The Norman Foster Foundation announces Kharkiv Housing Challenge winners
The results of the recent Kharkiv Housing Challenge have been shared by Buildner as part of the Kharkiv Masterplan project from the Kharkiv City Council, UNECE, the Norman Foster Foundation, Arup, and the Kharkiv Architects Group. Norman Foster, Farshid Moussavi, and seven other jurists representing both Ukraine and an international community of architects, NGOs, and academics met to choose three Prize Winners and six Honorable Mention designs that were built around civilians’ safety, energy efficiency, and social sustainability. The Challenge tasked architects to design and develop modular systems used for retrofitting existing concrete housing blocks and revitalize other public spaces in the country’s second-largest city. Other secondary considerations included the rebuilding of damaged structures. The winners will each be granted the opportunity to further develop their ideas in more detail in collaboration with local community members. This means that each has the potential to contribute to the recovery and long-term resilience of the almost 370-year-old city.Buildner says: "Proposals were evaluated based on their modularity and innovation, adaptability and scalability, sustainability and environmental considerations, design for community engagement and empowerment, as well as their economic viability and potential to be realized."You can read about Foster's involvement in the Kharkiv Masterplan, which was first announced in April of 2022, here.1st Prize Winner: 'Healing Kharkiv: From Rubble to Renewal' by Andrew James Jackson, United KingdomRead the full post on Bustler
The results of the recent Kharkiv Housing Challenge have been shared by Buildner as part of the Kharkiv Masterplan project from the Kharkiv City Council, UNECE, the Norman Foster Foundation, Arup, and the Kharkiv Architects Group.
Norman Foster, Farshid Moussavi, and seven other jurists representing both Ukraine and an international community of architects, NGOs, and academics met to choose three Prize Winners and six Honorable Mention designs that were built around civilians’ safety, energy efficiency, and social sustainability.
The Challenge tasked architects to design and develop modular systems used for retrofitting existing concrete housing blocks and revitalize other public spaces in the country’s second-largest city. Other secondary considerations included the rebuilding of damaged structures. The winners will each be granted the opportunity to further develop their ideas in more detail in collaboration with local community members. This means that each has the potential to contribute to the recovery and long-term resilience of the almost 370-year-old city.
Buildner says: "Proposals were evaluated based on their modularity and innovation, adaptability and scalability, sustainability and environmental considerations, design for community engagement and empowerment, as well as their economic viability and potential to be realized."
You can read about Foster's involvement in the Kharkiv Masterplan, which was first announced in April of 2022, here.
1st Prize Winner: 'Healing Kharkiv: From Rubble to Renewal' by Andrew James Jackson, United KingdomRead the full post on Bustler
