{"product_id":"casa-capital-br-jose-pedro-cortes","title":"CASA CAPITAL\u003cbr\u003eJosé Pedro Cortes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLocated off the western coast of Africa, the island of São Vicente in Cabo Verde is home to the community of Portelinha. From a distance, the small neighbourhood appears similar to any other suburb of the capital city of Mindelo, but upon closer look, the logos of major oil corporations such as Repsol, Galp, Mobil, Shell, etc., become visible and abundant on the walls of its scattered houses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eStretching across hills and open fields, these are known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCasa Tambor: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eself-built houses, constructed using discarded and flattened metal oil drums (barrels).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMost of these barrels are initially filled with crude oil in Western African countries like Nigeria or Angola and subsequently transported to the United States. After serving this purpose, they are cleaned and prepared for reuse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOnce more, they return to the sea, this time transporting items like clothes, toys or food, from the Cape Verdean diaspora to their relatives in their homeland. Upon reaching their destination, they are emptied, flattened, and repurposed for local people in need, who seek raw materials for building their homes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIn Cape Verde, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCasa Tambor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e are a prominent feature of informal settlements, representing both a critical shortage of legal and affordable housing, as well as a form of social resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIn the current global capitalist system, the waste produced by western economies moves across different regions and undergo different applications. These marked and discarded metal barrels transform into the walls and roofs of Portelinha, with the size of the houses dictated by the rigid standard dimensions of the barrels, as set by the global crude oil shipping industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIn Portelinha, the land is barren and resources are scarce. For many young men and women, who are raising children and lack employment, living in poverty is inevitable. Throughout the day, they sleep and roam aimlessly, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCasa Capital\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eJosé Pedro Cortes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e22.4x16.6cm, 120 pages\u003cbr\u003eIncludes the essay '\u003cem\u003eLike a Body Being Covered\u003c\/em\u003e' (in English and Portuguese) by Nuno Flores, an architect and researcher, responsible for \u003cem\u003eOutro Bairros Initiative\u003c\/em\u003e, an\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e experimental process of urban rehabilitation in Cabo Verde.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e978-989-36176-5-6\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thsp.de\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThomas Spallek Studio and Carolina Feijó\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eFirst copies ship in early June 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierre von Kleist editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57359003517259,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/1479\/7895\/files\/ML26-cover_02_e39189aa-5fc2-4439-bf50-256eb63a6594.jpg?v=1779286634","url":"https:\/\/www.pierrevonkleist.com\/products\/casa-capital-br-jose-pedro-cortes","provider":"Pierre von Kleist editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}