Our Projects
Transitional Housing Unit
for Ukraine
The war in Ukraine displaced millions. For many, safe and local refuge is out of reach. PSR provides culturally sensitive shelter, informed by participatory design, translating local context and needs into sustainable transitional housing. Our unique approach to community engagement led to a cooperation framework, flexible layout and construction that allows the shelters to be co-designed, constructed and lived in by the internally displaced. We aim to scale-up and provide Ukrainians with a place to return to, that they can call their own, while rebuilding their home. The units can later have a different function, serving the same community.
Revitalisation of a volunteer centre
The aim of the project was to support a fellow Dutch NGO in a revitalisation of their volunteer centre. Volunteers with No Limits (VNL) help Ukrainians in the Netherlands through distribution of goods and community support, as well as through collection and shipment of humanitarian aid directly to Ukraine.
PSR designed solutions for four main needs:
more elaborate and organised storage space; children’s corner; accessibility ramp and outdoor seating
Participatory workshops in Warsaw
Our team aims to support Ukrainian citisens in facing the challenge of the reconstruction of their country in peacetime. We organised a series of meetings related to cities reconstruction and participatory urban planning; discussions and workshops for Ukrainians living in Poland. Their aim is to foster discussions about cities reconstruction, not from architects' and professionals' point of view but from a public, non-professional perspective.
Community Centre in India
PSR took part in an Archstorming Architecture Competition. The brief was to design an Community Center in Kodidoddi, India, a remote village on the edge of Andhra Pradesh. The design had to be durable, modular and replicable in other locations, while honouring the local community and traditions.
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PSR's main concept was inspired by a strong element that shapes the site chosen in Kodidoddi: the neem tree. We saw it as a central point, a reference to our buildings' location.