A GIFT FOR REFUGEE GIRLS

We are Elisabetta, Giulia and Diana, three architecture students of Iuav University of Venice. We have a big dream: we want to donate an unused pavilion owned by University, called Glass House.

(More informations in the IG profile Humanitarian Architectures)

We would like to bring it in Greece on the headquarters of a NGO which we are collaborating with.

We would love that the structure would be a safe space for the girls of Diavata refugee camp where they can study, play and enjoy their time.

This idea was born in collaboration with Quick Response Team (QRT), a greek NGO, and it offered its concrete help in some refugee camps including the one of Thessaloniki. It is composed by volunteers including medical figures and it has a headquarters called Casa Base in which educational and recreational activities are organized for refugee girls.

Our project plans to reuse a part of the pavilion. It has to be adjusted based on the outdoor space given by the QRT and based on the activities that they manage to.

For these reasons, the structure will be closed by doors so that it can be used during all seasons and it will complete a space where now there is a L shaped garden.

The chosen name for the project is Spazio Venezia because we want to remind a rule of NGO: every space of the headquarters has an italian name like Casa Base.

Spazio because the pavilion doesn’t want to have a fixed function but it want to be a multifunctional space, Venezia because it was conceived in Italy and also it can generate awesomeness and positive vibes.

Our goal is to collect a sum for the transportation and assembly of the space and for buying the new elements.

For now we have designed and dreamt but this is not enough: now we need of all your help for transforming this big dream in a reality.