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As part of the project for the comprehensive reconstruction of settlements affected by Russian aggression, the village of Yagidne is a participant, the Service for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure in the Chernihiv Region announced the holding of an all-Ukrainian open architectural competition for the best concept for the creation of a memorial in the said village. The full name is "Reconstruction of the building of the Yagidnyan secondary school of grades I-II into an administrative building with the creation of a memorial complex on Lisova street, 1a in the village of Yagidne, Ivanivska territorial community, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region."
The purpose of the competition is to determine the best concept for the memorial complex of the building of the Yagidnyanska secondary school of grades I-II on Lisova street, 1a in the village of Yagidne, Ivanivska territorial community, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region, and further establishing contractual relations with the winner to organize the process of developing design and estimate documentation.
Terms of the competition:
October 18, 2023 – announcement of an architectural competition;
November 21, 2023 – completion of registration in the competition, receipt of initial data for design;
11/22/2023 - start of design;
January 27, 2024 - the last date for accepting tenders;
02/07/2024 – meeting of jury members;
February 12, 2024 - announcement of the competition results.
The main tasks of the competition are:
display of the future memorial complex by architectural, technological and artistic means;
inclusion of the history of the place in the history of the region and the country;
changing the function of the building to include museum-exhibition and memorial functions;
museification and memorialization of the school space, in the context of the events of the war and the traumatic experience during the occupation;
creation of a scenario and visual concept of the exposition, as an integral part of the memorial complex, based on selected methods of working with a complex, traumatic history;
development of an architectural and spatial concept in the context of the crime scene by the Russian aggressors;
creation of a complete, integrated architectural and spatial concept of the place of commemoration of events;
taking into account the recent history of the competition venue and its importance in the local collective memory;
to propose a spatial program that will allow to expand the participation of the community and the implementation of its needs through the future memorial complex (cafe, administrative block, the possibility of organizing social entrepreneurship, public space, rehabilitation space, etc.).
The professional capacity of the participant of the competition must be confirmed by the certificate of the responsible executor of certain types of works (services) related to the creation of architectural objects. For interdisciplinary teams, author collectives, one team member with the appropriate certificate is enough.
To participate in the competition, the author/author team must register by filling out the online form on the official website of the competition at the link.
The organizers of the competition accept electronic applications for participation in the competition from 00:00 on 18.10.2023 to 24:00 on 21.11.2023 (Kyiv time) to e-mail: yahidne.info@gmail.com or printed applications for participation in contest from 08:00 on 10/18/2023 to 17:00 on 11/21/2023 (Kyiv time) at the address: 14005, Chernihiv, str. Kyivska, b. 17, Service for reconstruction and development of infrastructure in Chernihiv region.
Materials submitted after midnight on January 27, 2023 (Kyiv time) will not be allowed to participate in the competition.
Participation in the competition is free - participants do not pay a registration fee.
The prize fund of the competition is 50,000 hryvnias. The monetary reward is provided only for the first place. Financing takes place at the expense of funds from sources not prohibited by the current legislation of Ukraine, including with the involvement of funds from charitable organizations.
Projects are submitted in printed and digital form in the Ukrainian language:
in digital form - to the e-mail yahidne.info@gmail.com , in the form of a link to a file exchange for downloading the materials of the competition project, with the subject of the letter: "Architectural competition_Yahidne";
in printed form (one copy of the competition project) - at the address: 14005, Chernihiv, str. Kyivska, b. 17, Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service in Chernihiv Oblast, phone: +38(096)766-03-26 (chat format). Notification of the organizer about the date and number of the postal receipt for sending is mandatory.
The winner of the architectural competition has a priority right to the further development of project documentation. This right is exercised by the winner of the competition through the conclusion of an appropriate contract with the Service for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure in the region.
All questions of the participants that arise during the contest can be addressed to the project e-mail: yahidne.info@gmail.com or to the phone number: +38 (096) 766-03-26 (chat format). The most frequently asked questions/answers will be published on the competition website. Contest participants can familiarize themselves with project materials and source data on site at the address: Chernihiv, st. Kyivska, b. 17, Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service in Chernihiv Oblast or on the project's official website in the form of a link to Google Drive.
We will remind: the village of Yagidne of the Chernihiv district has become famous throughout the world. Here, last year, the Russian occupiers held 370 people hostage for almost a month as "human shields" in the basement of a local school of 200 square meters, in unsanitary conditions, suffocation and lack of food.
