Providing a home for the Roma's

My design task was the improvement of a Roma settlement in a post industrial city of Hungary, Ózd. After the change of regime the factory, being the main work source, had closed and since then the population has been decreasing. On the other hand this year the government set up a plan to invest in the city through renovating a significant part of the factory-plot turning it into a touristic centre. This development offers a new chance for Ózd, however at the same time it is threat to the poorest Roma settlement of the city; Hétes which is located nearby the factory. It is clear that the proximity of such an impoverished area is not ideal for the new centre. Therefore it is most likely in the current political atmosphere that the main approach will be to evict the inhabitants in the near future, forcing them into an even worse situation. My solution on the other hand is to invest in the area in a way that the inhabitants could still stay; through involving them in a process of improving their surroundings.

Subject

Roma
gypsy
incremental housing

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2015-11-07

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