02 | Cradle for girls

Design of Iraqi Girls' Shelter

One quarter of Iraqi children live in poverty, and one third are unable to obtain basic human rights. This is a longstanding problem in Iraq. The education and health of children cannot be guaranteed, which limits the potential of a large part of young people. Especially for girls, under the long-term influence of religion, their demands are more difficult to be supported and their basic rights are more difficult to realize. For this reason, girls' shelters are very needed and valuable.

The aim of the shelter is to restore balance in the lives of abandoned, destitute, mentally and physically traumatized children and to help create a new environment to disseminate awareness of these issues. But more than that, the shelter should also meet the health, psychological, educational and cultural needs of young girls and encourage them to express themselves. When they grow up, they can reintegrate into society and culture in an open and positive way, and have the power to make greater changes.

Cultural architecture design Personal work November,2021

Baghdad, Iraq Instructor:Yi Wang (wangyicaup@tongji.edu.cn)