), Porto

Dates:
4th - 17th July 2024

NADA NOVO Team:
Clara Vale, FAUP/ CEAU
Carlos Maia EAAD-UM
Cláudia Escaleira
Jonny Pugh
Alice Prata
Rosinda Casais
Jérémy Pernet

PELE Team:
Fernando Almeida
Carina Moutinho
João Soares
Sara Jorge
Carolina Bravo
Maria João Mota
Inês Lapa

Mulheres na Arquitectura Team:
Joana Pestana Lages 

Financial support: 
Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal.

Partnerships:
School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) / Pele, Porto / Women in Architecture (MA) / O Instituto, Porto / Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto.

Support:
Rotor, Belgium / NEB goes South, European Union.

Institutional support:
Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OASRN) / Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP).



→ FÓRUM NADA NOVO > MINI-WORKSHOPS


20th July 2024, ADEGA, PELE, Azevedo, Porto.
Participation €5
REGISTER HERE (until 18th July, subject to allocation)



Based on the scraps and materials left over from the workshop ‘PEÇAS RESGATADAS: PRÁTICAS CONCEPTUAIS E CONSTRUTIVAS’ (RESCUED PIECES: CONCEPTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE PRACTICES), MINI WORKSHOPS are developed for exploration, construction and reuse. Aimed at children and young people, these workshops reflect on consumption and materials while creating new functional and artistic objects.
 funcionais e artísticos.

Organised in several stages, the MINI-WORKSHOPS encourage participants to question and explore the materials available:

1. Introduction to the concept of reuse: Discuss the origin, history and possible new uses of materials.
2. Exploration: Participants question and handle the materials available.
3. Construction: To create decorative and functional objects that complement the ‘FÓRUM’ created during the workshop ‘PEÇAS RESGATADAS’.
4. Collaboration: Promoting teamwork and the exchange of ideas.
5. Skills development: Stimulate critical thinking and problem-solving when adapting materials.
6. Final reflection: Joint analysis of processes and results, sharing experiences and learning.

The MINI-WORKSHOPS are a complementary activity to the final event of the 'FÓRUM NADA NOVO' project, on the 20th July in Azevedo, Campanhã, at ADEGA - PELE. 

Date:
20 July 2024

Schedule:
10h30 - 12h00 (morning edition)
14h30 - 16h00 (afternoon edition)

NADA NOVO team:
Rosinda Casais
Alice Prata
Cláudia Escaleira
Jonny Pugh
Sofia Saldanha (support)

PELE team:
Fernando Almeida
Carina Moutinho
João Soares
Sara Jorge
Carolina Bravo
Maria João Mota
Inês Lapa

Financial support:
Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal.

Partnerships:
School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) / Pele, Porto / Women in Architecture (MA) / O Instituto, Porto / Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto.

Support:
Rotor, Belgium / NEB goes South, European Union / Lab2pt, Portugal / Junta de Freguesia de Campanhã, Porto.

Institutional support:
Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OASRN) / Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP).

Material donations:
Costa Almeida Ambiente e Costa Almeida Demolições, Portugal / MV - Gestão de Resíduos, Portugal /  Coeng 08 – Construção e Engenharia Lda, Portugal.


→ FÓRUM NADA NOVO > FINAL EVENT@ADEGA


July 20, 2024, ADEGA, PELE, Azevedo, Porto.
Participation free.
REGISTRATION HERE (until July 18th)



‘FÓRUM NADA NOVO’, a project developed over 8 months in 2023/24, ends with the event that gave it its name.
It joins together the elements created throughout the project, —workshops, exhibitions and conversations— and, in the 'FÓRUM', built collectively in the workshop
 ‘PEÇAS RESGATADAS: PRÁTICAS CONCEPTUAIS E CONSTRUTIVAS’ (RESCUED PIECES: CONCEPTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE PRACTICES), collective exchanges are promoted on the role of reuse in a sustainable future.
The agents involved throughout the project are invited (team, participants, partners, suppliers of materials for reuse and others who joined the process), architects who address the topic of reuse in their practice, researchers and teachers in the area of ​​architecture and engineering, and the general public.

The CONVERSATIONS focus on the themes that emerged throughout the process: ‘Mines’, ‘Aesthetics and Techniques’ (formal and informal), and ‘Pedagogies and Equity’, provoking the opposition of conflicting approaches and opinions. It is within the divergences between the different actors in the process of incorporating components for reuse in architecture practice that bridges need to be built, that we demand are built.

The programme is complemented by the development of MINI-WORKSHOPS on exploring/building with surplus/used construction materials, aimed at children and young people, where they reflect on the consumption of materials.

This final event of ‘FÓRUM NADA NOVO’, in the form of an informal and relaxed social gathering, takes place in Azevedo, Campanhã, at ADEGA - PELE (a locally active cultural association), partner of the project. In this area of the city of Porto, while being confronted with profound social inequalities, we witness processes of strong urban regeneration with large-scale new construction and rehabilitation works that displace enormous quantities of materials and construction components. Provocatively, attention is drawn to the need for development that incorporates the social and environmental potential of reuse.



Programme (subject to confirmation):

Registration10h00 - 10h30

Manhã
10h30 - 11h15
presentation of the project FÓRUM NADA NOVO and space ADEGA, PELE (in Portuguese)
- Cláudia Escaleira, NADA NOVO
- Jonny Pugh, NADA NOVO
- Fernando Almeida, PELE

11h15 - 12h00
conversation 'Reuse: the 'Mines' (in English)
- Cidália Silva, EAAD-UM/LAB2PT, NADA NOVO (moderation)
- Paulo Sousa, Banco de Materiais, Câmara Municipal do Porto
- Géraldine Durieux, Rotor, Bélgica

12h00 - 12h15
break

12h15 - 13h00
conversation 'Reuse: Aesthetics and Techniques' (in Portuguese)
- Carlos Maia EAAD-UM/LAB2PT, NADA NOVO (moderation)
- Paulo Moreira, Paulo Moreira Architectures
- Ana Baptista e Hugo Dourado, Colectivo Mel
- Patrick Hubmann, Constructlab

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10h30 - 12h00
MINI-WORKSHOP for children and young people

Lunch
13h00 - 14h30 (maximum capacity reached)
Registration
14h00 - 14h30
Afternoon
14h30 - 15h00
guided tour of the exhibition ‘PEÇAS DESGARRADAS and PEÇAS RESGATADAS’
- Cláudia Escaleira, NADA NOVO
- Jonny Pugh, NADA NOVO
- Jérémy Pernet, NADA NOVO

15h00 - 15h45
conversation 'Reuse: Pedagogies and Equity' (in Portuguese)
- Clara Vale, FAUP/CEAU, NADA NOVO (moderation)
- Fernando Almeida, PELE
- Joana Pestana Lages, Mulheres na Arquitectura
- Bruno Marques, Secção Regional do Norte da Ordem dos Arquitectos (OASRN)

15h45 - 16h00
break

16h00 - 17h00
conference: Géraldine Durieux, Rotor, Bélgica ‘Rotor + Pushing for reuse in North West Europe’ (in English)

17h00 - 17h30
final conversation ‘Reuse: what future in Portugal?’

/\/\/\/\/\/\

14h30 - 16h00
MINI-WORKSHOP for children and young people
 Close
17h30 - 20h00
Social, food + drinks

Date:
20 July 2024 (10 am-8 pm)

NADA NOVO team:
Cláudia Escaleira
Jonny Pugh
Alice Prata
Jérémy Pernet
Rosinda Casais
Clara Vale
Carlos Maia
Cidália Silva

PELE team:
Fernando Almeida
Carina Moutinho
João Soares
Sara Jorge
Carolina Bravo
Maria João Mota
Inês Lapa

Local:
ADEGA - PELE, Azevedo, Porto here
Access by bus 400, ZC, 8017, 8028 and 8041.

Public:
General

Financial support:
Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal.

Partnerships:
School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) / Pele, Porto / Women in Architecture (MA) / O Instituto, Porto / Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto.

Support:
Rotor, Belgium / NEB goes South, European Union / Lab2pt, Portugal / Junta de Freguesia de Campanhã, Porto.

Institutional support:
Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OASRN) / Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP).

Material donations:
Costa Almeida Ambiente e Costa Almeida Demolições, Portugal / MV - Gestão de Resíduos, Portugal /  Coeng 08 – Construção e Engenharia Lda, Portugal.