MERVE BEDIR. THE HOUSING CONDITION inward Qatar Casino URBANISM

Using the Qatar Casino as an allegory of housing urbanization inward accelerated capitalism, architect Merve Bedir speaks about the negative consequences of the global financial regime on the housing question, which resulted inward humanless cities, vacant megaprojects at the periphery of the urban sphere that do non respond to people’s demands. Speculation on public housing has become gambling, non only gambling by global investment but also through national guarantee schemes, which are funded with public tax budgets. The presentation bringss forward these aspects inward a transnational and global context with building or investment cases from Turkey, Qatar, and Hong Kong. The event took place on May 27, 2021 is a component division of the online discussions series about housing policy and new forms of coexistence “Get Real!.