Experiência sociodesportiva e a criação colaborativa de uma praça comunitária num bairro de Carnide

This Communication presents a social work action research process, emphasizing the potential of using socio sportive tools in community and socio-urban intervention, in Padre Cruz municipal neighborhood, in Carnide civil parish, in Lisbon. Is taken as an example the ‘Recriar BPC’ project promoted by two local socio sportive organizations (Associacao Nacional de Futebol de Rua e Associacao Azimute Radical) in the context of municipal program Bip/Zip - Local Partnerships. The project had consisted in a participatory and coproduced process intended, from the socio sportive experience of young people in the neighborhood, to propose alternative ways to requalify public space through the collaborative creation of a community square, with roots in socio sportive practice, local lifestyles and needs from the associative movement. Intends to disseminate innovative practices and contribute to the debate of a field of socio sportive knowledge in social work.