Design in Wartime – exhibition and discussion on creative solutions in conflict situations
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On 12 November 2026 the project "Design in Wartime" opens, organised by the Austrian Cultural Forum and the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest, with the support of the Cărturești group, the Ukraine Office Austria of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, and OeAD. At 15:30, at Cărturești Modul (Str. Academiei 18-20), the project "Design in Wartime: Challenges for the Modern World" is presented, followed by a discussion with Prof.
Dr Bohdan Cherkes, in English. At 18:00, in the main hall of the "Ion Mincu" University (Str. Academiei 18-20), the exhibition opens, in the presence of Bohdan Cherkes, the project's initiator, from Lviv National Polytechnic University, and the Austrian Ambassador to Romania, Ulla Krauss-Nussbaumer.
The exhibition presents creative solutions devised by teams of Austrian and Ukrainian students: shelters for refugees and the resident population, military design, art therapy tools and design for reconstruction. Ten of them can be seen from 12 to 22 November in the university hall. The full exhibition will be presented in 2027, at the second edition of the Bucharest Design Festival.
The Romanian version of the exhibition was created by a team of architects and designers coordinated by Dr Arch. Justin Baroncea and Dr Arch. Ioana Naniș, together with Răzvan Țurcanu and Alex Rîță. Details: www.facebook.com/events/1690098679212360
