FUTURE SCHOOL FOR UKRAINE
OPEN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION
PROJECT VISION
The ``Future School for Ukraine`` project aims to support Ukrainian people facing the daunting task of rebuilding schools and reviving the education sector, heavily impacted by war.
It will provide a ready-to-implement and free-to-use adaptive technical design for building new schools across the country. The availability of such a solution will save time and financial resources and will facilitate fundraising for the recovery of Ukraine’s school system.
The Lithuanian Fund for the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid allocated €500,000 for the implementation of
the project.
More than 3,000 school buildings in Ukraine are currently severely damaged or destroyed as a result of ongoing military aggression. More than a third of Ukrainian pupils only have access to distance learning. A large number of pupils do not attend school because their safety is not guaranteed: there are no shelters. Internal migration to safer parts of the country has put the education infrastructure in less war-affected regions under severe strain, some schools operate three shifts a day. Pupils and teachers are facing the problems of emotional and psychological well-being.
The following key priorities are identified in the light of these and other challenges related to education in Ukraine:
- Access to education;
- Pupil and teacher safety;
- Educational gaps due to inadequate education process;
- Teacher burnout and pupils’ psychological well-being.
In terms of the needs of educational infrastructure which exist today and will remain in place for the near future, Ukraine will require the multi-purpose education centres in regional centres covering an area of up to 50 kilometres;
The examination of a multitude of arguments at the competition development phase has led to a decision to develop the concept of a Multifunctional Education Centre.
Multifunctional Education Centre is to accommodate around 550 children of all ages, from primary school to lyceum, with facilities for temporary accommodation for pupils and teachers, spaces for community activities and psychological rehabilitation, and a dual-use shelter.
Adaptive Reuse Architectural Design means an architectural work, a set of architectural solutions for a building design featuring maximum solutions for the site, the interior and the exterior of the building, which can be applied independently of the specific target site or location, and could be re-used, in adapted form, for multiple different locations, each time by individually integrating and adapting it to the local context.
This is an adaptive reuse architectural design competition, therefore a specific site is not provided at the competition stage. In order to identify the volumetric and spatial adaptability of the proposals and the outdoor area solutions, three hypothetical sites with different characteristics are provided in the procurement documentation.
A team, entering the competition, will be required to have at least 1 architect, who has a right to practice in Ukraine and at least 1 architect, who has a right to practice outside Ukraine.
To facilitate the partner-finding process for the competition, we invite you to register at ARCH-E (digital European Platform for Architectural Design Competitions), so that possible partners from Ukraine (or outside Ukraine) would find you more easily.
Please note that registration is limited to natural persons, but you may register as a representative of your office.
Kindly note that registration at ARCH-E is not mandatory to participate in the “Future School for Ukraine” competition.
PROJECT LOCATION
PRIZE MONEY
1st prize
+ procurement contract.
Total procurement budget: €300,000.
2nd prize
+ entries will be added to a list of potential designs for potential investors or financial donors interested in restoring Ukraine’s educational infrastructure.
It's anticipated that more architectural ideas from the competition could also attract additional funding for their development, thus expediting the restoration process.
3rd prize
+ entries will be added to a list of potential designs for potential investors or financial donors interested in restoring Ukraine’s educational infrastructure.
It's anticipated that more architectural ideas from the competition could also attract additional funding for their development, thus expediting the restoration process.
COMPETITION TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
EVALUATION JURY OF THE COMPETITION
Anna Novosad, Co-founder of SavED, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine 2019-2020
Artūras Žarnovskis, Chairman of the Jury, Co-create Future of Ukraine program manager, CPMA, Lithuania
Mustafa-Masi Nayyem, Head of Agency for Restoration, Ukraine
Carl Backstrand, Architect, Sweden
Helena Sandman, Architect, Finland
Rolandas Palekas, Architect, Lithuania
Viktorija Blažienė, Architect, Lithuania
Viktor Zotov, Architect, Ukraine
Anna Novosad
Co-founder of SavED, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine 2019-2020Currently, Anna leads the international charitable foundation savED which aims to restore access to education in Ukraine despite the devastating consequences of the Russian full-scale aggression. So far, the fund helped over 40,000 children return to studies.
Artūras Žarnovskis
Chairman of the Jury, Co-create Future of Ukraine program manager, CPMA, Lithuania
Mustafa-Masi Nayyem
Head of Agency for Restoration, Ukraine
Carl Backstrand
Architect, Sweden
Helena Sandman
Architect, Finland
Rolandas Palekas
Architect, Lithuania
Viktorija Blažienė
Architect, Lithuania
Viktor Zotov
Architect, UkraineExperience of cooperation with BIG (DK), MAXWAN (NK), EM2N (CH), JWA (AT), Transsolar (DE), KS – Ingenieure (AT), Taller 301(CL), Architectural Prescription (NL) and others.
QUESTIONS-ANSWERS
KONKURSINIAI DARBAI
NEB Lab
The initiative „Future school for Ukraine“ became an inspiration and the pilot project for a new
New European Bauhaus Laboratory PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR UKRAINE
Visit official website of the NEB LAB PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR UKRAINE
AIMS of the NEB LAB PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR UKRAINE
– to establish a hub of professional knowledge, and incubator for case studies, paving a
way for democratic, open, transparent, quality-oriented processes to obtain the best design and
implementation schemes for the public infrastructure in Ukraine.
– to connect Ukrainians (who need public infrastructure) and Europeans (who are willing to
donate or contribute) stakeholders
The Lab will explore and adapt the lessons and experiences of different methods of getting the
best design for a public object in Ukraine.
Relevant lessons learned (based on evaluation of the case studies) would end up as
recommendations for local and State administration to amend Ukrainian legislation, to ensure
quality processes and results when rebuilding public infrastructure in Ukraine.
What is New European Bauhaus ?
What is New European Bauhaus Laboratory ?
Contact us:
Coordinator of the NEB LAB Rūta Leitanaitė, [email protected]
CONSORTIUM of the NEB LAB PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR UKRAINE
Coordinators:
NEB community members:
– Architects Association of Lithuania (AAL)
– Architects Council of Europe (ACE)
– Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine
NEB friends:
– Ministry of economy and innovation of Lithuania
– State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine
– Central projects management agency of Lithuania
Partners:
– BKZT (Austria) – CREA CULT project “ARCH-E”
News
Press conference with Future School for Ukraine competition jury in Kyiv
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New perspectives of “Future School for Ukraine” at Ukraine Green Recovery Conference
Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) together with the Architects Association of Lithuania (AAL) presented its flagship initiative “Future School for Ukraine“ at the four-day conference in Vilnius hosted by the European Commission. With the motto “greening Ukraine’s recovery” the conference was about remedying the dreadful damage of war setting Ukraine on a new path of […]
Future School for Ukraine initiative at ReBuild Ukraine Expo
The 2nd International ReBuild Ukraine exhibition brought together Ukrainian community leaders, global political figures, and business entities. Lithuania and its Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) used the opportunity to present tangible outcomes from less than a year’s efforts, featuring successfully implemented recovery initiatives and a new project pipeline. At the Ukraine and Its Communities pavilion, […]