Identification and analysis of counter-hegemonic projects: categories

Abstract

This proposal for a Research Internship Abroad (BEPE) at TU Delft, supervised by Prof. Janina Gosseye, aims to contribute to overcoming the methodological challenges of an ongoing postdoctoral research project titled "Identification and analysis of counter-hegemonic projects." This research aims to develop investigative methodologies and tools to identify counter-hegemonic content in architectural production, whether in conceptual and disciplinary structuring, design strategies, or spatial patterns resulting from these actions in the territory. The work is organized into two fronts: 1) a theoretical-methodological framework seeking axes of analysis of the relationship between architecture and socio-spatial processes, and 2) a set of Latin American case studies, enabling a comparative perspective on projects that address social and urban issues requiring highly complex responses from Architecture and Urbanism (A&U). The systematization and preliminary analysis of the case study set (2), informed by the thematic axes derived from the theoretical-methodological reflection (1), constitute the work to be developed within the scope of this research internship at the foreign educational institution. The case studies were gathered from publications and digital platforms on contemporary architecture in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. Over 1000 projects were reviewed to select and produce approximately 50 profiles for those considered most significant for the purposes of this study. The BEPE is expected to contribute to recognizing, in these projects, the disciplinary categories that characterize spatial paradigms and design strategies that produce urbanity. (AU)