The donation is made by the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and its human and social legacy program, Generation Amazing Foundation. The news was announced during the opening of a ZHA-EAA tent inside the FIFA Fan Festival in Doha, and it represents part of the country’s effort to ensure that the World Cup has a positive lasting effect after the closing of the tournament.
Three of the tens have already been deployed to Pakistan and Turkey to be used as schools for Pakistani and Syrian children. Out of the fifteen tents sent to Turkey and Yemen, ten will be used as schools, and five will become health clinics. In Syria, twelve structures donated by Qatar Red Crescent will be used as shelters for displaced communities.
The Education Above All Foundation estimates that more than 70 million people are displaced in their own countries and living as refugees, with half of them under the age of 18. This prompts a critical need for suitable infrastructure to serve as temporary housing, shelters, medical centers, and classrooms for displaced children and their families. Zaha Hadid Architects have joined the effort to provide versatile and suitable spaces for play, learning, and development for these communities.
The ZHA-EAA tens are designed to take advantage of natural daylight and protect against the weather. The structures are modular, easy to transport, assemble and disassemble in various locations. They also contain upcycled and recycled elements. The cost-effective and light structures use a fabric envelope to adapt the architectural system to the various necessities of the chosen program.
Source: Archdaily