homeless (adj.) ‘having no permanent abode’, 1610s, from home (n.) + -less. Old English had hamleas , As a noun meaning ‘homeless persons’, by 1857. 1680s, ‘one who flees to a refuge or shelter or place of safety; one who in times of persecution or political disorder flees to a foreign country for safety’, from French refugié , a noun use of the past participle of refugier ‘to take shelter, protect’, from Old French refuge ‘hiding place’, from Latin refugium ‘a taking refuge; place to flee back to’, from re - ‘back’ (see re-) + fugere ‘to flee’ (see fugitive (adj.)) + -ium , neuter ending in a sense of ‘place for’.
temporary = political = disposable temporary = social = memories
http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/works/2020
2020 South Kyushu Flooding / Paper Partition System. Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) and Shigeru Ban Architects provided 1300 units of Paper Partition System (PPS) as a relief to support for flooding in southern Kyushu, Japan.
Shigeru Ban Architects and Ikea: life in a box without the Allen Wrench — temporary privacy screens at the Hoita Elementary School Ukraine Refugee Assistance Project Slovakia, is a project supported by IKEA (the mega centre for disposable items).
The question is why temporary ?
Foster+Partners has designed two residential towers on Al Reem Island, UAE, currently under construction close to the north eastern coast of Abu Dhabi city. When complete in 2024 it will house 280,000 residents, as well as providing schools, medical clinics, shopping malls, restaurants, sports facilities, hotels, resorts, spas, gardens and beaches.
www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_NEWS/2022_ukraine/ VAN+ Shigeru Ban Architects provide the Paper Partition System (PPS) for shelters of the increasing number of refugees staying in neighbouring coun- tries of Ukraine. This is a simple partition system to ensure privacy for inhabitants and has been used in numerous evacuation centers in regions hit by disasters, such as the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011), Kumamoto Earthquake (2016), Hokkaido Earthquake (2018), and torrential rain in southern Kyushu (2020). above, PPS system in a college gym, Uman.
One million Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, fleeing persecution, widespread violence and human rights violations in Myanmar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Mocha
Aftermath of Cyclone Mocha, Cox’s Bazaar. May 2023.
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