I am Vladysklav, I am Alina
Basic information
Project Title
I am Vladysklav, I am Alina
Full project title
I am Vladysklav, I am Alina. Artifact projects for peace
Category
Prioritising the places and people that need it the most
Project Description
The students of the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the “Vanvitelli” University,
in close synergy with the Municipality of Ercolano and other charitable associations, they collected testimonies and interviews from Ukrainian children and young people to design objects with them
for peace and for their well-being, to accompany them to a real inclusion in our community.
in close synergy with the Municipality of Ercolano and other charitable associations, they collected testimonies and interviews from Ukrainian children and young people to design objects with them
for peace and for their well-being, to accompany them to a real inclusion in our community.
Geographical Scope
National
Project Region
Ukraine
Urban or rural issues
It addresses urban-rural linkages
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
EU Programme or fund
No
Description of the project
Summary
Summary: The project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" is the result of an immediate, sustainable, inclusive, heartfelt response that started immediately after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, by teachers, doctoral students and students of the Course “Design and Communication”, Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" in synergy with the first Italian municipalities that welcomed Ukrainian refugees, in order to "design for all and together" artifacts for peace.
General objective: The project responds to the needs of Ukrainian children, young people, families who needed special and urgent attention during the first reception phase, to foster the union between the Ukrainian and Italian communities, even in multigenerational contexts.
Target groups: Heterogeneous groups were organized, coordinated by the Scientific Managers of the project and by the Scientific Committee, composed of university students, school pupils, representatives of the Municipalities, Associations, Parishes that have joined the Project with children, young people, Ukrainian refugee families in Italy, but also placed at a distance in the territories at war.
Specific objectives: In particular, after collecting interviews, stories, dreams in order to address the particular needs of these vulnerable individuals, co-design workshops were organized with the support of native speakers, in a differentiated and innovative way.
Results: 25 artifacts for peace were created, born from the involvement of 80 university students + 100 young Ukrainians with their families + 4 Municipalities + 5 Associations + 10 Schools + 100 school pupils + 20 teachers + 7 Parishes, brought to the exhibition at the University and at Villa Campolieto in Herculaneum which welcomed donations to support the basic needs of Ukrainian refugees in Italy, objects that symbolize the capacity for intercultural, empathetic and very engaging dialogue.
General objective: The project responds to the needs of Ukrainian children, young people, families who needed special and urgent attention during the first reception phase, to foster the union between the Ukrainian and Italian communities, even in multigenerational contexts.
Target groups: Heterogeneous groups were organized, coordinated by the Scientific Managers of the project and by the Scientific Committee, composed of university students, school pupils, representatives of the Municipalities, Associations, Parishes that have joined the Project with children, young people, Ukrainian refugee families in Italy, but also placed at a distance in the territories at war.
Specific objectives: In particular, after collecting interviews, stories, dreams in order to address the particular needs of these vulnerable individuals, co-design workshops were organized with the support of native speakers, in a differentiated and innovative way.
Results: 25 artifacts for peace were created, born from the involvement of 80 university students + 100 young Ukrainians with their families + 4 Municipalities + 5 Associations + 10 Schools + 100 school pupils + 20 teachers + 7 Parishes, brought to the exhibition at the University and at Villa Campolieto in Herculaneum which welcomed donations to support the basic needs of Ukrainian refugees in Italy, objects that symbolize the capacity for intercultural, empathetic and very engaging dialogue.
Key objectives for sustainability
The word sustainability of the Project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina", starts from the meaning of the verb to sustain v. tr. [Lat. sustĭnēre, comp. of sus-, variant of sub- "under", and tenere "to hold"] (conjugation as to hold) in the sense of holding a thing or a person raised; to give strength or resistance, to support, to refresh; to help, to help, but also to be able to carry out actions capable of being carried out in relation to the resources present from an environmental, economic and human point of view.
Therefore, all the artifacts made by the heterogeneous groups have been designed using recycled materials and/or recovered from disused objects in order to promote a longer life cycle of the object, composed of parts that can also be used in different ways, in order to also include their regeneration. For projects with titles: Distant Friend: Plush Backpack, Soul: Lectern; FIREFLIES : cutlery torch; The colors of freedom - кольори свободи : children's storage box; THE THREAD OF HOPE : ear covers; Kraplynka : playground; Miy Dim Dyzayn : Gaming Lamp; MNP Design for peace: hugging machine; NEFforpeace: puppet; Pekun: multi-function game; Sonyashnyk: portable table; Glimmer of Light: Library; TEAR - обібрати : pen holder; Join : interactive sliding door; Towards Days children's storage compartments; Wings-ALI : lamp; Zatyshok : storage bag; Герб України : multifunctional object; додому: lamp storage compartment; Парасолька : Bag with headband; Спутник : water container the principles of ecodesign were used: recover, repair, recycle; reuse.
Therefore, all the artifacts made by the heterogeneous groups have been designed using recycled materials and/or recovered from disused objects in order to promote a longer life cycle of the object, composed of parts that can also be used in different ways, in order to also include their regeneration. For projects with titles: Distant Friend: Plush Backpack, Soul: Lectern; FIREFLIES : cutlery torch; The colors of freedom - кольори свободи : children's storage box; THE THREAD OF HOPE : ear covers; Kraplynka : playground; Miy Dim Dyzayn : Gaming Lamp; MNP Design for peace: hugging machine; NEFforpeace: puppet; Pekun: multi-function game; Sonyashnyk: portable table; Glimmer of Light: Library; TEAR - обібрати : pen holder; Join : interactive sliding door; Towards Days children's storage compartments; Wings-ALI : lamp; Zatyshok : storage bag; Герб України : multifunctional object; додому: lamp storage compartment; Парасолька : Bag with headband; Спутник : water container the principles of ecodesign were used: recover, repair, recycle; reuse.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
The project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" aimed to encourage emotional-cultural relations through the modality of co-design, creating links between the Ukrainian community and the Italian community. First of all, the children, young people and through them, the Ukrainian families who arrived in Italy in March 2022, were welcomed into the project groups made up of university students, school children, members of the Institutions, becoming, through their stories, The protagonists of the creative process. Memories, memories, dreams, have been the traces on which to design objects that speak of Ukrainian traditions, encouraging a sense of belonging, integrating new cultural values, but above all constituting instruments of peace. The project is exemplary in this context because, in addition to being carried out at 0 cost, without external resources, it constitutes a good practice of a new way of education to welcome and support the environment, starting from a real need, giving a concrete answer in a very short time.
Key objectives for inclusion
The project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" in terms of inclusion celebrates diversity by integrating young Ukrainians and Italians, from the moment they arrive in Italy. In particular, starting from the refugees who arrived in the municipality of Herculaneum, families, young women with their children, young people who met 100 students in the university classrooms coordinated by the scientific managers of the project and the members of the scientific committee and worked with them on emotional needs, making them material of the project.
"I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" has built "bridges of peace", a new design model that through listening and creative workshops conducted by young university students, has made it possible to create tangible objects that tell the dreams, memories, and hopes of Ukrainians who have fled the war and those who have been contacted remotely. The artifacts have been exhibited in two exhibitions dedicated to them: in Aversa in the Abbey of San Lorenzo ad septimum, headquarters of the Department of Architecture and Design ed and Villa Campolieto on the Golden Mile in Herculaneum; subsequently auctioned to raise funds to support the first needs of the families who arrived in the municipalities of Campania, adhering to the Project.
The "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" project is exemplary because "at 0 cost", it has promoted intergenerational exchanges, trying to avoid isolation, giving support to vulnerable members of the community and increasing opportunities for social interaction, welcoming people in an active and way participatory the needs, the memories, the dreams of the people who had to leave their homeland in the war.
"I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" has built "bridges of peace", a new design model that through listening and creative workshops conducted by young university students, has made it possible to create tangible objects that tell the dreams, memories, and hopes of Ukrainians who have fled the war and those who have been contacted remotely. The artifacts have been exhibited in two exhibitions dedicated to them: in Aversa in the Abbey of San Lorenzo ad septimum, headquarters of the Department of Architecture and Design ed and Villa Campolieto on the Golden Mile in Herculaneum; subsequently auctioned to raise funds to support the first needs of the families who arrived in the municipalities of Campania, adhering to the Project.
The "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" project is exemplary because "at 0 cost", it has promoted intergenerational exchanges, trying to avoid isolation, giving support to vulnerable members of the community and increasing opportunities for social interaction, welcoming people in an active and way participatory the needs, the memories, the dreams of the people who had to leave their homeland in the war.
Results in relation to category
In the project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" the following objectives have been achieved:
a) Results: 22 peace artifacts produced by 22 transdisciplinary and multigenerational groups composed of: people engaged 80 University students + 100 young Ukrainians with their families + 4 municipalities +10 associations + 10 schools + 100 school pupils + 20 teachers + 7 churches + 100 participants = teaching, research, integration, community.
b) Social, qualitative in terms of experience, but also economic outcomes, determined by the sale of the objects, the proceeds of which went to support Ukrainian refugee families in Italy, particularly in Campania.
c) Impacts: the impacts of the project were educational-cultural in nature; promotion of values related to sustainability, inclusion, aesthetics spread on television services, through podcasts; on printed articles and through websites (https://www.architettura.unicampania.it; https://www.radioleopolda.it/ciro-buonajuto-podcaster/ ; iosono.vladyslav_iosono.alina)
a) Results: 22 peace artifacts produced by 22 transdisciplinary and multigenerational groups composed of: people engaged 80 University students + 100 young Ukrainians with their families + 4 municipalities +10 associations + 10 schools + 100 school pupils + 20 teachers + 7 churches + 100 participants = teaching, research, integration, community.
b) Social, qualitative in terms of experience, but also economic outcomes, determined by the sale of the objects, the proceeds of which went to support Ukrainian refugee families in Italy, particularly in Campania.
c) Impacts: the impacts of the project were educational-cultural in nature; promotion of values related to sustainability, inclusion, aesthetics spread on television services, through podcasts; on printed articles and through websites (https://www.architettura.unicampania.it; https://www.radioleopolda.it/ciro-buonajuto-podcaster/ ; iosono.vladyslav_iosono.alina)
How Citizens benefit
In the project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" Ukrainian citizens were fully involved, becoming the protagonists of the participatory project, from the moment of the request to tell their needs, their dreams, their memories; in the design phase of the peace artefacts, welcomed by the University and in schools; in the exhibition phase of the objects on display, describing to visitors their traditions, stories, hardships, but also the objects made with the students and teachers of the University, the children and teachers of the schools, the members of associations, institutions, parishes, citizens.
1 The scientific directors of the Project, Prof. Maria Dolores Morelli, Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli"; Dr. Ciro Buonajuto, Mayor of the Municipality of Herculaneum, Italy; Dr. Raffaella Marzoi Phd student, They coordinated all the phases of the project: WELCOMING, INCLUSION, SUSTAINABILITY for people in need, ensuring quality and beauty of the experience in order to give priority to the people who need it most.
2 The university students of the Course of Studies in Design and Communication of the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" have organized heterogeneous working groups composed, in addition to their representation, also of also of their representation, including by young people, children, Ukrainian families and members of civil society or schools.
3 The schools , adhering to the initiative, welcomed children and young people in their classes, in order to integrate them with Italian pupils and together with university students they conducted co-design workshops to "put dreams and needs on paper".
4 The Municipalities, Institutions, Associations, Parishes, and Families who have supported the participating families have supported the project in all phases; from the reception, to the transport, to the logistics, to the sustenance of the refugees
1 The scientific directors of the Project, Prof. Maria Dolores Morelli, Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli"; Dr. Ciro Buonajuto, Mayor of the Municipality of Herculaneum, Italy; Dr. Raffaella Marzoi Phd student, They coordinated all the phases of the project: WELCOMING, INCLUSION, SUSTAINABILITY for people in need, ensuring quality and beauty of the experience in order to give priority to the people who need it most.
2 The university students of the Course of Studies in Design and Communication of the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" have organized heterogeneous working groups composed, in addition to their representation, also of also of their representation, including by young people, children, Ukrainian families and members of civil society or schools.
3 The schools , adhering to the initiative, welcomed children and young people in their classes, in order to integrate them with Italian pupils and together with university students they conducted co-design workshops to "put dreams and needs on paper".
4 The Municipalities, Institutions, Associations, Parishes, and Families who have supported the participating families have supported the project in all phases; from the reception, to the transport, to the logistics, to the sustenance of the refugees
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
Innovative character
Goethe urged man to be "noble, generous and good". Vilém Flusser's 2003 essay, Philosophy of Design, states: "Let us now take as an example one of the missiles used in the Gulf War. Undoubtedly, their planners are extremely "noble" men: the missiles are elegant and can be considered typical works of contemporary art. And there is no doubt that designers are extremely "generous" people: despite the fact that they are complex systems. [...] These people are ready, in the interest of peace, to accept a "bad" design. They are satisfied if missiles, letter openers and arrowheads become increasingly poor quality and are therefore less elegant, less comfortable. These are "good" people [...] . They are anti-designers, anti-inventors."
This quotation allows us to make it clear that all the proponents of the project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" are anti-designers and indicate the innovative character of the project characterized by the principles of sustainability, inclusion and beauty understood in an ethical and not aesthetic sense. The principles are not only those of formal, functional logic and feasibility, but in the 22 artifacts with names taken from the Ukrainian, Russian, Italian languages, intermingled: 1) Distant Friend; 2) Soul; 3) FIREFLIES ; 4) The colors of freedom – кольори свободи; 5) THE THREAD OF HOPE; 6) Kraplynka; 7) Miy Dim Dyzayn; 8) MNP Design for peace; 9) NEFforpeace; 10) Pekun; 11) Sonyashnyk; 12) Glimmer of light; 13) TEAR – обібрати; 14) Merge; 15) Towards better days; 16) Wings-ALI; 17) Zatyshok; 18) Герб України; 19) додому; 20) парасолька; 21) Спутник; 22) Resilience.
This quotation allows us to make it clear that all the proponents of the project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" are anti-designers and indicate the innovative character of the project characterized by the principles of sustainability, inclusion and beauty understood in an ethical and not aesthetic sense. The principles are not only those of formal, functional logic and feasibility, but in the 22 artifacts with names taken from the Ukrainian, Russian, Italian languages, intermingled: 1) Distant Friend; 2) Soul; 3) FIREFLIES ; 4) The colors of freedom – кольори свободи; 5) THE THREAD OF HOPE; 6) Kraplynka; 7) Miy Dim Dyzayn; 8) MNP Design for peace; 9) NEFforpeace; 10) Pekun; 11) Sonyashnyk; 12) Glimmer of light; 13) TEAR – обібрати; 14) Merge; 15) Towards better days; 16) Wings-ALI; 17) Zatyshok; 18) Герб України; 19) додому; 20) парасолька; 21) Спутник; 22) Resilience.
Disciplines/knowledge reflected
In the project "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" there are the psychological, linguistic and cultural disciplines that interacted almost spontaneously at the various stages of the process.
The added value lies precisely in the different specificities that have contributed to the realization of the artifacts of peace. The University has contributed to the structuring of the method, municipalities, associations, schools, parishes to the inclusion and support of Ukrainian refugee families.
Young Ukrainians to the restitution of local stories and traditions that have become the starting point for the development of the project.
In addition, the Abbey of San Lorenzo ad septimum in Aversa and the Villa Campolieto in Herculaneum hosted the Exhibitions dedicated to peace in their spatial and architectural magnificence.
The added value lies precisely in the different specificities that have contributed to the realization of the artifacts of peace. The University has contributed to the structuring of the method, municipalities, associations, schools, parishes to the inclusion and support of Ukrainian refugee families.
Young Ukrainians to the restitution of local stories and traditions that have become the starting point for the development of the project.
In addition, the Abbey of San Lorenzo ad septimum in Aversa and the Villa Campolieto in Herculaneum hosted the Exhibitions dedicated to peace in their spatial and architectural magnificence.
Methodology used
In the "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" project, as has been widely said, the methodology of consciuos design and ecodesign was applied, through listening to groups of children, teenagers and refugee families or those in the homeland and the co-design of the design artefacts which contributed to highlighting the real cultural synergy between the different communities. The productive action developed a further phase in the auctioning of peace objects, the proceeds of which initially supported the Ukrainian refugee families in Campania.
How stakeholders are engaged
At the local level, municipalities, associations, institutions, parishes have welcomed, supported and organized all the phases of the planning process, without this contribution all the activities would not have been able to be organized.
At national level, the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", degree course in Design and Communication; The Ente Ville Vesuviane, Herculaneum, Italy with Ukrainian children and teenagersOlga Moiseev, Maria Vasilev, Sasha Khlud, Mariana Havryliuk, Stanislav Havryliuk, Anna, Maria, Hennadiy, Maksym, Dennis, Yuri, Esmeralda, Olecksander, Sonya, Sergio, Polina, Camilla, Alina, Anastasìa, Yuri, Viatoslav, Pavlo, Timur, Paolo Lukajuk, Alina, Anne, Anastasia, Snijana, Hennadiy , Maksym, Dennis e Yuri, Olecksander S., Esmeralda A., Vadim Senchysin, Solomija Senchysin, Giulia, Natasha, Denis, Yulia Angelush, Walentyn, Katya, Alla, Milana, They structured and designed in a scientific way all the phases of the project, communication, realization and exhibition of the artifacts for peace.
At national level, the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", degree course in Design and Communication; The Ente Ville Vesuviane, Herculaneum, Italy with Ukrainian children and teenagersOlga Moiseev, Maria Vasilev, Sasha Khlud, Mariana Havryliuk, Stanislav Havryliuk, Anna, Maria, Hennadiy, Maksym, Dennis, Yuri, Esmeralda, Olecksander, Sonya, Sergio, Polina, Camilla, Alina, Anastasìa, Yuri, Viatoslav, Pavlo, Timur, Paolo Lukajuk, Alina, Anne, Anastasia, Snijana, Hennadiy , Maksym, Dennis e Yuri, Olecksander S., Esmeralda A., Vadim Senchysin, Solomija Senchysin, Giulia, Natasha, Denis, Yulia Angelush, Walentyn, Katya, Alla, Milana, They structured and designed in a scientific way all the phases of the project, communication, realization and exhibition of the artifacts for peace.
Global challenges
The "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" project faces the global challenge of wanting to give "priority to the places and people who need it most" by providing as a local solution the "bridges of Peace" built by the virtuous supply chain Universities + Institutions + Municipalities + Associations + Schools + Parishes + citizens in order to include in a sustainable and beautiful way, the Ukrainian refugee community in Italy and the young people who remained in the war zones.
At the local level, the 22 transdisciplinary and multigenerational groups set up have provided 22 artifacts for peace, a symbol of inclusion, created to respond to the needs of individuals in serious difficulty both from an emotional and economic point of view. In fact, the 22 objects were auctioned so that the proceeds were donated to the neediest Ukrainian families in Italy, particularly in Campania.
At the local level, the 22 transdisciplinary and multigenerational groups set up have provided 22 artifacts for peace, a symbol of inclusion, created to respond to the needs of individuals in serious difficulty both from an emotional and economic point of view. In fact, the 22 objects were auctioned so that the proceeds were donated to the neediest Ukrainian families in Italy, particularly in Campania.
Learning transferred to other parties
The "I am Vladysklav, I am Alina" project, given its methodology and the goodness and beauty of the intentions, could be declined in any territorial situation where there are universities and schools that deal with design, but above all in an area inclined to welcome, integrate and enhance human, cultural and economic resources.
Keywords
artifacts for peace
inclusion
necessities
enrichment action
transdisciplinary movement
