Abeer Seikaly
Architect & Designer | Humanitarian Shelter Solutions
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Abeer Seikaly is an architect, designer, and humanitarian who is revolutionizing shelter solutions for displaced populations. Her award-winning Woven Dome project used innovative textile structures to create low-cost, rapidly deployable housing.
Seikaly's work has been featured at the World Economic Forum and the London Design Museum, showcasing how thoughtful design can improve quality of life. In her keynotes, Seikaly shares her multidisciplinary approach to tackling global challenges, inspiring audiences to harness creativity for social impact.
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How architecture sustains culture -- and empowers displaced people
In this personal talk, architect Abeer Seikaly shares how her mission to redesign refugee camps led her on a deeper search for the elusive qualities that turn a shelter into a home. She makes the case for a cross-disciplinary approach to architecture that incorporates social and cultural practice -- and explains how we can derive lessons from our collective past to transform our own homes to keep up with ever-changing needs.
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TEDxKlagenfurt 2018 | 2018 | 🇦🇹Klagenfurt, Austria |
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