Refugee Camp
Architectural and design responses to refugee displacement, temporary shelter, and adaptive settlement strategies.
Refugee camp design addresses the urgent need for dignified, functional spaces in displacement contexts. Designers explore how architecture can provide immediate shelter while supporting long-term resilience and community wellbeing for displaced populations.
The community examines transitional housing solutions, adaptive settlements for specific refugee groups, and innovative shelter typologies. Work ranges from psychological resilience toolkits and bio-responsive structures to low-cost housing prototypes and forest-integrated refuges that balance temporary necessity with environmental integration.
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View all 21 journals(UN)BOX: A 2m x 2m Module Turns Refugee Camp Scarcity into Spatial Possibility
A modular framework distributes play, learning, and community space through the congested fabric of a refugee settlement.
The Earth Pod: 3D Printed Clay Dwellings That Treat Refugee Shelter as Long-Term Habitat
Florian Mouafo Zambou's Strata 2020 entry prints clay pods inspired by earthen cooling vessels, shaded by solar canopies built for years, not weeks.
DRAA Stacks Volcanic Stone into a Fire-Resistant Refuge that Disappears in the Chilean Forest
A 45-square-meter shelter near Pucón draws on pre-Hispanic Andean rock shelters to resist wildfire and merge with the Valdivian rainforest.
Pedro Moncayo Torres Revives the Primitive Hut on an Ecuadorian Farm for Under $100K
A 175-square-meter stone and timber refuge in Tarqui, Ecuador, channels vernacular building traditions to dissolve into its misty pastoral landscape.