International workshop Building Back Better (2025)

In January 2025, a two-week international workshop «Building Back Better: An International Workshop exploring solutions for the sustainable rebuilding of Ukraine», will bring together students from all over Ukraine and Europe to work together with international experts in design studios in Lviv and Warsaw. 

This workshop is a pilot version of the new KhSA Master’s program and your opportunity to test drive the program, which will start in September 2025. In addition, if you are planning to enroll in this program, participation in the workshop will give you a 15% discount on tuition (upon acceptance into the program). 

This year’s workshop will focus on Odesa and will bring together a powerful international community to develop proposals that will be featured as part of an exhibition in Kyiv and the French Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025!

✲ When: January 20 – 31, 2025 (arrival to Lviv by January 19)

✲ Where: Warsaw and Lviv (Kubiyovycha 35A)

✲ Languages: English (B2) and Ukrainian (as you will be working in international teams)

✲ Number of places: 30 places for students from Ukraine

Participation in the workshop is free thanks to our supporters. A limited number of travel stipends are available for selected applicants from outside Lviv. The number of places is limited!

The workshop will be attended by teachers and students from the following institutions:

✲ University of Limerick, Ireland

✲ Independent Ukrainian and international students from the EU and Ukraine

Students apply and are evaluated and selected based on the submitted documents IN ENGLISH:

○ A copy of a document confirming education in architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism or related fields with design skills

○ CV

○ Brief selection from your portfolio 

○ Motivation letter

Application form is opened here

Start of application acceptance: the 2nd of December 2024

Deadline: the 22nd of December 2024

*If you require travel assistance, it is important that you apply early!

Detailed workshop schedule will be published soon.

Important: This workshop will help you to apply for a unique master’s program at the KhSA, which will start in September 2025. The workshop aims to develop, test, and disseminate the content, curriculum, and pedagogy of the new KhSA Master’s course.

The first workshop already took place last winter, where 30 participants in Lviv and 30 participants in Warsaw worked on researching the city of Dnipro at 4 scales: river, city, district, and home. The workshop ended with an exhibition that later traveled to Kyiv. 

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Do you have any questions about the terms of participation? Contact us at [email protected] or in the telegram: t.me/kharkivschoolofarchitecture