The Workers Madinat

Housing for migrant workers in Oman

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

R. Scheffer Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

N.J. Amorim Mota Public Building and Housing Design (mentor)
P.W.C. Chan (graduation committee member)
J.A. van de Voort Architectural Engineering - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2021 Ramona Scheffer
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Published Date

29-01-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

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.