Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 6
25th February 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Permanently Temporary Cities: Refugee Camps
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wednesday 25 February
Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford
(Free Admission)
Many camps are now the size of cities, with populations in the hundreds of thousands. Around the globe, architects and NGOs operating on a shoestring budget, struggle to design shelters and schools responsive to the needs of refugees traumatized by persecution and genocide.