A new multifunctional space for children, young people and adults has appeared in the Mariapolis modular town at 72-A Chervonoi Kalyny Avenue in Lviv. The wooden building was assembled by the German company Urban Beta as part of the Circular Ukraine project.
The structure has an area of about 80 sq m and is intended for educational meetings, seminars, prayer events, film screenings, concerts, creative workshops and other initiatives that will support learning and socialisation for residents of the modular town.
The building has been constructed according to the principles of the circular economy: it is a fully wooden, modular and rapidly assembled structure. The elements were not glued together and the use of materials that complicate dismantling was minimised. Thanks to this, the structure can be fully taken apart into separate components, packed, transported to another location and reassembled. The cost of the structure without installation is 180,000 euros.
Each construction element has a built-in chip containing information about it. This kind of “digital passport” makes it possible to track the component throughout its entire life cycle — from production and operation to dismantling and potential reuse.
According to Valentyna Bartoshyk, Director of the Humanitarian Policy Department of Lviv City Council, the space is primarily intended for children and adults living in the modular town and has been created from environmentally friendly materials for learning, leisure and various activities.
Anton Klishyn, coordinator of the Circular Ukraine project, stressed that the coming year will be a test period for the building in real-life conditions, and that the main goal of the team is to demonstrate a technology that communities will be able to use independently and scale up.
Ukrainian enterprises were involved in manufacturing the structures. This is a technology that is planned not only to be used in Ukraine, but also to enable such structures to be reproduced without being tied to a single production site. This opens up the possibility of further adapting the solution to the needs of different communities.
The final work on fitting out the interior and the surrounding area is now under way. It is expected that in the near future the space will be open to visits by residents of the social town.
A video about the new space for children and young people in Lviv’s modular town can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/embed/U7TeUWE1k4M?feature=oembed