The long-term aim of this project is to improve living conditions in refugee camps through the creation of low-cost, easy to construct housing that moderates extremes of temperature while providing space that enables dignified living, and customary domestic and intra-community relations. The immediate aims of this eight-month project are to: • Obtain a clear understanding of the thermal and social conditions in two refugee camps in Jordan and the ways that these are mediated by current shelter provision. • Develop detailed knowledge of the opportunities and constraints for alternative housing in light of local ecological, political and economic conditions. • Produce at least three possible design solutions. • Model the designs in light of thermal conditions revealed through the fieldwork in Jordan.