Abstract This paper proposes the problematization of generic and mass-produced forms of architecture through the oppositional relationship with indigenous self-constructed spaces. Starting from an ethnographic study about an unique indigenous horticulture project in the center of Rio de Janeiro, The Dja Guata Porã Garden, we demonstrate the effort to build a territory that organizes itself based on multispecies relationships. The project is contrasted with the formal urban space where it takes place, within a housing complex “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”, the largest public housing policy in Brazil, where the architecture is designed with generic spaces that cannot be modified according to the residents. From this spatial contrast, we propose that this indigenous horticulture project, with pedagogical purposes, is a gap in the formal urban space.

Resumo O presente artigo trata o composto como um conceito teórico retirado da prática da compostagem, conceito este que também pode ser utilizado para pensar processos sociais. O composto é apresentado segundo a prática de alimentar a terra realizada por Niara do Sol e seus colegas na Horta Dja Guata Porã, situada na Aldeia Vertical, no Rio de Janeiro. A partir da apresentação da horta e da descrição dos processos de compostagem ali realizados, argumentamos que a figura do composto aponta para uma prática da mistura entre elementos heterogêneos que permite pensar a socialidade plural existente nesse espaço, sendo também um conceito teórico muito produtivo para entender relações que diferem de um ideal de pureza. sociais Porã Vertical Janeiro realizados espaço pureza

Abstract This article examines compost as a theoretical concept taken from the practice of composting, which can be used to think about social processes. Compost is presented according to the practice of feeding the earth, by Niara do Sol and her colleagues at the Dja Guata Porã garden, located at the Aldeia Vertical [Vertical Village] in Rio de Janeiro. After introducing the garden and describing the composting processes carried out there, we argue that the theoretical figure of compost indicates a practice of mixing between heterogeneous elements that enables us to understand the plural sociability that exists in this garden space. This concept is also very fruitful for reflecting on relationships that differ from an ideal of purity. earth Village Janeiro there space purity