![]() ![]() ![]() “We hacked the London Design Biennale to collect windows in London,” explained Jaworowska. Windows are usually the first building element to break in an explosion, so residents must then use makeshift methods to enclose their once safe homes with clingfilm, tea towels, or cardboard.īack in London, curators Zofia Jaworowska, Michał Sikorski, and Petro Vladimirov have organized local donations, 15 of which now sit on crates in Somerset House’s East Wing. Collected windows for donation and delivery to Ukraine (Courtesy Zofia Jaworowska, Michał Sikorski and Petro Vladimirov, curators of the exhibition in the Polish Pavilion)īefore the war, the majority of Ukraine’s windows were imported from Russia and Belarus, and the only glass factory in the country is located in the now-captured town of Lysychansk. ![]() For example, the reclamation of Kherson was a key victory in 2022, and 56 percent of the windows collected that year were sent to the region. They’ve since shifted their focus to rebuild previously occupied parts of Ukraine that have been reclaimed. The WINDOW project collaborated with community organizations on the ground to form networks of distribution, such as the District #1 Foundation, established before the war to regenerate areas of Old Kyiv. Over 12,000 PVC windows-the cheapest and most durable version of that building element-have been donated by Poland since June 2022. Its pavilion presents a snapshot of Fundacja BRDA’s ongoing WINDOW project, a show of solidarity and practicality from Poland as residents send reusable windows to Ukraine. However, the Polish Pavilion looks to form new networks born of community and generosity with its contribution, The Poetics of Necessity. ![]()
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