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Thursday, 02 April 2015 01:00

Occupy architecture

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Protest camps are constructed rapidly, using everyday materials as objects of disobedient design. But the hasty architectural decisions made by protesters can come to symbolise their movement and deepen its impact

Published in Features
Friday, 30 January 2015 11:37

Icon 141: Camps

|Syrian refugee camps: Life in Zaatari, the camp in Jordan where thousands of Syrian refugees have made their home since 2012|Designing protest: How demonstrators in Washington, Istanbul and Hong Kong organised their camps for effective resistance|Gulf labour: The architect’s role in providing for the welfare of construction workers remains a touchy subject|Marwan Tahtah: Hoardings advertising luxury are recast as shelters in the Syrian refugee camps of north Lebanon||

Our March issue, available from 1 February, asks what architects could do to alleviate the suffering of refugees in Syria and migrant workers in the Gulf states, as well as examining the role of design in the building of protest camps

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