Sabie M.Arch Thesis 2014 Selected Pages

Architecture for Long Term Refugee Relief A Design and Policy Manual [Middle East Edition] by:

SAMAR SABIE DINA SABIE

supervising comittee: Izzeldin Abeulaish Josemaria de Churtichaga Stephen Verderber David Lieberman

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Acknowledgment .................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 8 Forced Migration in the Middle East ........................................................................................ 11 Part 1: Documentation Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon ................................................ 21 Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon (PRCIL): General Overview ............................. 23 Camp Aerial Profiles .................................................................................................. 28 Military Plan .................................................................................................. 38 Madinah Plan ................................................................................................ 39 Haphazard Plan ............................................................................................. 41 Camp Profiles ............................................................................................... 42 Understanding the Built Environment of the Camp ....................................................... 55 Acute to Chronic...Tent to Chaos: The Story of Abu Mahr Family .................................. 61 Finding Embers amidst Entropy .................................................................................. 83 Assessing the Quality of the Built Environment of the Camp ......................................... 89 Part II: Current Interventions in Long-Term Camp Construction .............................................. 103 Introducing Hierarchy to the Built Environment Quality Indicators ............................... 129 Part III: Design Interventions and Policy Recommendations ................................................... 131 Displaced Populace ................................................................................................. 138 Global Relief Pledges ............................................................................................... 138 [Un/Under]developed Land ...................................................................................... 139 Development Agenda .............................................................................................. 139 Agency on the Cloud ............................................................................................... 140

1. Restructured Global Relief Pledges ....................................................................... 140 2. Designation of Future Development Regions on the National Host Level .................. 142 3. Site Specification on the Regional Host Level ........................................................ 143 4. Mixed Agrarian+ Site Program ............................................................................. 143 5. Site Program Arrangement ................................................................................... 144 6. Site Limits and Growth ......................................................................................... 144 7. Grid, Block, and Circulation .................................................................................. 144 8. Neighborhood Formation and Evolvement ............................................................. 145 9. General Fabric Attributes ...................................................................................... 147 10. Pedestrian Nodes .............................................................................................. 148 11. I, L, U, [ ] open-shaded-built core ....................................................................... 148 12. Resource-based Neighborhood Hierarchical Distribution ..................................... 150 13. Incremental Infrastructure Penetration ................................................................ 151 14. Architectonic Lineage ........................................................................................ 152 15.Polyculture Agricultural Field ............................................................................... 152 16. Granular Proliferation of Livelihood Activities ....................................................... 153 17. School .............................................................................................................. 154 18. Clinic ................................................................................................................ 154 19. Supermarket ..................................................................................................... 154 Part IV: Implementation ........................................................................................................ 155 Camp Development Timeline ................................................................................... 159 Recommended Policy Inaugurations ........................................................................ 167 Frequently Asked Questions ................................................................................................. 198 Sand Bag Housing Options and Instructions .......................................................................... 201 Core Options ....................................................................................................................... 210 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ 214 Images Bibliography ............................................................................................................ 218