The Exchanging Room

Carlotta Conte Oliver Hester Oleg Sevelkov THE EXCHANGING ROOM

EXCHANGING ROOM PROJECT INTRODUCTION

1

Current Total Cost

£100m

Total spending on Refugees and Asylum seekers in the UK, 2015

£

How to define ‘Asylum Seeker’ and ‘Refugee’?

Asylum seekers are people who have fled their homeland and have a legal right to stay in the UK, while the Home Office processes their asylum application. If their claim is accepted by the government, they are given refugee status.

(Home Office)

Benefits

(Private Company)

Housing

Secondary aid

7,000

10,200

?

300 People

1m

1.5m

?

11,600

40m

60m

?

2 People

2015 T o t a l Requests 25,700

Tot.Accepted

CLAIM ASYLUM

assessed

(NGO)

granted

decision (most times up to 1 year)

successful

refused appeal

unsuccessfull

LEAVE ACCOMODATION (28 days) DEPORTED

Proposed Cost

£2.2m

41% Approved 11,600

Total spending for 300 people in 1 EXCHANGING ROOM

Rejected 14,100

£ Benefits

Housing

Secondary aid

8,000

?

1m

1.2m

?

40m

46.4m

?

(Cooperative)

2 People (1 shelter) 300 People (150 shelters) 11,600

Tot.accepted

7,000

(Cooperative) (Material, transport & labor)

£ 300,000

for 150 shelters

SAVING

(Cooperative)

Base for better secondary aid in reception centres

1.6M €

EU:refugee integration grant

10,000 €

WDCD: refugee challenge

2 0 1 6 GRANTS

EXCHANGING ROOM PROJECT STRATEGY

2

STOP

UK

WHY IS THE UK NOT DOING ENOUGH TO ALLEVIATE THE REFUGEE CRISIS

ISSUES

S PAC E

A I D

WO R K

INTEGRATION

Lack of cohesive system for NGOs and Government entities to collaborate

Lack of space in urban areas.

Sensitive subject if compared to the uk housing crisis.

?

Lack of direct contact between host and the guest community

Lack of incentive for future independence

EXCHANGING ROOM

PROPOSAL

[What?]

[Where?]

[How?]

1 R E C E P T I O N C E N T R E 2 RELOCATION UNITS

G U A R D I N G VACANT BUILDINGS

S E T T I N G U P N O N - P RO F I T C O - O P E R AT I V E U K

Possible vacant typologies:

A) Reception centre inside vacant warehouse

E U

fundings donations

grants 1

2

3

Governmental

Educational

Religious

[Who?]

6

7

Commercial

Residential

Industrial

Lucrative (workshop)

grants

Non Lucrative (aid)

VOLUNTEER Hannah

O B T A I N Freer and more open minded environment

COUNCIL WORKER Tom

R E C E I V E Greater human and financial resources.

UK CITIZEN Natalie

EXPERIENCE Leisure, Culture, Information.

B) Unit within a vacant nursery

A)

B)

C) Unit above vacant offices

C)

R E C E I V E Aid, Living Space, Integration, Work.

U N

4 Heritage

5

REFUGEE Dariush

[Why?]

U S I N G L O W- I M PA C T S T RU C T U R E S

Tower Hamlets

LANDLORD John

M A I N TA I N Building care and financial savings.

EXCHANGING ROOM PROJECT STAGES

3

ÂŁ 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

SET UP A COOPERATIVE volunteers and council workers

PALLET RACK SYSTEM IN PLACE: within newly occupied vacant building

SECONDARY AID: legal advice, psychological aid and learning

OCCUPY VACANT BUILDING with authorisation agreement between landlord and cooperative

QUICKLY MOUNT PARTITIONS: sheet flooring & roll walls

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: refugees can volunteer within the

SECURE FUNDING From EU and UK gov.

RECEPTION CENTRE READY ! pallet racking system is standard and can accomodate different spaces. They can be designed according to the qualities of the vacant building available.

LONG TERM INTEGRATION: refugees can choose to join the cooperative

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECEIVE DONATIONS

REFUGEES ARRIVE & GET PRIMARY AID: shelter, food & clothing

SELF-SUFFICIENCY: refugees can move out of the hub to an other vacant building

EXCHANGING ROOM PROJECT PLAN

5

Communal decision making in the Hub...

Entering the Hub...

UK/EU

Non UK/EU

Non UK/EU

UK/EU

5.

1.

CONFLICT

8.

1.

7.

4.

2.

3.

3.

4.

9.

2.

5.

5.

From learning wall to relocated unit in London’s building in limbo

5.

6.

6.

UK REFUGEES TIMELINE C L A I N A S Y L U M

CLAIM ASSESSED

CLAIM DECISION

CLAIM GRANTED

SUCCESSFUL

CLAIM REFUSED

APPEAL

most times up to 1 year

Volunteers confrontation with the refugees, facing the difficulties of wanting to help others.

Relationship between the refugees and the doctors/professionals who are sharing their knowladge and listening to their personal issues.

Indirect call/ discussion between the visitors and the refugees.

Face to face confrontation between the visitors and the refugees.

28 days

DEPORTED

UNSUCCESSFULL

7.

2,898

SECTION 4 SUPPORT

Volunteer warehouse Auberge du Migrant

5,903

4,965

HOME OFFICE PRIMARY AID

Detention centres

Refugees serving food to the doctors/professionals who have been listening to their private issues in a different context, the consultation pods

LEAVING LOCAL AUTHORITY ACCOMODATUION

UNABLE TO LEAVE THE UK

10.

Refugees with different background

Reception centres

Emergency accomodation

Disperse accomodation

Own property

5,433

Group meeting among all the actors, internal and external members. (decision making, general information...)

1,791

2,535

JUNGLE BOOK

?

6.

?

?

?

The Exchanging Room

5.

The unit

on a commercial building in limbo

The unit

Inside a nursery in limbo

NGO LEGAL

NGO PSYCOLOGICAL

NGO HOUSING

Help refugees

Helen Bamber Foundation & Freedom from turture

Citizens UK

8.

UK asulum seekers per region, January 2014

7.

9.

A workspace where diffrent culture and ethnic background will co-work. Learning local attitude and work ethic and approach.

While helping (non specialized work) volunteers will be able to share and discuss/argue/share info and thoughts.