The Refugee Community Village // An Architectural Response to Humanitarian Crisis
Authors
Salcher, Katrin-Sophie ; Ziemienowicz, Patrycja Klara ; Lis, Katarzyna
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-05-23
Pages
305
Abstract
This thesis proposes the Refugee Community Village on the outskirts of Aarhus, Denmark: a mixed-use, timber-framed complex designed to respond to current and future humanitarian and migration crises. The project uses a simple structural grid—a panelized timber framework—that receives modular building units. Inspired by natural growth patterns, modules can be added, removed, or rearranged over time, allowing the place to expand, contract, and adapt as needs change. The grid supports different infill elements (such as rooms, services, and shared facilities) that can be combined in many ways, enabling housing, community spaces, and shared amenities within the same framework. When a crisis has passed, the same system can be converted to other uses, for example student accommodation or social housing. The aim is to establish a new building typology that welcomes both refugees and local residents and offers more than basic shelter by fostering an inclusive, adaptable community.
Denne afhandling foreslår Refugee Community Village i udkanten af Aarhus, Danmark: et blandet anvendelseskompleks i træ, udviklet som svar på nuværende og fremtidige humanitære og migrationskriser. Projektet bruger et enkelt strukturelt gitter – en paneliseret træskeletramme – der kan rumme modulære bygningsenheder. Inspireret af naturlige vækstmønstre kan moduler tilføjes, fjernes eller omarrangeres over tid, så stedet kan udvides, skaleres ned og ændres i takt med brugernes behov. Gitteret bærer forskellige udfyldningselementer (fx rum, servicefunktioner og fælles faciliteter), der kan kombineres på mange måder og muliggør boliger, fællesrum og delte faciliteter i samme ramme. Når en krise er ovre, kan det samme system omdannes til andre formål, for eksempel studieboliger eller almene boliger. Målet er at etablere en ny bygningstypologi, der både inkluderer flygtninge og lokale og tilbyder mere end basal nødshelter ved at skabe et inkluderende, omstillingsdygtigt fællesskab.
[This apstract has been rewritten with the help of AI based on the project's original abstract]
Keywords
Refugee ; Community ; Village ; Migration ; Connections