This project aims to design a safe and healthy space for orphan girls in Iraq, considering their needs and culture. Moreover, to set a foundation for girls to grow and become confident young individuals.
My approach to this project was working both in plan and perspective. From the first days of the project, I started drawing the qualities that I was looking for in the design in perspective. Moreover, this is an extensive project, on a 1400 square meter site, so one of the important aspects of the project was to have a language through the design that makes the project coherent. In this book final renders are presented along with the initial ideas and sketches.
Iraq is chosen because "there are 11,000 children addicted to drugs in Baghdad, that many girls aged 12 to 16 years old have been victims of abuse, and that many girls aged 12 years and above have endured harassment." This project shows that a well-thought design can improve the lives of orphaned girls, and hopefully, the outcome will raise awareness for the education and well-being of orphaned girls in Iraq. / Master of Architecture / Life is not easy, even when you live in a healthy family. Now, imagine what it looks like when you are traumatized as a kid. Kids who lost their parents in the war or are traumatized by their own family have a blurry glass on their eyes; they are confused about their feelings and experiences and often have difficulties trusting others and making meaningful connections. Moreover, orphan kids who had observed severe scenes may have panic attacks. Traumatized kids have very specific needs that the architectural design of their environment should address.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/111529 |
| Date | 15 August 2022 |
| Creators | MontazeriNamin, Darya |
| Contributors | Architecture, Ermann, Michael G., Dugas, David, Edge, Kay F. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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