Conservación del patrimonio construido, acción ciudadana y redefinición disciplinar. La Tabacalera de Lavapiés - La Casa Invisible de Málaga

This research looks at the paths undertaken by anonymous citizens that take part in the development of Independent Cultural Centers. Especifically, we study, from the architectural point of view, those that are installed in public empty buidings located in historical city centers from towns like Madrid or Malaga. Therefore the action is a political act that is committed to a model of participatory management in public domain but also is a way of ensuring the physical, environmental and social health of a very sensitive fragment of these towns. The aim is to analyze the phenomenon looking at two cases, with the intention to clarify the architect role in a participatory and indeterministic way of doing, that is proving to be highly effective at material and emotional levels, whatever it can show us leads about the redefinition of the profession: from conductor to mediator between expectation and reality.