The world and the people living in it are on the move. According to the UNHCR, for the first time since the Second World War, more than 50 million people are fleeing abroad or living as displaced persons in their own country. Asylum and job seekers, hungry and displaced people are leaving their homes and are forced to make temporary accommodation in emergency shelters. We not only have a humanitarian refugee problem, but also an acute housing problem, which is now increasingly becoming the subject of public debate.
We have known temporary forms of construction for a long time, for example as everyday dwellings for nomadic peoples, as expedition accommodation, as emergency accommodation after natural disasters, as an extension of space when there is a lack of space or as temporary places for special, even religious events (e.g. Kumbh Mela, India). How does temporary architecture differ from permanent architecture? What does it have to do with mobility and flexibility? How do we want, should and must we organize ourselves spatially in order to integrate people in need of space in Europe, Switzerland and the Basel region? Are there alternatives to temporary forms of construction?
The aim of 'Flüchtiges Zuhause - Temporäre Räume' is to show how we can improve the spatial situation in the world.
Exhibition
Exhibition of Harvard University, South Asia Institute, Cambridge 'Kumbh Mela. The Ephemeral Megacity'. A research project by Harvard University on the world's largest temporary city for 80 million visitors. IKEA Refugee Shelter with portraits of refugees and impressions from camps.
Sponsors
the event series is kindly supported by 'CMS Christoph Merian Stiftung', 'Swisslos Basel-Landschaft', 'Swisslos Fonds Basel-Stadt', 'The South Asia Institute of Harvard University'.
