The Workers Madinat

The Workers Madinat: Housing for migrant workers in Oman

Scheffer, Ramona (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Amorim Mota, N.J. (mentor)
Chan, P.W.C. (graduation committee)
van de Voort, J.A. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab

2021-01-29

Isolated and separated from the Omani population, thou- sands of low-skilled migrant workers from mainly South Asia live in labour camps across the country. In-dispensa- ble for the national economic growth and the construc- tion business the workers make up an impor-tant part of the Omani population, yet they are often housed in in- appropriate conditions. An ethnographic study draws a closer look on patterns of inhabitation in labour camps in the Muscat Capital region in order to identify both con- ditions that are deemed insufficient as well as those that are worth preserving. These will ultimately be turned into a new approach for housing for migrant workers in Oman.

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Student theses

master thesis

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