Gaza's Everyday Architecture

Uniform November is proud to announce that there will be a presentation on 'everyday Architecture Gaza' by Salem Al Qudwa, an architectural engineer who holds B.Arch and M.Arch from the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) in Palestine, a PhD researcher in the School of Architecture here at Oxford Brookes and a member of Uniform November's editorial-board.

The Oxford Brookes Fine Art Research group (FAR) have invited Salem Al Qudwa,to speak about his research into the architecture in Gaza, Palestine. It will be held as Oxford Brookes University, Headington Rd, Tue, March 12, 2019, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM GMT. you can book your tickets [here]

Salem explains that, his 'research curiosity resides in how to engage local affected communities in the reconstruction process, and to empower them to build their own appropriate homes that respond to their socio-cultural practices while using efficient resources. This design project will develop several series of self-help housing prototypes that can meet the dire housing need in Gaza, making use of existing materials and developing earlier work but with more simple and deliverable schemes.'