00 | Campus In Camps

00 | Campus In Camps

01 | prologue The program architecture in Exile — Alessandro Petti 02 | the initiatives The Garden, The Square, The Bridge, The Pool, The Suburb, The Pathways, The Stadium, The Municipality, The Unbuilt. 03 | the collective dictionary Citizenship, Common1, Common2, Knowledge, Ownership, participation, Relation, Responsibility, sustainability, Vision, Well-Being. 04 | the visitors Munir Fasheh, […]

The Concrete Tent

The Concrete Tent

            Photos by Campus in Camps/Sara Anna The Concrete Tent is a gathering space for communal learning. It hosts cultural activities, a working area and an open space for social meetings. The urgency and idea of such a space has emerged in discussion with the participants of Campus in Camps who saw a possibility […]

01 | THE GARDEN

01 | THE GARDEN

The Garden: Making Place Contributors:  Aysar Al Saify, Qussay Abu Aker, Naba’ Al Ass, Murad Odah. “The Al-Feniq Cultural Center in Dheisheh refugee camp emerged from the desire to create a common place for the camp community. Its name, Phoenix in Arabic, clearly evokes the epic story of destruction and re-birth. The centre inaugurated an […]

02 | THE SQUARE

02 | THE SQUARE

The Square: Learning in the Common Place Contributors: Nida’ Alhmouz, Ayat Alturshan “This first meeting in the Women’s Center was a surprise for everyone; it was above and beyond our expectations. Our initial fears concerned how using the square would be perceived by those attending the event. We expected most people to reject the idea […]

03 | THE BRIDGE

03 | THE BRIDGE

The Bridge: Challenging Perception Contributors:  Aysar Al Saify, Isshaq Al Barbary “Entirely financed and built by the Dheisheh camp community, a pedestrian bridge was erected connecting the camp to Doha City in order to provide a safe crossing point. However, it soon became apparent that it was was not being used for its intended purpose and […]

04 | THE POOL

04 | THE POOL

The Pool: Re-activating Connections Contributors: Saleh Khannah, Ala’a Al-Homouz “Since Arroub refugee camp is over-crowded, with almost no public space, providing an inviting common location for social gathering will allow the inhabitants to spend more time outdoors. The Popular Committee is interested in developing organic agriculture and aquaponics in order to provide the inhabitants with healthier […]

05 | THE SUBURB

05 | THE SUBURB

The Suburb: Transgressing boundaries Contributors: Ahmad Laham, Qussay Abu Aker “In 2012, the people of the suburb created a local committee to manage life there. This committee, as the body representing the residents of the suburb, has officially requested to be directly connected with the Popular Committee of Dheisheh. What makes someone living in a nice […]

06 | THE PATHWAYS

06 | THE PATHWAYS

The Pathways: Reframing Narration Contributors: Aysar Alsaify, Murad Odah “One morning, I went to the kitchen to make some coffee and, while I was letting the coffee boil, I looked up out the window to find that my neighbor had turned his kitchen into a bathroom. Having forgotten to close the window, there he sat, on […]

07 | THE STADIUM

07 | THE STADIUM

The Stadium: Sustaining Relations Contributor: Bisan Al-Ja’fari The stadium emerges from a hill located about 10 minutes on foot from Al-Arroub refugee camp. The idea to build the stadium originated from the will of the Popular Committee (the camp’s governing body) to construct something for their community in response to the lack of activities and public […]

08 | THE MUNICIPALITY

08 | THE MUNICIPALITY

The Municipality: Experiments in urbanity Contributor: Naba’ Al-Assi Refugees living in Doha view the camp as their ‘real’ place, thus, as closer to their homelands and more connected to their right of return than the city itself. Those who moved to Doha from different camps live the city as a transitional space; they do not […]

09 | THE UNBUILT

09 | THE UNBUILT

The Unbuilt: Regenerating spaces Contributors: Ahmad Laham, Aysar Alaify, Isshaq Albarbary, Qussay Abu Aker “In the middle of the 1950s, UNRWA built new shelters for the people of the camp. Each family received a 9 square meters shelter, and every 15 families shared one bathroom. Today, an area with three untouched UNRWA shelters still exists in the middle […]

10 | THE SHARED

10 | THE SHARED

The Shared: Voicing the Private Contributors: Loay Abu Aker, Wad Alfararjah, Ayed Arafah, Hamza Daghash, Moayed Al Qaisy. Activated by: Ayed Arafah and Valentina Bonizzi Pictures by: Moayed Al Qaisy Families’ residents in Palestinian Refugee Camps are the direct testimonies of the transformative process of the everyday in the camps. The private familial space conserves […]