Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements: Dialogar para construir, diseno participativo en barrios populares de Bogota

Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements

		Introduction
		World neighbors in action
		Human settlement managers training programme - handbook for the organization and design of courses
		Bridging the gap: A participatory approach to health and nutrition education
		Self-evaluation: Ideas for participatory evaluation of rural community development projects
		Local authority supervisor training program, Kenya
		Urban housing and community development course
		Teaching rural community development
		Organization and management of field education
		Project management program Harare, Zimbabwe
		Primer taller de capacitacion para mujeres dirigentes de organizaciones femininas en el districto de San Martin de porres
		Getting the community into the act: 72 participatory activities for field workers and trainers
		Board of director's course: Instructor's manual and handouts
		Tecnicas educativas
		Women and graphics: A beginner's kit
		The tribune: A women and development quarterly
		How to perform in front of an audience
		Audiovisual communication handbook
		Dialogar para construir, diseno participativo en barrios populares de Bogota
		Women and technology: If it's not appropriate for women, it's not appropriate.
		1. Como leer un plano - 2. Mejoramiento poblacional
		1. Sistema constructivo 'bend' - 2. Prefabricacion, sistema 'bend'
		1. El replanted - 2. Como construir una vivienda con calicanto - 3. Como construir una vivienda con bloques de concreto - 4. Como construir una vivienda con cinva-ram - 5. Como construir una vivienda con horcones y concreto
		Small-scale production of lime for buildings
		Making building blocks with the cinva-ram block press.
		Building with stabilised soil blocks
		Small-scale production of local building materials
		Manual para la construccion de vivienda con adobe
		Casas de tierra, Minka no. 9, october 1982
		Construction reference manual, a sourcebook for the use of local materials in construction.
		Sistematizacion de una practica tecnica en vivienda social
		Manual de autoconstruccion
		Manual de construcao moradias nas aldeias comunais.
		When you build a house: a manual of construction details for Caribbean houses with emphasis on protection from strong winds
		Cooler in summer/warmer in winter: How to improve your shha house
		Techniques for low-cost/self-help housing
		Affordable sanitation
		Making your house safe against strong winds
		A campaign plan for tinsa valley
		Cooperative housingaffordability and related technical solutions
		Co-operatives: the affordable housing alternative
		Managing housing co-ops' money
		Estructura interna de una cooperativa de vivienda: Pobladores y educacion no. 1
		Co-operative housing, a handbook for effective operations
		Co-op housing - The best move we ever made
		Ideas on proposal writing and financial/technical assistance
		Information and training materials for low-cost water supply and sanitation
		Self-help housing improvements for lowest-income communities: Motivators' and trainers' guide
		Manual para proyectos de ayuda mutua

Dialogar para construir, diseno participativo en barrios populares de Bogota

WRITTEN BY: GERMAN MORENO

PRODUCED BY: ENDA AMERICA LATINA Y FUNDACION PROCO, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, 1987.

AVAILABLE FROM: PROCO, DIAGONAL 60 NUMBER 23-64, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, APARTADO POSTAL NUMBER 51611.

LANGUAGE: SPANISH

COST:

NUMBER OF PAGES: 62

This short booklet is divided into four parts. Part one is a social drama using colloquial language which depicts a typical conversation between two architects and a family living in one of the low-income neighbourhoods of Bogota who wish to build an extension to its house. The dialogue covers the design discussions and the decisions which the family takes with the guidance of the architects. The aim of the socio-drama is to highlight some of the issues which arise in participative planning and the role of the architect in this process. The socio-drama could be performed in training sessions with architects or community groups, followed by a discussion with the participants about the issues raised in the presentation. Part two discusses general aspects of participatory design which would provide the trainer with some background information on the topic to compile notes for a discussion session with a training group. Part three discusses the process of participatory design, based on the experience of PROCO over a period of five years directly working with communities. It shows how ongoing dialogue between a particular community and technicians improved the quality of housing by absorbing the creativity of the participants. The final section is a proposal on how to go about implementing participatory design, including the necessary steps and tools.

This short booklet would be a valuable resource for architects and social workers who wish to rethink their roles and responsibilities.