Architecture for the Displaced

Architecture for the Displaced: One building representing the resettlement procedure in the arrival city of Berlin

Kloosterman, Nienke (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

van Zalingen, J.M. (mentor)
Eckardt, H.F. (graduation committee)
Söylev, Y. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects

Bodies and Building Berlin

2024-01-19

While migration is a megatrend and Germany is known as the top host country, the process of getting refuge in Germany is still a long, demanding, and overcomplicated process. By approaching the permanent but fluctuating influx of displaced people as a temporary problem, migration doesn’t have a recognizable face in Berlin’s cityscape, but is rather scattered and tucked away in several empty buildings throughout the city. Therefore, the multiple institutions in the process are collaborating inefficiently and the displaced have to move through the city to buildings that don’t answer their specific needs.

The project Architecture for the Displaced: One building representing the resettlement procedure in the arrival city of Berlin is about proposing a better building solution for both the institutions and the displaced. The project is a building bringing the resettlement procedure together, from arriving to going to court. The building is a pioneer in a more humanitarian approach towards getting refuge in Germany, by responding to the user's needs. The research question is: “How can a building treat displaced people in a societal inclusive way while maintaining institutional efficiency?”

Migration
Displaced People
Courthouse Architecture
Inclusive design
Berlin

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Student theses

master thesis

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