My thesis project is a refuge for the street children of Marrakech in the Atlas Mountains. The architecture facilitates children to dwell poetically, encompassing opportunities to eat, bathe, sleep, and of course, play.
Three primary coloured courtyards - the altar, the vessel and the womb dedicated solely to the acts of eating, bathing and sleeping - terrace up the mountainside, containing gardens, fire and water.
The courtyards are connected by a central hearth where the adult carers dwell; the secondary coloured blocks metaphorically protecting and providing for the children whilst giving them enough independence to explore and rediscover their lost childhoods.
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