ABSTRACT: This article aims to demonstrate the development process for a more sustainable participatory project of Sociocultural Centre of Vila Planalto, a periphery settlement located in the heart of the Pilot Plan of Brasilia, detached from modernist morphology, which had arose as a temporary lodge of workers. Its development was possible due to its inhabitants struggle for fixation. As far as methodology is concerned, four major dimensions of sustainability of Sachs (2012) have guided the design of the project: environmental, economic, social and cultural that have been carefully systematized in the form of spatial patterns and events, based on the particular characteristics of the place and Alexander et al (1997). In the field of social sustainability, community participation methods were used creating alternative solutions before final definitions and to answer that old demand of population. In Cultural sustainability sphere, we tried to get the local identity through historical reports from population. In the economic and environmental scope it was intended to value the bioclimatic factors and more cost-effective building systems, less impactful on life cycle analysis and on waste treatment, as well as promote the use of alternative energy and food production. In urban areas, an opening and floor extension invite us to the use of the local street as a cultural and leisure space, however there are railings and high walls on the way. Community engagement enables the future construction of the center with local resources and manpower as well as new partnerships. As main result, we have a sustainable project.
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