The Workers Madinat
Housing for migrant workers in Oman
R. Scheffer (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Nelson Amorim Mota – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
P.W.C. Chan – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Design & Construction Management)
J.A. van de Voort – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Architectural Engineering)
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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.