This paper, published in the architecture journal of the University of Lisbon, aims to identify how various discourses about the city intersect. It hypothesizes that, on one side, the real estate market and tourism advocate for optimal space utilization, while on the other, residents contend with different migratory groups vying for urban space. At the center, the state acts as a mediator, actively attempting to reconcile the claims of citizens and consumers.
Understanding the space that is both a local and global urban complex, inhabited by various layers where the internal and external, the old and the new, the state and the market converge, helps us to foster dialogue. This dialogue will inevitably involve debate and conflict about the city of consumption and the consumption of the city.