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A competition project for a residential quarter in Lviv, situated on a terraced site between natural landscape and new urban development in the city’s northern district. The project proposes 18 freestanding buildings — parallelepipeds, prisms, ovals, crosses — each sharing the same footprint area and height of seven storeys. Variation is expressed through silhouette alone. The project begins from the premise that a city marked by trauma cannot be reconstructed through repetition. Standardisation, which underpins most contemporary housing models, operates as a form of spatial violence: it erases difference precisely where difference becomes critical. Rejecting the logic of typological replication, the proposal argues that equality is not achieved through sameness, but through the recognition and coexistence of difference. None of the buildings assumes a primary role; none is secondary. The parallelepiped, prism, oval, and cross are not iterations of a single type, but autonomous and equal figures inhabiting a shared spatial field. The interstitial space between volumes becomes the defining architectural condition of the project. A three-level park forms a continuous field of movement, encounter, and distance, where private gradually opens into shared. Rather than organising the site around a dominant square, axis, or central object, the proposal establishes a non-hierarchical field condition in which each building acts as a point of intensity, each path holds equal significance, and each encounter remains contingent. The programme includes housing, a community centre, kindergarten, sports and rehabilitation hall, supermarket, and offices. A six-section underground parking structure is integrated into the site topography. Location: Mykolaichuka Street. Lviv, Ukraine Programme: Residential, mixed-use Building area: 46 837 sq.m. #lviv #ukraine #unbroken

The publication Unbroken: Fragility, Body, Architecture was presented within the GENS Public Programme during the final days of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. The curatorial team for the event and print publication was Iryna Miroshnykova, Maria Noschenko, Sonya Kvasha and Oleksii Petrov. The publication featured a conversation between Nazar Bagnyuk and Mark Wasiuta, paired with a new visual essay by Elena Subach and Viacheslav Poliakov, documenting three days inside the Laboratory of Walking, where engineers, rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, and patients worked together to produce new steps. The panel discussion, which was held as part of the event and accompanied by the publication, was moderated by Mark Wasiuta. It explored notions of artificiality, techne, mimicry, and design, examining the relationship between body and city across both micro and macro scales. The discussion featured Anton Kolomeitsev, David Serlin, and Nazar Bagnyuk. Implemented in cooperation with the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center and Lviv City Council. @labiennale @unbroken.ukraine @ira_miroshnykova @forma_ua @_marikkkko @elenasubach @viacheslav.poliakov @pavilionofculture.architecture @pavilionofculture @a.v.shcherbyna @sonyakvasha @baby__prod @lviv.adm @antonkolomyeytsev

At @labiennale , within the GENS Public Programme, we presented "UNBROKEN: Architecture, Body, Fragility," a programme that brought together a panel discussion and an accompanying publication. We are grateful to our speakers Anton Kolomeitsev, David Serlin, Nazar Bagnyuk, and moderator Mark Wasiuta, as well as everyone who joined us. The conversation brought together perspectives of architects, veterans, researchers and artists, outlining how our understanding of the body, fragility and resilience evolves within the urban environment. We were also pleased to present the accompanying publication and are thankful to Elena Subach and Viacheslav Poliakov for the new photographic series created especially for it, as well as for the compelling interview with Nazar Bagnyuk and Mark Wasiuta. This programme and research are the result of the curatorial team's work: Iryna Miroshnykova, Oleksii Petrov (FORMA), Maria Noschenko (Pavilion of Culture) and Sonya Kvasha (Baby Prod), in collaboration with the National Rehabilitation Centre UNBROKEN and with Lviv City Council. #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #BiennaleArchitettura #GENSSpeakersCorner @labiennale @unbroken.ukraine @_marikkkko @ira_miroshnykova @forma_ua @sonyakvasha @baby__prod @lviv.adm Image: Photo credit: Joe Habben @joe.habben

The accompanying publication “Unbroken: Fragility, Body, Architecture”, to be presented on 21 November as part of the GENS Public Programme, features a conversation between Nazar Bagnyuk and Mark Wasiuta, paired with a new visual essay by Elena Subach and Viacheslav Poliakov. In the interview, Nazar Bagnyuk describes the making of a prosthetic limb as both a technical process and a deeply human, social, and aesthetic endeavour. Elena Subach’s new photographic series, centred on the materiality of the prosthetic, underscores that recovery is possible only through human attentiveness toward the other. Known for her work on vulnerability, trauma, and reconstruction through images, Subach documents three intensive days inside the Laboratory of Walking, where engineers, rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, and patients work together to produce new steps. Date: 21 November 2025, 15:00–17:00 Location: Speakers’ Corner, Arsenale di Venezia @labiennale @unbroken.ukraine @forma_ua @elenasubach @viacheslav.poliakov @sonyakvasha @_marikkkko @baby___prod @lviv.adm @a.v.shcherbyna #GENS #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens Image 2: Processing the plaster positive in cases of below-knee amputation. Photo by Elena Subach, Viacheslav Poliakov, 2025 Image 3: Thermoplastic waste remaining after the fabrication of the test socket. Photo by Elena Subach, Viacheslav Poliakov, 2025 Image 4: Plaster casts made from plaster bandage serve to create the future model of the prosthetic socket. Photo by Elena Subach; Viacheslav Poliakov, 2025

On 21 November, the project UNBROKEN: Fragility, Body, Architecture will be presented as part of the GENS Public Programme, held at the centre of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The programme brings together a panel discussion and an eponymous publication exploring how the intelligence of the city transforms within systems of post-traumatic rehabilitation. Speakers: Anton Kolomeitsev, Chief Architect of the City of Lviv; David Serlin, Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego; Nazar Bagnyuk, Head Prosthetics Specialist at the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. Moderator: Mark Wasiuta, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Columbia GSAPP; Co-Director of the programme “Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture.” The discussion, complemented by archival research, focuses on prosthetic infrastructure using the city of Lviv as a case study — it being a hub for reconstructive surgery and the adaptation of war-wounded bodies. Date: 21 November 2025, 15:00–17:00 Location: Speakers’ Corner, Arsenale di Venezia Curatorial team: Iryna Miroshnykova, Oleksii Petrov, Maria Noschenko, and Sonya Kvasha — in collaboration with the National Rehabilitation Centre UNBROKEN and with Lviv City Council. @labiennale @unbroken.ukraine @_marikkkko @ira_miroshnykova @forma_ua @sonyakvasha @baby___prod @lviv.adm #GENS #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens Image 4: Anton Kolomeitsev. Photo: Olga Klymuk Image 6: Nazar Bagnyuk. Photo: UNBROKEN

Павільйон 13 відкриває свої двері 19 червня під час оновлення, що здійснює архітектурний офіс ФОРМА. Проєкт реалізовано за ініціативи та підтримки неприбуткової платформи RIBBON International. Під час відкриття простору буде представлено місцеорієнтований проєкт «Шубін» художника Сема Левітта, який живе та працює в Берліні. В межах проєкту відбудеться цикл розмов і кінопоказів Shubin Talks, що розпочнеться 20 червня, організований спільно з дослідницею Марією Нощенко @_marikkkko та редакторкою Катериною Хімей @katia_khimei . Відкриття щойно оновленого Павільйону 13 та виставки «Шубін» (SHUBIN) Дата: 19 червня 2025, 19:00 – 21:00 Місце проведення: Павільйон 13, Національний комплекс «Експоцентр України», проспект Академіка Глушкова, 1, Київ Прграма «SHUBIN Talks» розпочнеться 20 червня. — Pavilion 13 opens its doors on 19 June following renovation works by architectural office ФОРМА. The project has been made possible through the initiative and support of the non-profit platform RIBBON International. The opening programme features a site-responsive intervention Shubin by Berlin-based artist Sam Lewitt. As part of the project, a series of talks and screenings titled Shubin Talks will begin on 20 June, organised in collaboration with researcher Maria Noschenko @_marikkkko and editor Kateryna Khimei @katia_khimei . Opening of the renovated Pavilion 13 and the exhibition Shubin (SHUBIN) Date: 19 June 2025, 19:00–21:00 Venue: Pavilion 13, National Complex, Expocenter of Ukraine, 1 Akademika Glushkova Avenue, Kyiv The “Shubin Talks” programme begins on 20 June @ribbon.international @pavilionofculture @forma_ua @sam.lewitt Photo by Vitalii Halanzha @vitaliihalanzha . Сourtesy by RIBBON International

Before the Future marks the return of the Pavilion of Ukraine to the Biennale Architettura 2023 after a nine-year absence. The catalog contains texts and images by the curators and collectives, as well as additional articles and essays that expand on the discussions initiated within the project. In the exhibition and its accompanying program, the grass-covered defensive earthworks in the Giardini and the dark, enclosed shelter in the Arsenale are spaces for Ukrainian architects and practitioners from various fields to raise questions—questions about telling stories during wartime, about the value of collective action in the face of threat, about the multitude of topics that unite architects in Ukraine today, about questions that must be asked today, before the future. Over a period of four months, five temporary collectives create a program of changing exhibitions in both locations of the Pavilion—about reconstruction, ecology, care, commemoration, and the future. These exhibitions originate from within the Ukrainian context and involve a wide range of participants, with the aim of creating spaces and dialogues fostering mutual understanding. Team ist publishing Curators: Iryna Miroshnykova, Oleksii Petrov, Borys Filonenko Editors: Oleksii Petrov, Kateryna Ulianova Texts: Artem Borysov, Bohdan Kuchenko, Estefania Mompean Botias, Yevheniia Belorusets, Ivan Moysiyenko, Natalia Mysak, Elena Orap, Olena Shchepeleva, Dariia Tsymbaliuk, Oleksii Vasyliuk, and also collective texts by the participants and the curatorial team. Visual identity: Fedoriv marketing ↺ innovations Design and layout: Ostap Yashchuk Translation from Ukrainian into English: Iryna Kurhanska Cover photo: Sasha Kurmaz Editing: Іryna Kurhanska, Clemens Poole Profreading: Victoria Berkut The publication is supported: Ihor Dvoretskyi #formaarchitects #Ukraine #Kyiv #pavilionofculture #BeforetheFuture #UkrainianPavilion

On May 18,2023 Ukraine officially opened its own pavilion Before the Future at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia for the first time in almost a decade. It presents to the public two spaces — the Pavilion in the Sale d’Armi, Arsenale and an installation in the Spazio Esedra, Giardini — which formally quote unusual structures that, following russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have become emblematic of feelings of safety for Ukrainian society. These spaces provide a forum for a dynamic public program bringing together more than thirty Ukrainian architects, artists, and specialists from numerous fields to work with crucial questions connected both to the Ukrainian context and to the Biennale Architettura 2023’s main central concept — the Laboratory of the Future. @ukrainianpavilioninvenice proposes to draw attention not just to the future, but also to the conditions of the past and present that provide the safety necessary for the construction of the future. Photos: Sasha Kurmaz #laboratoryofthefuture #BeforetheFuture #UkrainianPavilioninVenice #UkrainianPavilion #birnnalearchitettura2023

Community stage that connects a culinary academy with a food market. Foodoteka. Promprylad. Ivano-Frankivsk. 2022

Promprylad plant in Ivano-Frankivsk has created a new ecosystem within the city. The preservation and reconstruction of the original buildings contributed to preserving the historical continuity and memory of the place, offering an alternative to the emissions that would have resulted from complete demolition and new construction. The project consists of 7 buildings with a total area of 42,000 square meters, 20,000 of which have already been renovated. #promprylad #ФОРМА #ivanofrankivsk #ukraine Photos: Roman Nemo @nemo.if

Essential Goods. New Ukrainian Photography. Kyiv. 2024. Reflecting the landscape of Ukrainian photography today, Essential Goods @essentialgoodsukraine is a group exhibition curating by Isabella van Marle @isabellavmarle and Sonya Kvasha @sonyakvasha featuring works by more than 20 young artists. Produced from 2014 to 2024, their varied projects are held together by a common thread: of what it means to make art in a time of war. When the future is uncertain, they ask: ‘what constitutes an essential good?’ Opened in Kyiv on the 23rd May, Essential Goods is held at the Pavilion 13: a 1967 modernist landmark, now a curatorial institution Pavilion of Culture @pavilionofculture that works at the intersection of contemporary visual art, music and architecture. With the outbreak of full-scale war, its programme was suspended, and its buildings became a storage for humanitarian aid. The question «Is culture the first necessity during the ongoing war?» formed the basis of the architecture of the exhibition Essential Goods with which the Pavilion of Culture begins a new season of activity after a two-year pause. The uncanned building with the remained items of aid form the body of the exhibition, creating the possibility of coexistence between wartime needs and art.