L I F E B E T W E E N S H E LT E R S

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

Refugee camps of today becoming cities of tomorrow
Bidibidi Refugee Settlement Zaatari Refugee Camp Shatila Refugee Camp Kutupalong Refugee Camp
Yumbe, Uganda, Africa Mafraq, Jordan, Middle East Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh, S Asi a
COLLABORATORS COLLABORATORS COLLABORATORS COLLABORATORS
UNHCR, Xchange, UNHCR, NGO Acting for Change Jordan, UNRWA UNHCR, OCHA
Mercy Cops Uganda Mercy Cops Jordan, EAHR

Establishment date Establishment date Establishment date Establishment dat e

August 2016 March 2011 1948 1991

Estimated population Estimated population Estimated population Estimated population

270.000 80.000 20.000 600.000

06.07.20 27.07.20 17.08.20 07.09.20 21.09.20

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TOPIC Calendar -

What role does architecture play in the process of today’s refugee

How can design assist w What educational What design interventions How can the future of Bamboo
camps becoming sustainable cities of tomorrow?
communities throughout infrastructure can support can bring the altered dense Kutupalong be planned in prototype
Refugee- for a quick to
the camp’s transition into a led group the future of Zaatari’s settlement of Shatila to the face of unfavourable
Refugee camps are becoming permanent at a rapid pace and can disassemble
livable city ? responsable refugee children? safer conditions? policies and environmental
no longer be considered temporary settlements. Therefore, design shelter
for conditions ?
solutions fostering the social life of the newly formed communities is community
Bidibidi is the first rapidly Jordan’s first refugee camp, Shatila is the densest refugee
critical. work
growing refugee camp Zaatari, hosts the greatest camp worldwide. Kutupalong is the world’s
worldwide accommodating population of Syrian refugees. Unsafe living conditions largest camp sheltering
We are now living through the largest wave of human displacement on the streets of Shatila
South Sudanese refugees Home to over 20,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing Aid organisations
worldwide. According to UNHCR 70.8 million people are forcibly - overload of electricity making efforts
escaping the civil war. 48 % of the camp’s inhabitants Palestinian refugees persecution in neighbouring
displaced globally including 25.9 million refugees of whom over half In Bidibidi network to provide more
are children whom have been and more than 1 million Myanmar.
are children. Spontaneous generations, children banned from a future, refugees are permanent and
The camp is currently encouraged out of school for years. Syrians, the camp is acutely
camps prescribed into stateless cities - all due to being dictated as stable structures
undergoing an ‘urban to farm overcrowded. Besides the landslides,
‘temporary‘, ‘provisional’ or ‘in-between’. However, life still happens
experiment’ aiming to and open In the context of only 16 deforestation and intense
in-between - walls, shelters and borders.
transform it into a permanent businesses existing schools, most of the In the absence of building monsoon seasons, the
settlement. young population reaching 100 Classrooms by EAHR regulations, the uncontrolled camp’s future of becoming
the camp continue to lack (Emergent Architecture and vertical expansion of a permanent settlement
However, a sustainable city education. Human Rights) Shatila is bringing the is further threatened by
is more than permanent camp’s infrastructure into the banning of permanent
buildings - it is about a strong a catastrophic state of construction.
sense of community. repair and dangerous living Living
Busy, active conditions
conditions.
and social of Kutupalong
roads of the
Zaatari
The social life of the
camp is vibrating - Density of
Monsoon
refugees organise buildings in Shatila
season in
music events Main ‘Highstreet’ of reach 7 storeys with
no reinforcements to Kutupalong
Bidibidi Settlement
existing foundations
OBJECTIVE & METHODOLOGY
80 children
are born
every week
in the camp
The proposed research will contribute to the future of architecture
assisting people worldwide during hardship. In times of arising crisis
such as the current global pandemic, we can gain knowledge from Aerial views of
communities in emergency and ways in which aid architecture can Zaatari
Refugee Camp Density
respond to crisis within cities. Ed u c at i o n a l Responsive
Infrastructure (above & right) Design
The investigation will explore the spaces located in between the shelters Aerial view of the
of a refugee camp focusing on: the transition process of a camp into a Kutupalong
Maps of Bidibidi -
sustainable city, the educational plan which can support the future of May 2016 (above) Child Reinforcing
Aerial view of
Refugee Camp
refugee children and the social infrastructure which builds community Shatila within
and December 2016 dedicated Existing
resilience. spaces Architecture Beirut City
(right)

The journey will be documented online through an open collaborative
platform dedicated to humanitarian design and response.

Mediums Top refugee hosting countries

Lebanon - 1 in 6 people Climate Resilient

PHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEO-RECORDING - INTERVIEWS - Design
Jordan - 1 in 14 people
MAPPING - SKETCHING
Turkey - 3.5 million
Temporary & Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Palestinian Refugee Crisis Pakistan- 1.4 million
Adaptable Design
• military crackdown mass exodus
Uganda
U ga - 1.4 million 900.000
3 million 2020
Bangladesh hosts more
refugees repatriated military crackdown Rohingya than Myanmar
to Myanmar
600.000
City Transition
2 million 500.000
400.000
1 million violence continues
300.000 in Rakhine

500.000 200.000
0 1948 100.000
Lebanon Syria West Bank Gaza Jordan
0
*Palestinian refugees displaced worldwide due 1991 1992 2012 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
PERSONAL MOTIVATION to the Arab-Israeli conflict Social
Infrastructure *Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh

Since a young age I have been exposed to the process and Refugee camps/settlements Top refugee countries of origin
consequences of displacement as both my parents experienced the
Syrian Refugee Crisis City Transition Kutupalong Refugee Camp Syria - 5.6 million South Sudanese Refugee Crisis
status of a refugee by seeking asylum throughout European countries
during the Communist period in Romania. 3 million
6 million Bidibidi Refugee Settlement Palestine - 5 million

With half of my family still dispersed across the world, I am firmly 5 million 2 million
Zaatari Refugee Camp South Sudan - 2.3 million
determined to investigate and contribute to the issue of displacement 4 million 1 million
as an architect. 3 million Shatila Refugee Camp Myanmar – 1.1 million 500.000
2 million 400.000
*refugees per camp *refugees worldwide
1 million 300.000
0 0

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

*South Sudanese refugees displaced worldwide

*Syrian refugees displaced worldwide due to the Syrian Civil War due to the South Sudanese Civil War