Community Kitchens: The Challenge of Generating Roots in Displaced Communities


© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Displacement implies uncertainty, uprooting, and instability, in addition to the loss of community, privacy, and physical and emotional orientation. Addressing these needs through appropriate architectural responses can help displaced communities regain social, economic, and environmental well-being. In this context, community kitchens are designed to help generate a sense of belonging and “normality” in domestic lives.

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