Kharkiv School of Architecture in Lviv

In March 2022, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kharkiv School of Architecture relocated from Kharkiv to Lviv in order to sustain its academic activity and continue teaching under conditions of war. The relocation was enabled through the support of the Lviv National Academy of Arts, which provided access to its campus at a critical moment, allowing the School to re-establish its operations and resume in-person education.

Physical presencein time of the war remains central to the School’s understanding of architectural education, where learning is grounded in collective work, discussion, experimentation, and continuous engagement with space. In Lviv, the School re-established its educational environment through the development of studios, workshops, and library resources that support teaching, research, and public programmes.

The new context expanded the School’s geographical reach, bringing together students from across Ukraine and embedding the School within a broader urban and cultural setting.

The Kharkiv School of Architecture has relocated to a new campus, significantly expanding its facilities for teaching, research, and public engagement. This move creates new opportunities for the high-quality delivery of studio-based education, workshops, research activities, and public events, all of which are integral to the School’s academic life.

The new location is situated within KIVSH, a space that brings together creative communities, cultural initiatives, and independent practices. For the School, proximity to these environments creates new opportunities for exchange, collaboration, and interdisciplinary dialogue.

New address of the KhSA: Lviv, Shevchenko St., 120h, Block 3

Kharkiv remains fundamental to the identity of the Kharkiv School of Architecture, regardless of geographical displacement or the conditions of war. This relationship is understood as both continuity and transformation, where existing ties to the city are sustained and reinterpreted under conditions of war and displacement, while new forms of engagement emerge in response to future needs of reconstruction and the possibility of return. We maintain engagement with the city through multiple formats of collaboration and exchange.

The Master’s programme is the primary academic space in which this engagement is developed through sustained research into Kharkiv as a city undergoing profound transformation and serving as a key reference for postwar reconstruction. Work on the city extends beyond the analysis of present conditions toward the development of architectural and urban approaches that may, in the future, strengthen processes of recovery.

The School also maintains its relationship with Kharkiv through collaboration and exchange with the city’s academic, cultural, and professional environments, while developing new forms of interaction beyond established institutional frameworks.

Kharkiv’s place within the School’s intellectual and institutional life defines not only its academic framework but also the way the School operates as an institution and its long-term strategic orientation.