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Abeer Seikaly

Abeer Seikaly

Jordanian-Canadian architect

Abeer Seikaly is a Palestinian architect[1] who designed a multi-use, disaster shelter for refugees.[2] She lives in Amman Jordan.[3] Seikaly is an architect and designer who has worked for Villa Moda in Kuwait in 2005. She directed the first contemporary art fair in Jordan in 2010.[4]

Her style of work

Seikaly's ‘Weaving a Home’ uses fabric composed of high-strength plastic tubing molded into sine-waves that expand and enclose based on weather conditions;[5] it is easily broken down to allow for mobility and transport. The tent also collects rainwater to be used for basic sanitation like showering,[6] and absorb solar energy that is stored as electric energy in batteries.[7]

Career

She is a member of RISE- Jordan's Women's Everest Expedition, that climbed Mount Everest in 2018.[8]

Her works have been featured internationally, including at the MoMA in New York, the MAK in Vienna, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.[9]

Awards and honours

In 2013 she was awarded the Lexus Design Award.[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Inspiring Woman Invents Refugee Tents That Collect Rainwater and Store Solar Energy". Egyptian Streets. 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. [2]
    "Small Footprints, Big Impacts". Inventors Digest. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  3. [3]
    "Weaving a Home". Alt.Accom. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  4. [4]
    FernandoRestoyRodriguez (2019-02-08). "Women and Girls in Science Podcast Series: Architect Abeer Seikaly". academicimpact.un.org. Archived from the original on 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  5. [5]
    "abeer seikaly weaves shelters for disaster relief using patterned fabric". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  6. [6]
    "Inspired by Syrian refugee crisis, weaved homes collect rain water and store solar energy". Wisconsin Muslim Journal. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  7. [7]
    "Abeer Seikaly's Structural Fabric Shelters Weave Refugees' Lives Back Together". ArchDaily. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  8. [8]
    "Abeer Seikaly". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  9. [9]
    "About | Abeer Seikaly". abeerseikaly.com. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  10. [10]
    Gupta, Rudrani (2019-11-20). "Abeer Seikaly: Visionary Architect Weaves Winning Tents For Refugees". SheThePeople TV. Retrieved 2020-01-12.


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