ABSTRACT
While studies into the spatiality of the Palestinian camp continue to expand, a detailed and critical reading at the micro-scale of space-making is absent. This is partly because of a lack of inventive, field-based design research methodologies, within the urban design discourse. This is where this chapter stands out, by offering a unique insight into camp field research, through adopting a Foucaultian form of an ‘archaeology of knowledge’. The chapter presents an example of design research methodology, based on long engagement with the field, as well as, showcases field interventions, designed and built with the refugees inside their spaces. A new form of creating spatial knowledge through space-making, is illustrated and argued for.
