Sara Marquez Martin

Sara Marquez Martin
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  • MD Architecture
  • PhD Student at Universidade da Coruña

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Introduction
Sara Marquez Martin currently works at NGO Architects Without Borders in Maputo, Mozambique. Sara does research in Positive Psychology, Urban/Rural Sociology and Architectural Engineering. Her current project is 'Human Building: defining the attitute to build with and for people'. She will soon start a research trip "Looking for women builders" from Maputo to Ethiopia.
Current institution
Universidade da Coruña
Current position
  • PhD Student

Publications

Publications (4)
Book
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Este estudo avalia a viabilidade de um modelo de habitação multifamiliar em altura no bairro Chamanculo C, em Maputo, baseado na auto-promoção (agrupamento em cooperativas),auto-financiamento e, por fim, o co-desenho e auto-construção. O objetivo principal é permitir que a comunidade local se organize para promover sua própria habitação multifamili...
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Marginalised urban communities are often characterised by three things: complexity, interdependence of challenges, and constant evolution. The sheer numbers of people living close together in poorly planned communities can make improving the quality of life extremely difficult. The rapid rate of urbanisation – by 2050, the number of people living...
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Replicating the Habitat project, developed since 2015 in the suburbs of Maputo, can become a resilient alternative to respond to the housing challenges of sub-Saharan cities. Habitat collects the intervention of the public sector and civil society in Chamanculo C, a peripheral settlement in an increasingly hybrid city. The objective: to guarantee...
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This article is a cross-curricular proposal that defines human building as an attitude to architecture, urbanism and design which implies that, as professionals, first and foremost we are people who build living spaces with and for other people. Through an analysis of the author’s experience and field work in six case studies on three continents,...

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