
S2E12 - Omar Degan on architecture and fragility
Published: November 15, 2023
Duration: 30:23
Our world is becoming ever more fragile, as more and more migrants across the planet from the country to booming cities, and as more and more refugees are displaced from their homes to makeshift emergency villages that become permanent and expand uncontrollably. What can architecture do to address this? In this episode of Design Emergency, our cofounder Paola Antonelli interviews the Italian-born, Somali architect Omar Degan about his work in using design to support vulnerable communities.
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Omar tells Paola how he and his team at DO Architecture and Design are focusing on specialize emergency architecture...