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Registered Architects in Victoria (ARBV 600280)
Nominated Architect in New South Wales, James Connor (NSWARB 12246)

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Refugee Housing Prototype - Steiger Huis 
15/05/2016
 

The proposal saw the huge potential that a scaffolding system had in providing a flexible structural system for temporary and modular housing. Scaffolding is a system that is able to be assembled extremely quickly, be dis-assembled, be self-built and be incrementally added upon. From the very start of the process, it was my clear intention that the system of scaffolding could be used in a way that encouraged user-participation in all stages of the process. Refugees themselves would be able to build their own houses- with the possibility to appropriate and incrementally extend upon the dwelling as needed after the initial construction phase.

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Type: Refugee Housing
Location: Netherlands
Status: Completed
Project Team: Tahj Rosmarin- Exchange student TU Delft, University of Melbourne,  Bas Gremmen and Jos Lafeber - TU Delft,  Niek Brand - myCUBY
Engineer:  Mischa Andjelic - IMd Ingenieurs
Scaffolding Consultant:Ad van Meer - Layher Scaffolding