Displaced designs: using experience from the Office of Displaced Designers to guide the building of future refugee camps

Temporary human settlements are almost always less than ideal, impacted by the necessity to be erected quickly and can fail to provide everything to everyone indiscriminately. How temporary human settlements are constructed varies wildly based on factors such as geolocation, availability of resources, groups involved and activities occurring that have created the need for one in the first place. Where a temporary human settlement is needed factors into every element of its makeup and usage. The temperature through the day and night has to be factored into construction and resilience to heat, cold, wind and rain. Whether there are materials...