Co-creation and inclusive architecture in East Slovakia
Amongst historic streets and concrete towers, in the summer of 2023, the feminist urban collective Spolka organised a week-long project in Košice, East Slovakia. The Never Never School brought together a multidisciplinary group of architects, sociologists, students, urban designers, organisers, teachers, writers, artists, and people passionate about housing - we explored the city, engaged with the area, and imagined future possibilities for an inclusive housing. This interview with one of their members, Lýdia Grešáková, explores the unique territorial and cultural aspects that influence their work, like the exclusion of the segregated Roma minority, Lunik IX - the Roma settlement at the edge of the city - and a socio-political environment unfriendly to change.
