Integrated difference

Integrated difference: Counteracting exclusion of migrants through intercultural spatial planning and governance in Athens

Koskeridou, E.M. (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Balz, V.E. (mentor)
Bet, E.M. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

2020-07-10

This research-and-design research addresses the influence of urban conditions on social conditions (and vice versa) and explores interdisciplinary alternatives. In the context of Athens (Greece), spatial planning and its governance support social exclusion of migrants, which is expressed through conflicts with native residents. The project experiments with alleviating these effects by establishing spatial planning as active agent of integration. The main aim of the research is to develop an appropriate strategy in areas with migrants, by re-adjusting the principles of urban space. Instead of providing one fixed solution, the project will design flexible initiatives that help the community achieve the desirable outcome. The methodology of this urban integration can be replicable, provided that it is adjusted for similar urban and social contexts.

Integration
Governance design framework
Migration
Housing
Urban Space

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Student theses

master thesis

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