Abeer Seikaly

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