Refugee architecture: A sociospatial reading of planned humanitarian settlements in Jordan

This study interrogated the standard refugee domestic shelter, the organisation of the shelters, and the camps as urban entities. It explained the observed physical traces of three refugee camps in Jordan using an understanding of refugee heritage, their vernacular building practices, and the cultural references to their homelands. Using phenomenology as the methodology, this study shifted the discourse to the refugee communities as the subject of the camp. The findings indicate that, over time, the built environment of the camp responds to the evolving needs of refugee communities living in a state of permanent temporariness, creating forms of ‘refugee architecture’