The Fieldmakers

Idea by

Aris Papadopoulos

LATRA

http://www.latra.gr

Loutra, Mytilene, Greece

LATRA is an innovation studio specializing in circular design and environmental engineering for the humanitarian sector. In response to the European refugee crisis, LATRA established a makerspace in a refugee Camp in Lesvos-Greece, where it implements innovation-led, open source projects directly on the field, and advocates for the equitable development of refugees through makers education. LATRA has projects in S. Africa, UK, Sweden and Greece, and is a member of the global UNICEF Design Pool

Call for ideas 2018

Socially impactful architecture that Builds the World Better for all

# Social

FIELDMAKERS is a collaborative multidisciplinary project, which brings together in a design and digital fabrication studio situated inside a refugee camp in Lesbos-Greece designers, makers and changemakers from across the world, where they can collaborate directly on the field with representatives of governments, social organizations, humanitarian agencies and the local community of refugees, to provide creative solutions to the current European refugee crisis by accelerating the global Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030:
-No Poverty (SDG1)
-Good Health & Well-Being (SDG3)
-Quality Education (SDG4)
-Affordable & Clean Energy (SDG7)
-Decent Work and Economic growth (SDG8)
-Industry Innovation (SDG9)
-Sustainable Cities (SDG11)
In an increasingly polarized and uncertain world, FIELDMAKERS aims with its creative projects to contribute to the development of a future architecture that has the potential to Build the World Better for all