ABSTRACT
Industrial design and architecture—both ad-hoc and planned—play a substantial part in how migrants experience borders and understand their country of arrival. Historically, these places, labeled “camps,” have combined the makeshift and tightly structured. In Greece, camps are often repurposed military or municipal spaces amended with “crisis” management measures such as prefabricated housing, metal containers, and weatherproof tents. This visual essay documents institutional spaces that migrants pass through in Greece. Confronted with images of these spaces, we gain a visceral understanding of the very human, mundane experiences of people trying to make their way to a better life.
