泰国的缅甸难民学校/Agora Architects

发布于：2023-05-31 11:57:13

Burmese refugees in Thailand

设计方：Agora Architects

位置：泰国

分类：学校

内容：实景照片

图片来源：Courtesy of Agora Architects

图片：22张

该学校位于泰国北部的美素地区，二期工程的建设从2013年10月一直延续到2014年3月。该项目旨在为随父母从邻近的克伦邦地区越过泰缅边境逃来泰国躲避国内战乱的孩子们提供应有的教育。

在该校参加教育的不仅有孩子，还有参与建设的工人，这使得他们能够精炼他们的技能。该项目在向社区展示一个去追求高品质建筑的可行方式的同时自成景观，并与周围景观相融合。该项目的一期工程开始于2012年3月，是由加拿大的一个组织着手建造的，在募集资金25000美元后，该组织的十名成员返回泰国进行了为期四周的讨论研究，最终确定着手建造。

由于地处泰缅边境，美素地区有一个出名的缅甸移民社区，这里的人大多由于战乱从周围的克伦邦地区逃亡过来的，也正因如此，缅甸难民往往是人口贩卖的受害者，使得他们的正当权利得不到保障。该学校是美素地区仅有的学习中心，目前学校教1年级到13年级的课程，除此之外，还有幼儿园和托儿所。在学校的允许下，200多名孩子可以永久住在学校的公寓，他们的食物则由当地的组织负责提供。

译者：柒柒

In the lime-green landscape of Mae Pa (Mae Sot, Northern Thailand), right by a round pond and its lotus flowers, the second construction phase of Kwel Ka Baung School is taking place during October 2013 till March 2014. The project aims to provide education to displaced children who arrived with their families from the neighboring Karen state, recent scenario of a civil conflict, across the Thai-Burma border。

However not only students will learn at Kwel Ka Baung, but also all people involved in the two phases construction process. Several Karen workers are refining their skills in adobe making while contributing to the design carried through by agora architects. The program aims to show the community a feasible way to pursue affordable architecture without compromising spatial quality and still maintaining a strong connection to the landscape.

The previous phase-I started when the Canadian organization CASIRA contacted us in March 2012 with the request to find a project in which they could get involved and for which they were able to fundraise money. After collecting an amount of 25000$, ten members of Cassia travelled to Thailand to participate to a four weeks workshop. During November 2013 more or less the same CASIRA group -El Group- will be back in Mae Sot, to help with the completion of the school complex.

Due to its location on the Thai Burma border, Mae Sot has a noticeable community of Burmese immigrants, who came mostly from the nearby Karen state during the civil conflict and who still cross daily the Thai checkpoints. Burmese refugees are often victims of human traffic and labor exploitation, since their illegal condition doesn’t ensure them any right.

Kwel Ka Baung is the only purely Karen Migrant learning Center in Mae Sot. Currently the school is located on a land whose lease is bound to expire in May 2014. Momentarily the school teaches grades 1 to 13 as well as Kindergarten and Nursery, while 200 kids stay permanently in boarding houses on the school premises. The food is provided by local organizations.