HARBOUR
New Migrant Journeys, Sicily
Seasonal work in Sicily Current overview of the regions of agricultural work in the country
5 sites for different products
144,000 No. of temporary workers in Sicily 105 miles
Sites and users for houses Tunisian Males moving to different areas of Sicily for work
Spring-Autumn
August
September- November
October, March, July
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“fruit picking is a dirty and difficult job especially in the summer sun”
Grapes
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Travelling workers
Almonds
Lemons
“Many look for jobs for 6 months travelling around the country looking for opportunities” there are some companies which can arrange your temporary work but its often better just to call them yourself
Family minus one person
It is law in Tunisia that a man should provide basic needs for his family. Shelter, food, clothing.
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Famiy Unit
Tourism Work
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Existing Tunis Family Home
Lone members- male and normally fathers act as a new family in some ways
“ In 2006 I worked for 51 days out of the year now it is more like 101 - 151 days out of the year”
Nation scale of Project To house all migrants in all locations. Urban port cities chosen to welcome migrants and house them, agricultural sites used for dwellings and seasonal work.
Welcome Centres and Urban Dwellings
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2601
Trapani Ferry Port
2
3428
Number of agricultural migrants residents Sites
B
D
Migrant Welcome centre
E
Palermo Ferry Port
Grape Agriculture housing
Almond Agriculture housing Lemon Agriculture housing
A
C
Agricultural Dwellings
5844
2605
A
Ragusa
Grape houses
2467
B
Agrigento
Grape houses
Sirucusa
1182
C
Lemon houses
605
D
Caltanisetta
Almond houses
Enna
E
Almond houses
site selection From city to agricultural sites
Ferry port site
sITES FOR ALMOND HOUSES
sITES FOR LEMON HOUSES
sITES FOR wine HOUSES
1500
trees to harvest
Mastri San Basilio farm 2,500 sqm
2100 sqm
2100 sqm
Spring blossoms
Summer Heat
On the north eastern slope of Mount Etna, 20 mins from Catania, SE Sicily
Avide Winery, Ragusa, SE Sicily.
800 sqm
(DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD)
6 month time sequence of a migrant worker The networks the migrant makes are dependent of relationships with friends
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Sicily’s eclectic DNA Sicily has a long history of being under an eclectic mix of rules and styles which have led to its rich and interesting culture. Along with architecture and cusisne, the mass production of foods and arab irrigation techniques are things left over from arab rule.
Historic centres in ruins as a result of WWII and uncontrolled urban growth
Important trading and business centres
Migrant population to revive and add to the legacy of history and folklore
Arab Architecture
Arab Food and Markets
Palermo’s churches are surmounted by red domes or covered in decorative art. The Castello di Zisa in Palermo (above), are in pure Fatimid style and surroundeded by Arabic gardens.
Sicilian cuisine was also strongly influenced by the Arabs, who added almonds, aniseed, apricots, artichokes, cinnamon, oranges, pistachio, pomegranates, saffron, sesame, spinach, sugarcane, watermelon and rice to the local palate.
Arab Agriculture Techniques Citrus fruits, sugar cane, cotton, dates and hemp were also cultivated in considerable quantities, nurtured by the implementation of highly effective arab irrigation technique. Migrant populations and relationship with arab world expressed in way to present the arab heritage of the future
? Muslim rule in Sicily, although there was a freedom of religion
GREEK 750BC
ROMAN 262 BC
GERMANIC AD 44
BYZANTINE AD 550
ARAB SICILY 827-1091
Eclectic mix of architecture through the ages reflecting different styles and rules, which are treasured parts of the country’s history.
THE EARLY NORMANS 1000-1130
THE KINGDOM OF SICILY 1130-1816
Germanic Holy Roman Emperor 1198-1282
FRENCH 1266-1282
Sicilian Vespers and Aragonese Sicily 12-82-1860
ITALIAN UNIFICATION 1861
THE NEW-ARAB 2013
aPPROACH
The Welcome Centre and the Start of the Journey, Palermo
user experience: approach Experiences required from ferry on entry into Sicilian life
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Palermo - programs and experience Acculturation Issues of entry on site
1:500 proposal, Palermo site
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1 3 2
Key Core House
Entry into the site being a ceremony into Sicilian Culture
1. Existing Road 2. Existsing vegetation 3. Shipping and Storage Buildings 4. Welcome centre location 5. Housing
Approach to Palermo site Cable car entrance takes migrants and luggage through a introduction to Sicilian environments
fringed doorway for dramaic entrance
luggage
lemon fragrance set offf on entry
cable car
lower level access
Piazza arabe Public Sicilian Piazza with homely comforts to encourage interaction between arriving immigrants and Sicilian locals.
Migrants must feel free to navigate the space as they wish without a strict itinerary
Cable car entry becomes a ceremonial entrance into the piazza.
Housing centre takes into account the need for shade and privacy in arab culture
Possessions are kept in view at all times, for the comfort of migrants. These possessions are the most important to them, yet transport of these, need to be made easier.
Welcome centre becomes a place of integration open to the public as well as for migrants entry using the programs useful to bt
Navigation Public Sicilian Piazza with with self navigation and enjoyable waiting spaces
CABLE CAR CEREMONIAL ENTRY 1
PIAZZA ARAB 2
HOME CENTRE 3
AGRICULTURAL CENTRE 4
AGRICULTURAL LEARNING 5
HOUSING SEE 3. URBAN DWELLING SPACE 6
Urban dwelling space
Flexible Migrant Housing using ‘Core Houses’, Palermo
House as a guide
Core house takes the migrant to the living quarters
Core house at residential quarters Core house can provide different rooms in an urban setting connecting to infrastructure while being able to be detached from it
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Fabric of arab-sicily
Medieval Sicilian Islamic Textiles Although admittedly even long after Sicily became a province of the Normans, Arabic was still spoken as the court language and much of the Islamic institutions were kept in place, it proved only a matter of time before an intolerance of Islam, much harsher than that of the previous Islamic rulers, was set in place. Islam and all its external influences, including the decorative arts, were cleansed of much of the work that could be attributed to Islam.
Sicilian Islamic themed woven brocade, 12th century
Sicilian Islamic themed woven brocade, 12th century
now
THEN
Fabric being a symbolic medium of interchange of culture between Tunisia and Sicily.
Tunisia
Sicily
revitilising islamic arts to sicily Encouraging a cross cultural interchange and providing a visual presence of new arab-sicilian style for the now.
DAILY ACTIVITIES Kilims can be purely decorative or can function as prayer rugs.
textiles are one of sicily’s major exports Sicilian fabric could be used to create work opportunities in Tunisia and also have a sense of belonging and tradition to Tunisian migrants while they are away.
Cultural exchange
TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS Weddings and other celebrations using fabric to express tunisian trraditions.
fabric
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crafts Spanish Islamic woven textile design, 14th century
Building materials and benefits to both countries
Marriage Passage Paradox of supporting Islamic traditions but also not providing limitations of the female roles within the dwelling.
Country of origin Asia
America
Average number in family is 4.7
Africa
Age
Europe
14-19 years over 40 years
Reason for immigration
Family
20-39 years
Work
more existing families than singles
working standards and family living important to address
elective residence study religion
Type of work Services
Agriculture
Agricultural work and its standards must be improved Trade
Other
Building
Demographics explaining that the users of the building are mostly over 19 and immigrate for family and work mostly coming from North Africa. This leads to issues due to traditional domesticity expected in North African families.
Attempt to show consideration of access to family quarters separating travelling houses often housing a combination of single men and family men from family dwellings which may be stationary within the site often housing women and children.
A typical Maghreb courtyard house and the separation between private and public areas of the house which women and children are exposed to.
Male and female domains Respect muslim culture by creating spaces for families and same sex living situations
Marriage passage allows married males to access family quarters, but allow privacy amongst muslim men.
Single agricultural workers share communal cooking and dining space to prepare them for agricultural life.
House Types
House types according to family size and privacy
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2
4
6
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neighbouring flats
Housing types and their family use Family traditions affecting use of dwellings through privacy in living spaces and sleeping spaces.
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Palermo, port site
FAMILY HOUSE
KIN HOUSE
2
4 people
1
private smaller bedroom to provide more social space outside the bedroom
public encouragement of social eating between all male kin friends.
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2-4 people
2
4-6 people
private bedroom space extends to eating and living space which acts as priavte family space.
public encouragement to be socially involved in activities outside the family
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private family space requires more private space which is a multipurpose room used for eating, sleeping and living.
public Inner space can be customised for guests to reserve the privacy of the bedrooms
Migrant housing in city sites Potential for the urban housing to be spread across the city of Palermo and Trapani.
Palermo Housing plus migrant welcome centre plus educational facilities
Trapani Housing plus migrant welcome centre plus educational facilities
Access for public
Permanent exhibition space, and culutral amenities provides a place for locals and migrants to integrate
Agricultural dwelling
Core houses and their implementation for the harvesting of almonds, lemons and grapes, various locations
Investigating aspects of the agricultural house Pop-up technique investigating the components needed in later developments of the houses COMMUNAL COOKING
Communal activites such as cooking integrates the waste from the almonds for fire and also helps to socially integrate migrants with each other.
PRIVACY
The mobile house plugs into the existing structure keeping the sense of belonging and memories with the migrant
ENVIRONMENT
Used for shade and ventilation. The tree acts as a courtyard piece and is central to the design
LABOUR
Almond manufacture- a permanent fixture to the landscape the remainder products used to shade and use for building materials
POP UP
Agricultural Migrant Housing Housing in locations for lemons, almonds and grapes. Living spaces for 5 people in each site including: Permanent structure with washing, eating, sleeping facilities that work with the temporary structure taken from Palermo used to shade, safe keep, hold personal items, charge phones and keep pictures of family etc.
Agricultural sites - programs and experience Issues of comfort and practicality on multiple sites
Making limoncello a capacity building business Converting into a special process using GPI lemons
Limoncello
harvest
The discipline of the production of IGP Lemons demands a biological stop from November of every year to 31st January of the following year.
Sorting and removing of the stem. In this stage, the operator also takes steps to further select the lemons depending on market characteristics. After this stage the lemons go through subsequent processes which include first washing and then peeling them by hand
Rind removed and peeled lemon goes to waste (85% of the lemon) or to make fertiliser and to light LEDS.
4m spacing
3m - 6m in height
Lemon rind is added to pure grain alcohol for 2 days. The addition of sugar water syrup mixture completes the process
X 20
1-2 months
picking
loading and weighing
quality sampling
segregated storage
debris removal
washing
grading
extractor surge
Grape nighttime harvest The numbers affecting the grape dwellings
environment
grape harvest
excellent exchange in day and night temperature
700M high altitudes
limited rain
hot and dry climate
stats
SICILY
WINE MAKING
RED + SWEET WINE WHITE WINE
1m in-row spacing and 1m row spacing
X 200
National total of Italian wine
5 days
wine process
Grape harvesting
Grape crushing
Primary fermentation
Secondary fermentation
Juice storage
Filtering
Bottling, corking and labelling
Agricultural production in Sicily
Wine production in Sicily
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Almond Processing The numbers affecting the almond dwellings
seasons according to almonds
almond harvesting
[Academic use only]
X 600/day
X 15/day
Almond harvesting techniques informing architecture Techniques of shading, processing and facilities for living explored
Shelling separates the kernel from the husk using a vigorous shaking method
The main characteristic of the technique of cultivation is the use of the famous ‘pagliarelle’: straw mats which are lent on wooden supports, usually made out of chestnut wood, and are used to cover the foliage of the trees, so as to protect them from the cold and wind, climatic elements which can be decisive in the production of the harvest. The covering with these “pagliarelle” delays the ripening of the fruit, the results of which is one of the principal characteristics of the variety.
transporting horizontal
Sorting through laser light system or a series of screens with different diameter holes
Storage Almonds have natural antioxidants that promote a long storage life if properly handled. Can be kept for 2 years
transporting vertical central core
bathroom and bedroom
central core
placed on agricultural site
living space
courtyard space
Grinding Almond griding only the best quality almonds for the almond milk. (see quality)
living expansion with cooking and living shared
shelter
Movement of core houses to sites The core house must be able to adapt to the different numbers required on different sites
Journey for each mobile house
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B Agrigento
Grape houses
Enna
Almond houses
F C Palermo, Trapani, or other city location
Marsala
Grape houses
A F
Ragusa
Grape houses
Sirucusa
D B
D
E
A
C
Caltanisetta
Almond houses
Lemon houses
Temporary living furniture analysis Issues of comfort and practicality on temporary sites
[Academic use only]
core house expansion Jack system utilises human power to set up house
wind pointer
canopy
storage
rolled up rug
bed
TEST MODEL 1:50 storage
[Academic use only]
jack system
sink room
Rolled up fabric facade that can act both as wall and floor in different situaions
First Floor Private Bedroom Space
Ground Floorwashing and eating facilities
WC
Core house is not in iself inhabitable but has all the resources to make a house. It could be inserted into a barn or used with other components to make the house. The activity in which the house is ‘made’ encourages users to customise their own space and feel a sense of belonging.
Making a home at agricultural sites Step by step- how the home is setup
future heritage living Temporary living need not be unluxurious but can represent the future of arab-sicilian heritage in architecture
migrant emblem The exterior of the temporary house is distinguished in style to elude more luxury and permanence in its presence.
Flexible components of the core house Technical issues and cultural issues required by the house
Water required weigh the building down
Each step folds out and is tightened at the top and bottom
Flooring and celing panel folds out and is tightened and fixed to verticals
Technical devices that could be employed for flexible space
Divisions between families of utmost importance Cultural repercussions
Single female workers may want to use a personal staircase to avoid similar circulation to other men
Shading important for Islamic cultures. However, the freedom of the amount of space may cause conflict between occupants.
layouts in agricutural site Overall layout for almond processing with a combination of families and singles on site
single
single adapted
single with added privacy
family
Family layout in agricutural site Atmosphere sleeping amongst the almond blossom trees
summary drawings
Explains the new migrant journey both urban and agricultural bringing back the power to the migrant and giving them a voice
The miigrant’s urban journey
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Family life in the urban dwelling is centred around preparation for agricultural life, of which, the core house is integral
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Families are clustered to create informal cul-de-sac areas for dining and children’s play
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Food Market Sells food from the home countries of the migrants to help them feel more at home while educating locals
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Cable Car Station This provides a ceremonial entrance
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Library Sells Arabic literature and provides meeting and cafe space
Home centre Migrant picks up his core house
Luggage Rail Migrants can see their luggage at all times
Welcome Centre hosts migrants arriving to Sicily and locals for its cultural delights
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The miigrant’s agricultural journey
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Aerial for phone signal crucial for contacting family at home Almond picking and processing can take up to three months requiring adequate processing and storage space
Bedrooms in the trees separated between families for privacy
When more people join the harvest the building grows
Kitchen hut encourages a communal cooking environment and social interaction
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Prayer rugs and partitions as part of the architecture may be used when in prayer
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Dining becomes large banquet between the grapevines providing dignity and beauty in the day
Bathrooms use dew collectors and water from wells for washing according to Islamic traditions
Traditional techniques for shading the lemon trees are used to ensure PGI status products
Bedrooms are hoisted above the trees where there is space and privacy
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legends for final drawing
Booklets inform the viewer of the critique of the project through different categories highlighting parts of the final drawing
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