In 2018, we partnered with IOM to create a new community space inside a transitional camp in Greece.
Maidan Tent
Covering the bare necessity of public space in transitional camps.
Covering the bare necessity of public space in transitional camps.
Maidan Tent
In 2018, we partnered with IOM to create a new community space inside a transitional camp in Greece.
The challenge
How can architecture help people who are experiencing migration trauma?
The solution
Providing a covered space where people can carry out collective activities and thus recover their identity.
The concept rests on a roofed square where refugees of any ethnicity, age and gender can perform communal activity.

A large roof, which with a diameter of 16 meters and a floorplan of 200 square meters, can accommodate about 120 people. The skeleton is made of aluminum and steel, while the cover is made of an airtight, non-combustible membrane. Its floorplan can be divided, if necessary, into eight independent sectors and thus into private and semi-private areas. A structure inviting on all sides, which through the architectural elements of roof and entrance typologically redefines the public space in the surrounding of the camp. In collaboration with various NGO‘s including the IOM, we were able to successfully build and open the Maidantent in the camp of Ritsona in 2017. In order to reach a sustainable design and thus the final product, we had to do a lot of preliminary methodological work, such as, engagement with the place and the people, their needs and customs but also their fears and hopes.The multilogue with specialists such as psychologists, journalists, sociologists, etc. who showed readiness and commitment on the spot forms the foundation of the Project

Maidantent.

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