Architect: Alexander Kucheravy
3D-visualization: Yulia Shiferson
Location: Ukraine
Healthy House ODU (Open Door Ukraine) is a data-driven residential concept based on neuroarchitecture, healthy architecture and evidence-based design. The project combines adaptive planning, daylight analysis, indoor comfort, low-carbon materials, circular economy, Active House, New European Bauhaus and Level(s) principles to show how buildings can support physical and mental health.
A project for the recovery of Ukraine, where architecture can serve as an active therapeutic tool if it is based on human physiology and evaluated using scientific methods.
OpenDoorUkraine.NL:
"On 8 April 2025, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine hosted a presentation of a new biological building by environmental architect Oleksandr Kucheravy. This forward-thinking design rethinks post-war rural housing in Ukraine through the lens of sustainability, resilience and local innovation.
The concept promotes the creation of environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and affordable homes using biomaterials such as straw and hemp, resources that are climate-resilient, locally sourced and easily produced in Ukraine.
The event also launched the Build Back Bio programme, an initiative to introduce and scale up these innovative building models in war-affected rural communities.
We are pleased to announce that the consortium, consisting of Rawblox, Hempire UA and OpenDoorUkraine.nl, has been awarded a €4 million grant from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
