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Item Restricted Community Centers for Refugees : A Human-centred Design Approach for Improving the Physiological and Psychological Well-being of Refugees While Their Asylum Process(2021) Pham, Thuy Duong; bachelor thesis in Interior Architecture / Interior DesignMACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE : On the 28th of July 2021, the world celebrated the anniversary of the Geneva Refugee Convention (GRC), a ground-breaking treaty that outlines the rights of refugees1 as well as the legal obligations of states to protect them. Over the past 70 years, millions of people have received protection from the GRC. 149 states have signed it to date. However, in 2020 still, 82.4 million people were reported to be forcibly displaced in the world. Even while the ongoing pandemic, the number of registered refugees increased by four per cent compared to 2019 (UNHCR 2021). Germany belongs to the fifth major hosting country with a total of 1.2 million refugees. In 2020, Germany has received more than 122,000 asylum applications (BAMF 2021). Regardless of the positive developments through the GRC, - regardless of the numerous NGOs supporting refugees' wellbeing - and regardless of the economic power of Germany as one of the richest countries in the world - the increasing number of refugees and the question of how they are treated stays one of the most pressing topics of our society. Asylum seekers2 are obliged to stay in their assigned Initial Reception Centre for the time of their asylum process after their arrival in Germany. This usually stretches out for a period of 6 months to 18 months. In some complicated cases, it could even prolong up to 24 months (Kalkmann and Hesari 2019). Over the last years, the procedures tend to drastically prolongate the transitory living of asylum seekers in those facilities. For this enforced long-duration stays the facilities, originally intended as short-stay spaces, offer no adequate environment for the people. The Initial Reception Centre was developed within a fast reactive response and thus lacks a systematic perspective (Giunta and Rebaglio 2014). It provides a shelter for the people's strict minimum basic living needs. While these physiological basic requirements have been taken care of the psychological needs haven't been addressed. In most cases, the living condition in these reception facilities increases the mental fragility of the inhabitants. Today numerous critics (PROASYL 2021) concerning the living condition of asylum seekers are voiced. Impactful solutions to improve these conditions are long overdue