Development and Emergency Practice

(DEP)

Designing within the emergency and development context requires a deep understanding of the complexity of actors and agents in addition to the physical domain. Design in DEP aims to equip students with an understanding of the potential role of design and possible approaches they might take to engaging in this complex context. Through the design process students develop the habits and behaviours of reflective practice: rejecting prescribed solutions and instead building the skills to listen, learn, adjust and adapt in the conditions of complexity and uncertainty typical of the contexts in which development practitioners work.

Abubakar Garba

School for Nomadic people

Out of the estimated population of 9.4m nomads in Nigeria, 3.3 million are children of school age. But for a number of complex reasons, the participation of the nomads in the existing education programmes is abysmally low, with a literacy rate ranging between 0.2% and 2.9%. This project aims to help by providing adequate "space" that encourages the nomadic people of nigeria (fulani) to participate in formal/informal education systems without compromising on their cultural identity.

Aliah Aziz

Retrofitting of People Housing Program (PPR) Units

Proposing to retrofit instead of demolishing exisitng PPR blocks for Ministry of Housing and Local Government's Public Housing Redevelopment Policy.

Angus Stanley

Blackbird Leys Cycle Hub

The Blackbird Leys Cycle Hub aims to provide a space for spontaneous social interactions to occur between refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, and locals from the area and through the city of Oxford. The Hub will also provide educational resources to these two groups through mechanics training and cycling lessons, as well as matieral resources thorugh donations of refurbished bicycles to those most in need.

Incremental Strategy of The Blackbird Leys Cycle Hub

The Ownership Diagram of The Blackbird Leys Cycle Hub

Ashling Wall

Plastic Revolution

This project is designed to tackle the long term issue of plastic pollution in the Brunei River. It also addresses the root issue of the lack of recycling education within the local community. The two elements of the project includes a floating recycling sorting building that harvests plastic from the river that is cleaned and seperated to then be turned into malleable pieces of plastic. The second element is a permanent fixture that faces the public and allows for the commercial manufacturing of plastic into repurposed products. Along with providing a workshop space to allow locals to become recyclers themselves.

Perspective View of The Wall Plastic Recycling Centre

Perspective View of The Water Plastic Recycling Centre

Barnaby Turner

Oxford Youth Homelessness Support Hub

Oxford Youth Homelessness Hub - This project is a one-stop-shop for support for any 16-24 year-olds experiencing homelessness in oxford. It aims to address the existing emergency accommodation vacuum, and, crucially, the defficiency and confusion surrounding the neccessary support offered to those many young people in supported housing. This is achieved via a spatial intervention in the centre of Oxford by temporarily retrofitting Osney Power Station; providing a hub of emergency accommodation, support spaces, and a community cafe run by the young people themselves. The design language promotes well-being, as well as a sense of ownership and control over the space.

Oxford Youth Homelessness Support Hub SIP Construction agency and Control Collage

Oxford Youth Homelessness Support Hub User Experience

Dina Reyimova

Retrofit Asylum Welcome Headquarters

A low energy retrofit proposal for Asylum Welcome in Cowley, Oxford to enable the volunteers, staff and guests to work more effectively and to allow for more activities to occur.

Perspective View of The New Staircase looking Towards Terrace

Fartun Jimale

Supporting people in IDP settlements suffering from mental health issues

A hub to assist those suffering with mental health issues. With connection to a local hospital, IDP settlements will be visited and a group of IDP settlers will be selected to partake in the program. While assisting and educating them about mental health participants will also be trained to provide information and assistance to others living in IDP settlements.

Olimpia Tinari Cha

Cha community and cultural centre

A hub to reduce disaster risk and increase community resilience

Community and Cultural Centre Mapping The Volcanic Flows

Section Collage of The Community and Cultural Centre Context

Internal Collage of The Community and Cultural Centre

Omar El Sherbini

Sophy Botsford

Hydroponics hub

A hub to provide sustainable careers for local Cornish people and build community

Camborne Hydroponics Hub Climate Response

Thalia Barrett

Women for Sri Lanka Centre - powered by women to empower women

The Women for Sri Lanka project focuses on the rehabilitation and empowerment of Sri Lankan women in the wake of the 2004 South East Asian Tsunami and as a response to the 25 years of internal conflict the country has experienced. The 10 year plan for the project includes a central cultural centre acting as a focal point of the site with staged development of housing units for women and their children as well as tourist accomodation to act as a permanent source of income for the inhabitants of the site. The overall goal is to provide security and opportunties for some of the most vulnerable and marginalised members of the community.