AFLOAT Addressing Copenhagen’s Refugee Crisis through Temporary Housing
Acute Refugee Housing Nørrebro / Copenhagen / DK DIS AD PROGRAM - STUDIO January - March 2016 Professor Marie-Louise Holst
As much of Western Europe tackles the influx of asylum seekers from the Middle East and other volatile regions, a wave of xenophobia and nationalism has re-emerged. An array of responses from Merkel’s unpopular resettling policies, to informal settlements have reshaped the direction of the European project rapidly. Concurrently, the city is tackling a shortage of housing for students which has led to concepts of new student housing some of which were presented at the 2016 Venice Biennale alongside issues of refugee resettlement and migration. The intervention proposes a permanent housing structure for asylum seekers and students with temporary implications, and a dynamic presence. The setting is an urban infill site in Norrebro, the most diverse and young neighborhood in Copenhagen, that is currently tackling conflicts between ethnic and immigrant Danish identities. The intervention proposes housing as a space in permanent, uninterrupted flux owned and utilized by the existing community as well as the asylum seekers rather than a new stable home to integrate foreigners into Danish society. And thus the intervention exists as measure of larger housing patterns in the region. An attention is placed on the qualities of experience of home and community and relationship to an urban environment that underline the contemporary human condition. The dynamic yet subtle facade creates a dynamic presence in the area which covers an inner more transparent membrane which gives a sense of cohesion between the residential portion and public space below.
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