{"id":1237,"date":"2015-09-30T08:23:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T08:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2015\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2015-12-15T01:35:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T01:35:37","slug":"the-temporary-future-for-refugee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2015\/2015\/09\/30\/the-temporary-future-for-refugee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temporary Future for Refugee"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n PERMANENCE = TEMPORARY ?<\/p>\n This thesis aims to redefine the original definition of temporary architecture and permanent architecture. With the constantly changing of national structures and problem of global warming, resulting in wars, natural disasters, bombing and so on, permanent architecture massive as in city scale can become temporary, Earthquake and tsunami in Japan 2011 and bombing in Shanghai 2015 for instance. These factual issues blur the original definition of temporary and permanent architecture. Regarding to this assumption, taking the Syrian Civil Crisis 2015 as an objective, I would like to investigate method such as plug-in architecture or modular system, the idea of metabolism in order to provide basic utility and \u201ctemporary\u201d living complex for the asylum seekers in Germany. Ideally, it should contain the potential of temporary structure that can be easily constructed and deconstructed, and at the same time, contain the potential to expand or transform into a permanent architecture by choosing suitable structural system and use of material.<\/p>\n The discourse of refugee space or shelter was poor and squalid in the early age. Basic need or utility for the refugees were not the first priority but mobility. The idea of temporary future was then raised and discussed. The form of community is based on collective basic utility of each human being which generates social space, social spatiality. On top of that, the frequent change in discourse of nature and structure further reinforced the idea of temporary future. In recent decade, one of the academics approach would be materiality. One of the innovative materials is the paper tube as building material, which is invented by Shigeru Ban. The use of material advocates the concept of sustainable architecture, reusable, recyclable, inexpensive and mobile. With the constantly changing of nature and national or social structure, the idea of temporary can become permanent due to the importance to the society; at the same time, in reverse, even massive as a city scale, permanent can also become temporary. This thesis will investigate method such as plug-in architecture or modular system, the idea of metabolism in order to provide basic utilities to accommodate the asylum seekers in Germany.<\/p>\n