Kharkiv Housing Challenge

Introduction

As part of the new concept masterplan being developed for the city of Kharkiv, the Norman Foster Foundation along with the Kharkiv City Council, UNECE UN4UkrainianCities Initiative, Arup, the Kharkivproject Institute and Buildner are launching an international competition to upgrade housing and residential neighbourhoods in the city.

This initiative calls for the development of an innovative modular system capable of retrofitting existing concrete panel housing blocks and enhancing public spaces, to create safe, energy-efficient and vibrant neighbourhoods. The competition will focus 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. After the announcement of the winners, selected proposals will be further developed into detail designs for its construction. Winning teams will collaborate with locals in this stage under a funded scheme.

Prizes

1st Prize: 6,000 €
2nd Prize: 3,000 €
3rd Prize: 1,000 €

6 Honorable Mentions

Competition Schedule

Early Bird Registration: May 6 - June 5
Advance Registration: June 6 - July 18
Last Minute Registration: July 19 - September 12
Closing date for Registration: September 12

Closing date for Submission: September 19
Announcement of the Winners: October 17, 2024

Jury

Norman Foster - Norman Foster Foundation, Spain
Ihor Terekhov - Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Stuart Smith - Arup Berlin, Germany
Belinda Tato - Ecosistema Urbano and Harvard GSD, Spain
Ammar Azzouz - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Yurii Spasov - Kharkivproject Institute, Ukraine

Learn more about the competition >> architecturecompetitions.com