Architects from Gaza

Description

Architects for Gaza is a global volunteer collective of built-environment professionals, architects, and academics focused on spatial justice, community-led reconstruction, and urban resilience in Gaza. Core initiatives include: Supporting community ownership so residents can rebuild homes and neighborhoods using local and cultural skills rather than relying solely on top-down international agency shelters; the Gaza Global University – A hybrid virtual and physical academic initiative offering free, credit-bearing courses and lectures in architecture, IT, and medicine for displaced Palestinian students; Organisation of reconstruction design competitions, material-recycling experimental labs, and international advocacy campaigns.

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