Ocupar e resistir: diretrizes urbanísticas para a Ocupação Tereza de Benguela, Maceió-AL

Abstract

Within the process of urbanization of cities and their dynamics of occupation and vacating, urban voids arise, which consist of plots, lands, or buildings that are idle, abandoned, or underutilized. Voids that do not fulfill the social function of property may and should be expropriated, according to the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. It is in this context of unused areas and a housing deficit of 6 million homes (FJP, 2022) that social movements like the Homeless Workers Movement (MTST) act, occupying vacant plots on urban fringes as a form of protest, denouncing the lack of urban reform and aiming to secure a roof over their heads. The Tereza de Benguela Occupation is one of the MTST settlements in the city of Maceió-AL, fighting for the possession of an underutilized public land, with the objective of building housing and common areas aimed at meeting the needs of housing, care, leisure, food, and education for the local population. Therefore, this Graduation Final Project has the general objective of developing urban planning guidelines for this occupation, located in the Cidade Universitária neighborhood. The final product and the elaborated guidelines aim to be an instrument of struggle for the movement's demands, as well as a consultation and assistance document for the development of future participatory projects in the area.