Nominator: Arbër Sadiki

Nominator's statement

I nominate Lendi Osmani for the BIG SEE Perspectives Award in recognition of his exceptional talent, international outlook, and early professional impact. Despite his young age, he has demonstrated remarkable design maturity through leading and contributing to multiple award-winning international competitions, including first prizes in Kharkiv, Lecce, and Ravenna. His work bridges architecture, urban regeneration, and sustainability, combining strong conceptual thinking with technical rigor and BIM coordination skills. Educated at Politecnico di Torino and active across Europe, Osmani also contributes to academia as a guest lecturer and mentor, fostering knowledge transfer and critical thinking. His trajectory reflects a new generation of architects shaping socially responsive and future-oriented environments.

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GYMNASIUM NO. 46, KHARKIV (UKRAINE)
Competition project /Master’s thesis — 1st Prize
Developed as a response to the destruction of educational infrastructure in Kharkiv, this project reimagines Gymnasium No. 46 as a catalyst for post-conflict recovery. Rather than a standalone school, the proposal positions education as civic infrastructure—integrating public spaces, shared sports facilities, and open courtyards to support collective life. Through hybrid indoor–outdoor learning environments and a resilient urban masterplan, the project explores how architecture can restore familiarity, rebuild trust, and support social healing in post-war cities.GALLERIA MAZZINI, LECCE (ITALY)
Competition project — 1st Prize
In collaboration with 2MIX Architetti
The project reinterprets Galleria Mazzini as an urban passage and civic interior, transforming an underused commercial structure into a flexible public space. By reopening the gallery to light, air, and vegetation, the proposal restores continuity between the surrounding streets and introduces new courtyards as urban rooms. A renewed spatial grid and layered ceiling system reorganize circulation and use, allowing the gallery to host markets, events, exhibitions, and everyday social life—shifting its identity from a transitory space to an active urban place.

SECONDARY SCHOOL, PODGORICA (MONTENEGRO)
Competition project

The project proposes a contemporary secondary school organized as a compact architectural volume structured around a series of internal courtyards. The spatial layout prioritizes daylight, orientation, and clear relationships between teaching spaces, collective areas, and outdoor environments. By integrating landscape, sports facilities, and shared social spaces within a coherent plan, the school supports informal learning and everyday interaction, while establishing a clear civic presence that balances educational function with openness toward its urban context.

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