Space for integration

Space for integration: Designing Coexistence

Rašidkadić, Amela (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

van de Pas, Roel (mentor)
Harteveld, Maurice (mentor)
van de Voort, Jan (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

2018-07-05

The Netherlands, like most Western European countries, has dealt with over 94.000 refugee asylum applications since 2014. Although the number of asylum applications have lowered, almost 90% of these asylum seekers have gotten a legal status which allows them to get their own home and become part of the Dutch society. This situation provokes the question of what to do next? These people have to start from scratch and build up their network by learning the local language, finding a job and interact with local inhabitants. But what is seen in practice is that these people, who come with different languages, habits and uses of space, are facing a slow integration process and even cultural conflicts with their new society. It happens because the impulses they get from their new environment are often too much to handle. It challenges the research on how to adapt the space to the uses and experience from the home country and at the same time stimulate the integration process.
This thesis contains two parts, the first part being a thesis research named: Space for Integration; Different Cultural perceptions in architectural space.
By researching different cultural uses and spatial experiences at different levels of scale: of the dwelling, of the community and the one of public life, it provides understanding of the effects of cultural diversification on architecture. This approach as well creates designs which contribute to the socio-spatial integration of these three levels together with diverse cultural groups in the city. This is done in the second part of this thesis project called: Space for Integration: Designing Coexistence.

Integration
Refugee integration
Spatial design
Architectural Design

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Student theses

master thesis

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