Projecto TASA

Name Project TASA
Status In progress
Location Head office in Loulé. The network of artisans is distributed throughout the entire Algarve and Baixo Alentejo, especially in low density areas
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About the project

Valuing the Algarve's ancestral arts and crafts by incorporating innovation, creativity and functionality. The aim is to make handicrafts a profession with a future and thus safeguard an intangible heritage passed down through generations. The project involves more than 50 craftsmen, of different arts and techniques, with whom we work with product design to create beautiful, utilitarian objects that are representative of Algarve culture. We work with local and natural raw materials, most of which are harvested and prepared by the craftsmen themselves. The project also includes the transmission of knowledge to young people, to perpetuate the arts, some of which are today on the verge of disappearing.

New European Bauhaus Framework

The project aims to safeguard an ancestral heritage, through the design and conception of beautiful and utilitarian objects, in a fair approach and with a strong commitment to the territory, its natural resources and its people.
Raising awareness in the community at large, including decision-makers, for a new look at ancestral arts and their role in creating a more cohesive, sustainable and creative territory. A new look at the relevance of handicrafts today, namely in their role in "combating" the use of plastic and encouraging the consumption of durable, natural products. In the creation of a sustainable economy and wealth in rural interior territories. In the appreciation of endogenous resources. In the appreciation of ancestral knowledge, today held mainly by elderly people, who can thus see their self-esteem grow.