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In Transit: Architectural Solutions in Emergencies

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In Transit - Architectural Solutions in Emergencies. The works shown in this publication are the result of student works from the first studio, In Transit 1 – safe spaces in crisis contexts, produced during the academic semester that ended in June 2016.

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The In Transit works in this publication are showcasing the potential for multi- and after use by transforming buildings accommodating people in flux; proposing medium- and long-term urban planning strategies for creating livable and sustainable environments for new arrivals and their host communities, and presenting everyday objects for use in extraordinary situations. The content in this publication includes:

  • Foreword by Benedicte Giæver & Marianne Skjulhaug
  • Normality in a State of Emergency (Håvard Breivik-Khan & Tone Selmer-Olsen)
  • Reception Facilites: What is a Temporary Displacement Site?
  • Transit Park (Anna Rosa Strassegger)
  • The New Hotspot Typology (Christos Pampafikos)
  • Post Transit (Åsmund Amandus Steinsholm)
  • Home in Transit (Eva Storrusten)
  • What is a Collective Center?
  • Day and Night (Clara Trivino-Masso)
  • The Power of Transformation
  • Integrative Roof (Montserrat Solervicens)
  • Kalymnos Composite (Ida Mohn Werner)
  • Common Spaces and Social Infrastructures
  • The need for Social Infrastructures
  • Building Common (Tea Skog, Christos Pampafikos, Clara Trivino-Masso, David Kelly, Paul-Antoine Lucas)
  • Growing Together (Nadine Schmauser)
  • Social Spacemaking (Rebecca Dunne)
  • Surface Studies (Ina Westerlund)
  • Liminal Spaces (Tea Skog & Ralf Sieber)
  • Story Tellers without borders (Niloufar Gharavi)
  • Urban Strategies
  • Starting Point (Clara Trivino-Masso)
  • (Un)Finished Athens (David Kelly)
  • Common Ground (Paul-Antoine Lucas)

Cover design: Rune Mortensen