STUDIO #1 CURRICULUM
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ABOUT THE STUDIO URBANISM.UA: (RE) START Within the framework of the School year fall 2015 / spring 2016 we launch URBANISM.UA: (RE) START – a research program which is focused on exploration of different typologies of Ukrainian places – from historical cities to rural areas – and development of innovative proposals and strategies for their future development. URBANISM.UA: (RE) START is designed as a series of four discrete STUDIOS, built around a particular theme. With each STUDIO a new group of students is selected.
STUDIO #1: ‘From General Plan to Guiding Plan: Strategic Tools for Contemporary Cities Development’ Dates: August 25 – December 18, 2015 Curator: Urs Thomann, CH Brief: The first STUDIO of CANactions School has been focused on urban development of Ukraine’s historical cities. The purpose of the study is to understand the specificity and strengths of this urban typology – on the local, regional, state and even global levels. Which factors shape today everyday life of the middle-sized city with historical heritage from different epochs? Where to find hidden potentials in the city and how to make them recognizable and valuable for the citizens? How communication and collaboration between different stakeholders who are active in the city could be organized? Working on the case study of Ivano-Frankivsk which is located in the Western part of the country, the STUDIO #1 participants have to create: > ‘Urban Constitution’ – a set of basic principles for further city strategy development > project proposals – diagrammatic project descriptions based on outline of physical and organizational conditions and assessment of compatibility with proposed ‘Urban Constitution’
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STUDIO #1 TUTORS Andrius Nemickas | US & UA Andrius is an urban development specialist who has combined both ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ strategies to revitalizing communities, creating economic opportunities, and alleviating poverty. In particular, he has focused on the role of entrepreneurship, SME development, economic clusters, and public policy in urban and regional dynamics. Andrius received a dual-degree MBA & MCRP from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the world’s leading planning institutions. He has lived in Ukraine since 1999. Carla Coester | CH | The Social Urban Development Department Carla Coester is a Swiss civil servant and anthropologist. In 2012 she graduated from University of Bern and gained her master degree in Social Anthropology. For many years she worked as Personal nce at Social center «Ausstellungsstrasse» in Zurich. Eduardo Cassina | ES | METASITU METASITU is a strategic urban and art consultancy initiative founded by landscape architect Liva Dudareva (Latvia) and urban sociologist Eduardo Cassina (Spain). The group implemented projects in Palestine, Austria, Serbia, Russia, Greece and the Emirates. Eduardo is an architect and urban sociologist who studied in the United Kingdom, Portugal, The Netherlands and China. He has worked as a researcher and exhibition designer for the Guggenheim museums in Venice and New York, as well as for Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), worked as an urban researcher for Goldsmiths, and continued his exploration of representation of urban data in new and innovative ways at Strelka Institute. Han van de Wetering | NL | MSc Urbanism / architect SIA He is urbanist and architect and founder of the urban design studio won many prizes and competitions, especially for projects at highly leading expert in developing integrated regional transport and urban development strategies, especially for small and mid-size cities. He lectures and publishes regularly. As an expert he supports complex urban development projects for several European urban regions. tutors / 3
Kuba Snopek | PL | Оnline-school «Vector», Architectura Siodmego Dnia Polish urbanist and researcher. He graduated from Wroclaw University of Technology and Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow. He specialises in housing and postcommunist cities. He took part in variety of architectural and urban projects and exhibitions, including Venice Biennale of Architecture. Over the last four years, Kuba has been tutoring educational programs at Strelka Institute and has been curating an online educational program “Vector”. Kuba is author of plenty of articles about urban planning and architecture. Liva Dudareva | LT | METASITU METASITU is a strategic urban and art consultancy initiative founded by landscape architect Liva Dudareva (Latvia) and urban sociologist Eduardo Cassina (Spain). The group implemented projects in Palestine, Austria, Serbia, Russia, Greece and the Emirates. She was taught as a landscape architect in Latvia and Sweden. Then Liva continued her studies in landscape architecture at Edinburgh College of Art before joining the award-winning landscape explore new ways of representation and urban research at Strelka Institute. Miodrag Kuč | DE | The Laboratory of Critical Urbanism Miodrag Kuč is an interdisciplinary artist and urban theorist trained as architect / urban planner in various cultural settings. His work explores the role of ephemeral structures in uncertain urban. He is founder of the studio ParaArtFormations which moves at the intersection of urban studies, performative-planning, artistic interventions and micro politics. Currenty he works as project coordinator at ZKU - Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (Centre for Art and Urbanistics) Berlin, exploring new ways of knowledge production through the lens of critical urban pedagogy. Paul McCabe | IE | Hyper Island He works in education at two of the top design schools globally according to DOMUS Magazine rankings: Hyper Island (Stockholm, Sao Paulo, New York, London & Singapore), The Strelka Institute Of Media Design & Architecture (Moscow). He works mainly with leadership teams of Fortune 500 companies on transformation projects - helping them grow their business by better integrating digital into their practices and business models. Some recent projects he has been involved with include:Target (US Retailer), Mondelez, Unilever, P&G, General Mills (Packaged Goods), SVT, TV4, TV3 & CMore, Dentsu, Leo Burnett & Publicis (Advertising Agencies), Google, Lego. Paul is a trained sociologist and facilitator. 4 / tutors
Serhiy Gvozdiov | UA | Kyiv School of Economics MBA, PhD is the founder and consultant in project and operations management of Ukrainian Foundation for Management Development (Kyiv, Ukraine). Serhiy is a Faculty Member of Goldratt Schools and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Organizational Development, St. Thomas University, Minneapolis, MT, USA. Introduced the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Lean in Training and Consulting Projects in such companies as: DTEK (Donetsk Fuel-Energy Company), ZTR (Zaporozhie Transformers Plant), FFS (Fast Food Systems, trademarks “Pizza Chelentano” and “Potato House”) etc. Stefan Roschi | CH | The Social Urban Development Department Stefan is highly engaged in a social sector: among his educational Post Graduation, Master degree in Business Administration, etc. From 1989 he gained positions in such diverse social work areas as Drug addicts, Shelter for Homeless, Integration of Refugees, Projects for Unemployed people for integration, counseling and job-Service. Airline industry in private companies. Currently he is the head of the social center «Ausstellungsstrasse» in Zürich, Head of Social Urban Development Department, Member of the Board of Social Service in the City of Zürich. Thomas Stellmach | DE | TSPA Leading German urbanist, who specializes on learning and exploring sustainable urban planning in an international context. Mr. Thomas is founder in TSPA (Berlin), wich works with strategic planning, urban development and design. Also he conducted design studios and lectured at Academie voor Bouwkunst in Rotterdam, Technische Universität Berlin, Tsinghua University in Beijing, UPC in Barcelona, Strelka Institute in Moscow. Volodymyr Vakhitov | UA | Kyiv School of Economics Holds PhD from the University of Kentucky, Assistant professor at Kyiv School of Economics and Senior Researcher at Higher School of Economics (Moscow / St. Petersburg). Researcher of regional development, spatial analysis. Volodymyr also participated in numerous projects on regional development by USAID, Global Development Network, other international agencies, was invited to teach agglomeration and spatial measurement methods at several summer schools, used to work as a co-author of a background paper for the World Development Report by the World Bank. Active participant in international conferences and seminars.
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STUDIO #1 PROGRAM BLOCK #0: PRELIMINARY DISTANCE COURSE August 25 - September 11 ONLINE-COURSES from «Vector» online school for urban entrepreneurs PERFORMANCE TARGETS: storytelling attainments RESULTS: longreads about uniqueness and problems of students’ home cities
BLOCK #1: INTRODUCTORY COURSE September 14 – October 4 INTRODUCTION TO CANACTIONS SCHOOL FOR URBAN STUDIES: Students’ longreads presentation and Kyiv urban exploration / September 14-15 / Tutor(s): Miodrag Kuc / DE / LCU 2-DAY WORKSHOP “Expedition to Ecumenopolis” / September 16-17 Tutors: Liva Dudareva & Eduardo Cassina / LV and ES / METASITU 2-DAY WORKSHOP “Project management in Urban Studies” / September 18-19 Tutor: Serhiy Gvozdiov / UA / KSE 2-DAY WORKSHOP “Urban economics: How to measure the city?” / 6 / program
September 21-22 Tutor: Volodymyr Vakhitov / UA / KSE 2-DAY WORKSHOP “How to better use digital to improve urban life” / September 23-24 Tutor: Paul McCabe / IE / Hyper Island 2-DAY WORKSHOP “How to investigate cities: a toolkit for urban explorers” / September 25-26 Tutor: Kuba Snopek / PL / Architektura Siódmego Dnia / Vector 6-DAY WORKSHOP “Think ahead Platforma: From research to project ideas. Project simulator” / September 26 - October 03 Tutor: Thomas Stellmach / DE / TSPA / PERFORMANCE TARGETS: practically-oriented knowledge and skills on creative thinking, project management, urban economics, digital technologies impact on urban development, and spatial exploration of the city vision and project proposals development based on real case in kyiv (‘art-zavod platforma’) RESULTS: Block#1 booklet – a compilation of 2-day workshops and Project Simulator results
BLOCK #2: CASE STUDY: FIELD TRIP, RESEARCH OF IVANO-FRANKIVSK October 5 – November 1
RESULTS: Ivano-Frankivsk collective map – an overlay of key research themes explored by each group of students
STUDIO WORK: Preparation for the October 5 – October 13 Tutor: Urs Thomann / CH FIELD TRIP TO LVIV and meeting with GIZ experts of integrated urban development / October 14 - October 16 Tutors: Stefan Gabi / DE / Lviv City Institute Iris Gleichmann / DE / GIZ FIELD TRIP TO IVANO-FRANKIVSK: investigation of the city, meeting with local stakeholders and experts, exploration of interrelations / October 17- October 24 Tutor: Miodrag Kuc / DE / LCU STUDIO WORK: Field trip results analysis, interpretation and systematization / October 26 - October 31 Tutors: Miodrag Kuc / DE / LCU Andrius Nemickas / USA PERFORMANCE TARGETS: study of Lviv integrated urban development experience meetings, discussions and charrettes with local stakeholders of Ivano-Frankivsk advanced skills in complex urban research, based
BLOCK #3: URBAN CONSTITUTION AND PROJECT PROPOSALS DEVELOPMENT November 2 - December 18
trip results in the context of best practices, determination of city development vectors/ November 1- November 8 Tutors: Carla Coester & Stefan Roschi / CH / Zurich City Administration STUDIO WORK: development and project ideas November 9- November 15 Tutor: Andrius Nemickas / US & UA STUDIO WORK: Spatial synthesis of the formulation / November 16- November 22 Tutor: Han van de Wetering / NL / VDW STUDIO WORK: Urban Constitution and projects proposals development / November 23- November 29 Tutor: Miodrag Kuc / DE / LCU STUDIO WORK: case study summarizing, provision of recommendations for application of STUDIO#1 methodology in other Ukrainian cities / November 30 – December 6 Tutor: Urs Thomann / CH program / 7
COMMUNICATION: creation of conceptual framework for STUDIO#1 results’ public presentation and exhibition, work on production and promotion of the students’ December 7- December 17 Tutor: Brendan McGetrick / USA COMMUNICATION: presentation and exhibition opening / December 18 PERFORMANCE TARGETS: advanced skills in urban research and usage of planning methods, techniques and instruments for and detection of interventions into urban landscapes analytical report about urban development best practices Urban Constitution – a set of recommendations for further city strategy development project proposals - diagrammatic project descriptions based on outline of physical and organizational conditions and assessment of compatibility with proposed Urban Constitution RESULTS: ‘From General Plan to Guiding Plan: Strategic tools for contemporary cities development’ – a three-part book results Final presentation and exhibition – a full set of documents presenting the results of Studio#1 8 / program
STUDIO #1 PARTICIPANTS Andrii Koman | Ivano-Frankivsk | architect Andrii Koman is an architect from Ivano-Frankivsk, student of
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years and got a large experience there. Since 2014 Andrii has been working on the new master plan focused on bicycle infrastructure, private and public transportation in Ivano-Frankivsk. Anna Berestetska | Hamburg | urban designer She was raised in Ukraine and Germany, has had good skills in learning languages and was receptive to cultural context. This combined with a bachelor`s degree in Environmental Science from Leuphana University in Lüneburg turned into an avid curiosity for discovering new cultures and environmental landscapes. Her further decision to pursue a master`s in Urban Design from the Hafencity University in Hamburg was one more important step to improve her ladscapes were two main activities that made up her past four years. Anja did internships and multi-disciplinary programs around the world in the countries like Israel, Greece, Brazil, Spain and China. Six languages later, having a lot of endless stories to tell and a growing
Anna Levadna | Kyiv | architect Anna Levadna is a young Ukrainian architect who graduated from KNUCA as a Bachelor of Architecture with a focus on Urban Planning. She worked at In.Lab architects between 2013 and 2015, also Anna was a tutor at Cardboard Workshop in December 2014. In summer 2014 Anna took part in international workshop X-CHANGE014, which was organized by Young Architects. Anna Pashynska | Kamyanets-Podilsky | urban designer Anna Pashynska is a designer and dancer. “My interests in design have been changing”, she says, “I was involved with architecture, interior, product design. Now I came to urbanism and social projects. I spent four last years in Vienna, Austria, where I had been studying and working. A few months ago I returned to Ukraine – the country that intrigues me as an urbanist and a place where my heart belongs.” participants / 9
Anton Sukhar | Dnipropetrovsk | architect He graduated from Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering of post-Soviet cities on the development and behavior of the society and the reverse processes. Specializes in contemporary architecture. He explores new approaches and methods required by modern communities by experimenting at the architectural studio for the last three years. He participated in the CANactions workshop in 2013; together with the team he developed a proposal for Dnipropetrovsk concerning placement of containers for cigarette butts and trash. Anton also worked on a project on technical re-equipment of Kharkiv railway station. He is an active participant of the international architectural competitions and workshops. Bogdan Kapatsila | Ternopil | civil engineer Bogdan Kapatsila is a Ternopil-based interior designer and a university teacher. He works on various individual projects, being at the same time very interested in the design of public spaces. In his opinion, Urban Studies link private and public activities. He considers function to be the core of his solutions. Besides his own practice, in 2014 he worked as an architect/designer at RestoCamp in IvanoDaria Podoltseva | Kyiv | computer sciences, graphic designer Dasha Podoltseva is a Kyiv-based graphic designer with strong interest for urban development and city transformation. Some of her works were shortlisted and got awards from the Ukrainian Design competitions, in particular from The Very Best Of, Kakadu and ADC Ukraine. Jaroslav Jakovlev | Kharkiv | designer Jaroslav Jakovlev is an architect, graphic designer and calligraphist from Kharkiv. He is a participant of various international architectural and art projects. Interests: eco-building, sustainable development, owns 2 nasty cats. Maria Kupriian | Poltava | architect
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She wrote a master’s thesis on renovation and adaptive reuse of cultural heritage property. Since 2014 Mariia has become an active participant and co-founder of an urban platform CityLab (Poltava). Being one of the key platform members she developed a conceptual design of Poltava сadet сorps. Mariia also was a coordinator and coorganizer of an open workshop «Poltava, the Livable City». Mariia is actively involved into public and social projects in the city
Oleksander Shevchenko | Kyiv | maritime spatial planner Alexander Shevchenko has degrees in engineering and management by a Ukrainian and a European university. He focuses on a range of issues mainly related to spatial planning and development, civil engineering and acoustics. Alexander has a special interest in urban studies and marine spatial planning. He is a graduate student of an Erasmus Mundus programme focused on maritime spatial planning and also participated in an international EU-funded project ADRIPLAN. During his studies he did an internship in Berlin where he worked on various projects designed for the Baltic Sea region. Oleksandr Goreniuk | Odessa | international lawyer He was born and raised in Odessa. Today he is a businessman. In particular, I have created the Atlas of Ideas for Odessa and continue to add content to it. It is something like a guide aimed at improving urban space in a visionary, social and philosophical sense. This document is based on the achievments of modern cities, on a number of theoretical books on urban planning, master plans of Perm (Russia) and BSU, Strelka Institute`s researches, ADA design standards for barrier-free environment and my own travelers` experience. Oleksander Shutyuk | Lviv | designer Alexander Shutyuk works at Lviv City Council for the Development Bureau. He works on the tasks connected with planning of the streets and public spaces, trees planting, crowdfunding programs and some other topics. He is a contributor to one of well-known blogs about city development in Ukraine and co-founder of Novobudovy.com web-site. Before 2014 he worked as an interior designer. Oleksandra Sladkova | Lviv | sociologist Oleksandra Sladkova is the head of Urban Development Bureau at Lviv City Council. Using her background in sociology and fundraising, Oleksandra initiatives of city activists and to increase involvement of the general public with urban planning. The bureau also develops the strategies and projects of public spaces considering public opinion and participation Rodion Filatov | Kyiv | web-projects manager Rodion Filatov is an information designer. Telling visual stories using minimum words, but a lot of graphs, charts and pictures is his specialization. Rodion wants people to waste less time while learning about new issues. He believes that data visualization helps to perceive participants / 11
Tetiana Abramova | Kyiv | foreign economic activity manager Tanya is a city dreamer and ideologist of the community theTrip. com.ua that, she says, turns tourists into real travelers and city investigators. She is the founder of 108ideas.com.ua (career-oriented consulting based on Vedic astrology). Tanya wants to help ordinary people willing to make their cities more comfortable. Her dream is to construct a small comfortable town using both modern urban technologies and ancient approaches towards city development. Valentyna Chabanova-Babak | Kyiv | journalist of digital communication. She worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers such as Dzerkalo Tyzhnya, The people and others. Her articles are focused on people and their stories. Valentyna has a background in social science, social work and a large experience of being a volunteer. In her opinion, city if the future should be comfortable for everyone with no exceptions: for people with disabilities, for children, for the elderly, for people with di cultural backgrounds and even for homeless. Volodymyr Didiuk | Lviv | architect Volodymyr Didiuk graduated from Lviv Polytechnic National University. His master’s diploma was focused on energy-saving architecture and solar houses architecture. Volodymyr is a participant of architectural competitions, award winner of “INTERYEAR 2013” by The National Union of Architects of Ukraine for the cafe interior design which he implemented and a co-author of a project on development of the square and monument to Andrei Sheptytskyi in Lviv. Yulia Zalomaikina | Kyiv | architect Yuliia Zalomaikina is a Master student in Architecture at KNUCA specialized on renovation and restoration of architectural objects. Yuliia became interested in urbanism while she was participating in Dessau Summer School of Architecture. She was an intern at the architectural bureau of Jean-Jacques Hollard in Lyon. In 2015 Yuliia took part in an international Summer School «AACIMP» held by Kyiv Politechnical University, the Smart Cities sub-programme.
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