children's Space
Design by Marissa Diekmann.
Pre-diploma under the guidance of Prof. Tino Melzer.
"Education ist the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela
The Problem.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
The UNCRC is an international human rights treaty on civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. These articles can be divided into three groups of children's rights: Property rights, promotion rights and participation rights. To protect these rights, aid organisations set up child protection centres.
Children in disaster situations
After a disaster, the victims have to build protected zones. Children are on their own. The goal is to create a save space for children to where they can get shelter, food, education and care. The number of early school leavers after disasters is huge and it‘s critically important to help the children to get back to their daily school routine again.
The idea.
Protection and safe space for children.
Possibility of retreat.
Enable education.
Eating, playing, learning, laughing.
An oasis in the chaos.
In this space the children can get medical and psychological help, food and lessons. Here they can play, eat, learn and laugh again. Children in emergency situations have to be engaged. So they will see that there is perspective for them and that life will go on. Education plays a special role. Children's space is a contact point for 25-30 children between the ages of 3 and 16. For teaching and lessons the children‘s space is equipped with blackboads made of textile and bags for teaching materials. It is quick and easy to build and yet stable.
Model making.
Shape.
The children‘s space is shaped like a spiral. By this shape a closed concept is realised without the need of additional doors. The roof lies like a leaf lightly on it and provides shade.
Details.
Buildup.
Step 1: Stick the middle bar into the ground.
Step 2: the roof elements are connected to the middle bar and spread out.
Step 3: Finally the walls are placed and connected to the central bar and the roof. To stabilize the tent, the
walls are tied with cords.
The experiment.
An experiment with a group of children to determine the size of the space. The result is that a child needs about one square meter of space for itself.
The result
