DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE INVITES YOU TO AN OPEN LECTURE AND PRESENTATION
The Department of Architecture at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts invites you to a presentation of the work and ideas of Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, laureate of the 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Topic: “EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE: THE REALISATION OF EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECTURE AT THE INTERSECTION OF URBAN AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES”
When: May 1 (Friday) at 4:00 PM (Kyiv Time)
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About the Event:
This lecture presents a special selection of projects and works by Smiljan Radić, Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate (2026).
Smiljan Radić is a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). In 2012, he was awarded the “Golden Lion” at the Venice Biennale for an exhibition he curated. In 2001, Radić was named “Best Architect Under 35” by the College of Architects of Chile. His work has been featured in three issues of the renowned “El Croquis” magazine. In addition to his architectural practice, he is the founder and president of the Fragile Architecture Foundation.
His most notable works include House for the Poem of the Right Angle, The Winery at VIK, and the Bío-Bío Regional Theatre.
Speaker: Cristián Wittig — Chilean architect (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) and urban planner (Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK). Alongside projects in Chile and around the world, he is currently involved in the reconstruction of four Ukrainian cities destroyed by the war (Irpin, Chernihiv, Kreminna and Borodianka).
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Language: English, Ukrainian (with consecutive interpretation)
How to join: Please complete the registration form
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We extend our gratitude to the “Nakypilo” media group and first-year student Anna Kovalenko for their assistance in organising and hosting the event.
