From Refugee Camp to Resilient City: Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan

Authors

  • Nada Maani Portland State University, School of Architecture Opsis Architecture LLP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/footprint.10.2.1502

Abstract

This project is about how architecture can transform a refugee camp into a child friendly city designed around existing social networks. The vision is to respond to the refugee crisis with long-term resilient solutions rather than reactionary ones. 

Author Biography

Nada Maani, Portland State University, School of Architecture Opsis Architecture LLP

Nada Maani is a Master of Architecture 2015 graduate from Portland State University. She was one of the first three students to complete the Graduate Certificate in Public Interest Design, the first of its kind in the nation, offered through the School of Architecture’s Center for Public Interest Design. She currently works at Opsis Architecture in Portland, Oregon. Nada’s interests lie in the intersection of architecture and politics and thus design that will empower people both socially and politically. 

References

Mercy Corps, ‘Quick Facts: What you need to know about the Syria crisis’, 13 August 2013, modified 13 October 2016, https://www.mercycorps.org/articles/iraq-jordan-lebanon-syria-turkey/quick-facts-what-you-need-know-about-syria-crisis.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Syria Regional Refugee Response: Inter-agency Sharing Portal, last modified 31 May 2015, http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php.

UNHCR, ‘Protracted Refugee Situations’, Executive Committee of High Commisioner’s Programme, Standing Committee, 30th Meeting, UN Doc.EC/54/SC/ CRP.14, 10 June 2004, p. 2.

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Published

2017-02-04

Issue

Issue # 19 | Autumn / Winter 2016 | Spaces of Conflict

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Case Study

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