June 1, 2023

Polish Pavilion "Poetics of Necessity" at London Design Biennale 2023

This year the Polish Pavilion at the London Design Biennale was curated by initiators of the OKNO project: Zofia Jaworowska (BRDA Foundation), Petro Vladimirov, as well as architect Michał Sikorski (TŁO architects). The pavilion titled “Poetics of Necessity” presented the international networks of collaboration supporting wartime reconstruction in Ukraine by supplying used PVC windows reclaimed from demolition and renovation sites in Poland (BRDA Foundation) and Switzerland (Re-Win Foundation). The pavilion was recognised as an outstanding contribution to the London Design Biennale 2023 and awarded the Golden Medal. During his fieldwork, Urban Bricolage-researcher Adam Przywara has been working with BRDA Foundation, actively participating in the OKNO project and investigating the process of reclamation, logistics and reuse of windows in the wartime reconstruction of Ukraine.
Link to dezeen-article