Refugee camps are, by definition, meant to be temporary. Yet in Palestine refugee camps have existed for well over half a century, and architecture plays an exceptionally symbolic role. Every stone set is a representation of permanence and undermines the refugee's political existence as such. Within these constraints, DAAR members were asked to design a girl's school in the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. The architectural result is a statement about life in exile and a vision beyond the tired dialectic of temporariness and permanence.
2015 marks Volume's 10th birthday. We're currently republishing our readers' favorite articles. This week features a personal favorite of Malkit Shoshan, architect and founder of the think tank FAST.