The design concept represents the journey of Rohingya refugees seeking shelter by traveling pathways. It shows their anxiety and fear through slanted interior walls. The entrance is mirrored to prevent incorrect entry. The final design corresponds to previous ideas about the Rohingya crisis, representing their journey through darkness and earned freedom into a spacious external environment.
1. DES GN CONCEPT 5SENSES OFJOURNEY
THE DES GN DEA STARTED FROM THE
JOURNEY OFTHE ROH NGYA REFUGEES
WHO TRAVELLED TO SEEK SHELTER.
THEN ANOTHER PATHWAY S ADDED TO
SHOW THATTHE ANSWER TO THE QUES-
T ON OFWHOM W LLSAVE THEM ALL S
THE MYAMMAR PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
THE SPACES NS DE THE WALLS WERE
SLANTED TO SHOW THW ANX ETYAND
FEAR THATWAS FELTBY THE ROH NGYA
PEOPLE.
THE ENTRANCE WAS M RRORED N ORDER TO PRE-
VENTPEOPLE FROM M STAK NG THE ENTRANCE OF
THE BU LD NG.
THE F NALDES GN S THE F NAL ZED AR-
RANGEMENTCORRESPOND NG W TH THE PRE-
V OUS DEAS CONCERN NG THE ROH NGYA
CR S S.
THE F RSTJOURNEY
AA WALKWAY THROUGH A DARK
CORR DOR W TH L M TED L GHT-
NG S GN F ES SOLAT ON.THE
V EW THROUGH THE EYE G VES
THE FEEL NG OFCLAUSTROPHO-
B C WHERE THE NTER OR AND
THE WALL S H GH AND COMPACT
WHEREAS THE EXTERNALENV -
RONMENT S SPAC OUS.
THE V EWER CAN STAND N OR OUTOFFTHE L GHTWHERE T
SHOWS ANX ETY.THE V S TOR WOULD NOTKNOW WHAT’S GO NG
TO HAPPEN BEH ND THE SLANTED WALL.
THE SL TWALLS
ARE PLACED ATAN
ANGLE OFWH CH
L GHT S SPLASHED
ON THE V S TOR A
ONE TRAVELS TO
THE OUTS DE ENV -
RONMENRONMENT.TH S
REPRESENTHARD
EARNED FREEDOM
THROUGH ALLTHE
DARK MOMENTS
THEY WENT
THROUGH.
THE V EWER COMES TO THE ROOM WHERE NATURALL GHT NG FROM
BELOW REVEALS THE CUBES ATTACHED TO THE WALL.THE D FF CULTY
N SEE NG THESE CUBES REPRESENTTHE GNORANCE OFTHE PEOPLE N
THE SEVER TY OFTHE CR S S
.THE ROUGH TEXTURE OFTHE WALL
REPRESENTS THE D FF CULTY OF
THE JOURNEY.THE L GHT NG
BELOW G VES THE V EWER THE
URGE TO EX TTO THE OTHER S DE.
THE MANMADE FORESTREVEALS UNCERTA N-
TY. TLOOKS ATF RSTALLAL GNED BUTAS
THE V S TOR WALKS THROUGH,NUMBERS OF
MANMADE FORESTW LLSTARTBLOCK NG
ONES WAY.TH S W LLLEAD TO THE V S TOR
HAV NG UNCERTA NTY OFWHERE THE PATH
ONE TOOK S UNBLOCKED.