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Kharkiv Housing Challenge
As part of the new concept masterplan being developed for the city of Kharkiv, the Norman Foster Foundation local partners and Arup are launching an international competition to improve housing and residential neighbourhoods in the city.
Located right at the border with Russia, Kharkiv stands as Ukraine’s second-largest city and has been significantly impacted by the ongoing conflict. This historically relevant and industrial city now faces the pressing challenge of rebuilding its damaged urban fabric, with a particular focus on residential buildings and public spaces, to not only repair but to also to improve the living conditions of its residents. This competition is part of the larger Kharkiv concept Masterplan project: a local and international initiative of the Kharkiv City Council, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) within the framework of the UN4UkrainianCities initiative, the Norman Foster Foundation, Arup, and the Kharkiv Architects Group, among others.
This initiative calls for the development of an innovative modular system capable of retrofitting existing concrete panel housing blocks, re-erecting demolished ones, and enhancing public spaces, to create safe, energy-efficient, and vibrant neighbourhoods. The competition will be focusing on Saltivka, the most populated district in Kharkiv and more precisely in North Saltivka, the most heavily damaged area after February 24, 2022. Given the similarity of residential areas across Kharkiv, the greater ambition of this project is to extrapolate the winning designs to other residential areas throughout the
city.
Competition participants will be expected to develop concept design level proposals. Winning projects will be further developed into detail designs in collaboration with locals in a second funded phase for future construction. After the announcement of the winners, selected proposals will be further developed into detail designs for construction. Winning teams will collaborate with locals in this stage under a funded scheme.
Location
Sector
Housing, Modular, Masterplanning
Website
Tender Stage
Open Design Competition
Deadline
Final registration 12 September 2024, Competition submission 19 September 2024
Consultant Team
The competition is open to all. No professional qualifications are required. Design proposals can
be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
Submission Criteria
1st Place – 6,000 €
2nd Place – 3,000 €
3rd Place – 1,000 €
Participants are required to upload four (4) A2 landscape-orientated presentation boards (must not exceed 10 MB per board) with sketches, renderings, plans, sections, elevations, diagrams, and/or other presentation tools to explain their proposal. These designs should be developed at a concept level.
– Panel 1 should be an introduction to the modular system to retro=it and re-erect buildings, and upgrade public spaces.
– Panel 2 should be devoted to the solutions for the public space.
– Panel 3 should be devoted to the selected building.
– Panel 4 should be devoted to the applicability of the concept to the rest of the buildings and spaces in the site.
The incorporation of bomb shelters should be in either panel 2 or 3.
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