T. Verbeek
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The Permanent Temporary
A Manifest: Rethinking Construction Worker Housing
This thesis reimagines the temporary nature of construction worker housing in Morocco by exploring how temporary worker settlements linked to mega-event preparations can be perceived as a permanent base for sociocultural housing. Building on the argument of former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Rolnik (2009) that mega-events often intensify housing inequality and displacement, this research explores how temporary event infrastructure can contribute to a more positive and inclusive post-event legacy in Morocco.
This research examines living conditions within construction worker settlements and challenges their temporary nature. It proposes an alternative vision, in which these settlements become the foundation for long-term urban development. Through adaptable construction techniques and phased growth strategies, the project explores how permanent temporary housing can evolve beyond the event itself. By embedding sociocultural practices within the design, the project enables contextualized growth.
The methodology includes reviewing both primary and secondary sources, alongside fieldwork observations, ethnographic drawings and a comparative case-study analysis.
By rethinking construction worker settlements as permanent housing, this thesis aims to contribute to broader discussions on the legacy of mega-events. While the design is grounded in the Moroccan context, it proposes a framework that may inform similar mega-event challenges in other regions across the Global South.
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This research examines living conditions within construction worker settlements and challenges their temporary nature. It proposes an alternative vision, in which these settlements become the foundation for long-term urban development. Through adaptable construction techniques and phased growth strategies, the project explores how permanent temporary housing can evolve beyond the event itself. By embedding sociocultural practices within the design, the project enables contextualized growth.
The methodology includes reviewing both primary and secondary sources, alongside fieldwork observations, ethnographic drawings and a comparative case-study analysis.
By rethinking construction worker settlements as permanent housing, this thesis aims to contribute to broader discussions on the legacy of mega-events. While the design is grounded in the Moroccan context, it proposes a framework that may inform similar mega-event challenges in other regions across the Global South.
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This thesis reimagines the temporary nature of construction worker housing in Morocco by exploring how temporary worker settlements linked to mega-event preparations can be perceived as a permanent base for sociocultural housing. Building on the argument of former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Rolnik (2009) that mega-events often intensify housing inequality and displacement, this research explores how temporary event infrastructure can contribute to a more positive and inclusive post-event legacy in Morocco.
This research examines living conditions within construction worker settlements and challenges their temporary nature. It proposes an alternative vision, in which these settlements become the foundation for long-term urban development. Through adaptable construction techniques and phased growth strategies, the project explores how permanent temporary housing can evolve beyond the event itself. By embedding sociocultural practices within the design, the project enables contextualized growth.
The methodology includes reviewing both primary and secondary sources, alongside fieldwork observations, ethnographic drawings and a comparative case-study analysis.
By rethinking construction worker settlements as permanent housing, this thesis aims to contribute to broader discussions on the legacy of mega-events. While the design is grounded in the Moroccan context, it proposes a framework that may inform similar mega-event challenges in other regions across the Global South.
This research examines living conditions within construction worker settlements and challenges their temporary nature. It proposes an alternative vision, in which these settlements become the foundation for long-term urban development. Through adaptable construction techniques and phased growth strategies, the project explores how permanent temporary housing can evolve beyond the event itself. By embedding sociocultural practices within the design, the project enables contextualized growth.
The methodology includes reviewing both primary and secondary sources, alongside fieldwork observations, ethnographic drawings and a comparative case-study analysis.
By rethinking construction worker settlements as permanent housing, this thesis aims to contribute to broader discussions on the legacy of mega-events. While the design is grounded in the Moroccan context, it proposes a framework that may inform similar mega-event challenges in other regions across the Global South.
Civil Affairs
A research and design project in Chongqing
China and Chinese society have developed incredibly rapidly over the past 50 years, and in that time, cities have grown very, very, very quickly. This rapid urbanisation involves a transformation of rural land into urban land. The transition from rural to urban is not a homogeneous process. Plots right next to each other can develop in very different ways. This creates a patchwork urbanism, with contemporary border conditions that have surprising characteristics. Further fuelled by the mountainous terrain, the patchwork urbanism creates some issues as well, this has to do primarily with the presence of pleasant urban space, and connections between different patches of land. This project investigates the possibility to design something that improves connections, and that adds a new kind of space non existent in the present landscape. The student wishes to be additive, so without taking away from the existing landscape.
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China and Chinese society have developed incredibly rapidly over the past 50 years, and in that time, cities have grown very, very, very quickly. This rapid urbanisation involves a transformation of rural land into urban land. The transition from rural to urban is not a homogeneous process. Plots right next to each other can develop in very different ways. This creates a patchwork urbanism, with contemporary border conditions that have surprising characteristics. Further fuelled by the mountainous terrain, the patchwork urbanism creates some issues as well, this has to do primarily with the presence of pleasant urban space, and connections between different patches of land. This project investigates the possibility to design something that improves connections, and that adds a new kind of space non existent in the present landscape. The student wishes to be additive, so without taking away from the existing landscape.