The Danish non-governmental organisation SOS Children's Villages Denmark has initiated a new project, Children's Living Places, which aims to promote and strengthen alternative forms of family care in Ukraine.
Three clusters of buildings will be located in three different communities. Each cluster will consist of houses for foster families and family-type children's homes, common recreational and social spaces, and social centres that will provide psychosocial support services.
The houses will be built according to the Living Places concept developed by the VELUX group of companies, EFFEKT architects and Artelia engineers. The concept of affordable housing adheres to five key principles: housing should be healthy, adaptive, simple, modern and scalable.
The Living Places Copenhagen pilot project in Denmark was built using frame structures, skylights, an air-to-water heat pump, and solar panels. The private houses have three floors, which may not fully meet Ukrainian realities due to the large number of people with disabilities.
The project is funded by the Willum Foundation, which is part of the VELUX FOUNDATIONS, Viessmann Foundation, Grundfos Foundation and Bitten & Mads Clausen's Foundation, and the VELUX Group is contributing with its Living Places concept. The Somfy Foundation, DOVISTA, Flügger and VELUX Ukraine are donors, while Kromann Reumert and EIFO support the project with legal and financial expertise.
Children's Living Places is a flagship project. In the long term, the team wants to inspire Ukrainian local and national authorities as well as more partners to scale up.
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