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CREATIVE QUARTERCHANGING THE FUTURE

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What is the eco-system of innovations?

We are a blend of infrastructure and culture.

Infrastructure is provided by the state and private sector. Culture is provided through the contribution of young entrepreneurs who desire to create solutions, products and innovations for the future world.

The Creative Quarter harmoniously blends both worlds to create a place of excellence and innovation.

CREATIVE QUARTERPROJECT CONCEPT

ECOSYSTEM OF INNOVATIONSOUR MISSION

IDEAPITCH

Creative Quarter Complex is a 16,000 square meter facility consolidating location and services for work, creativity, learning, leisure, entertainment.

Creative Quarter is the crossroads for engagement and collaboration for professionals with an international perspective to meet, collaborate and learn from each other; especially in the areas of technology, creative, and media verticals. Through the creation of a neutral space, survival and communications meet as technology and art. The space allows technology and artistic individuals to meet and co-operate under one roof; from Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, developers, journalists, advertisers, arts and social figures.

Located in the center of Lviv, Ukraine.


LIST OF PROJECTSSUMMARY

30 glass areas for innovative for startup projects and companies (ideal for 2-8 teamsize): Fully equipped halls for master-classes and seminars; Hackerspace with development tools for robotics; Gamezone with powerful computers and group-raids conditions; Professional meeting rooms; Startup Bank – provides seed and/or proof of concept capital; Post Office with personal mailboxes for residents; Creative Restaurant (Test Kitchen), where everyone can be a chief; Investment Сafe, which a tradition of venture deals discussions; Professional press studio; Eco-park with wooden walkway and energy-efficient lighting;


LIST OF PROJECTSSUMMARY

Antique refurbished trams; Fully equipped Press Studio; Professional Language School for English - for kids and parents; Festivals of classical music, jazz, film, theater, literature and other forms of creative activity; Creative workshops: art, theater, children's ethno-shop, music, sports, etc. Modern urban and architecture center; Center for Children Enlightenment + makerspace + experimentarium; Courtyard with terraces and venue for open airs; Coffee-points with coffee, tea, juices and fresh pastries; Main board, stand for cups, lounges, parking and garden, lockers, bicycles and many more;


MAIN DESK

The first face a guest sees is the the front desk where she receives a client security bracelet, along with the relevant information, suggestions for different services and offers which serves the guests needs.

HANGAR #2


MAIN BOARD

Main board presents events and workshops along with the currently present residents in the Creative Quarter.

HANGAR #2


DIGITAL LAB

Digital Discovery Lab - Creative Quarter technical partners provide state of the art products and solutions for the public to discover new and innovative uses and applications of the Quarter’s technical partner’s product offerings.

HANGAR №2


STARTUP BOXES

Startup Boxes are transparent glass cubes - studios, for startup teams - up to 8 people.

Startup Box is the ideal office setup for the young companies. We provide support for “behind the scenes look” through streaming video so other residents and public can learn from each other’s examples.

HANGAR #1


CO-WORKING HALLS

Co-working hall’s are located in Hangar #1 and fully merged with the startup boxes zone.

HANGAR #1


LOCKERS

80 lockers for personal things, such as laptop 15" or backpack.

HANGAR #1


COLLABORATIONS

Collaborations is designed for brainstorming, process planning and discussion, accommodates up to 10 person teams, working on common projects.

Collaborations is an open resource not meant for meetings and negotiations.

HANGAR #1


CENTER FOR CHILDREN ENLIGHTENMENT

Center for Children Enlightenment provides holistic approaches and space for their development away from the traditional educational system. Center provides an area for children to interact with each other and education through meaningful adventures. This allows parents to have the opportunity to have non-standard roles. e.g. Father taking care of the children and working at the same time and allows them to participate with the children in makerspace and/or workshops.

SEPARATE BUILDING


EXPERIMENTARIUM

Experimentarium - an environment where kids aged 3 to 10 years, discover the world through experiencing hands-on experiments together with inspiring mentors and tutors thus creating the moments that help shape the future generations.

SEPARATE BUILDING


KIDS MAKERSPACE

Kids Makerspace equipped with line equipment, allowing them design and implement their imagination excluding dangerous tools. Many ready-made solutions are offered from Lego, Arduino and Raspberry Pi along with creative guidance of experienced mentors.

SEPARATE BUILDING


ANTI-CAFE

Anti-cafe is a place to relax for globally-minded technology professionals, creative and media people.

HANGAR #2


INVESTMENT CAFE

Investment Cafe will become a legendary place; from the onset a very we will establish the tradition of meet-ups between startups and investors - to chat, discuss projects, venture deals, advice and guidance. The Investment Cafe is Dutch style cafe, with lots of energy, action, noise and best coffee in town.

To add to the ambiance and help investors recognize potential investments, pictures of the various startup teams will be part of the decor.

HANGAR #2, PART OF ANTI-CAFE


MESSAGE BOARD

The Message board is a huge whiteboard with various random messages from visitors. e.g. thoughts, help requests, personals, etc.

HANGAR #2


MEETING ROOMS

Meeting & Conferences Rooms are designed for the needs to organize a group meeting, briefing, discussion, etc. and invite up to 15 people.

Each meeting room has a board table, chairs and a minibar. All rooms are equipped with large-screen TVs with camera, computer, microphone and speakers. Meeting preparation and computer connection with offsite and remote individuals or groups on Skype, Viber, Telepresence, etc. takes a minute. Service for online broadcast of the meeting with a handheld camera (go pro) is also provided.

Meeting supports services such as our personal assistant service will be made available. e.g. assistants for note dictation, meeting minutes, forward meeting minutes to all participants, etc.

HANGAR #2, BALCONY


MASTER-CLASSES AND SEMINARS

Hanger #3 halls are intended for master-classes and seminars with max. occupancy up to 200 people.

All lectures will be recorded on video for the archive, available on subscription.

Workshops and master-classes will be held every day, seven days a week - with different themes and subjects, ranging from lean startup methodology to culinary ethnic cuisine.

HANGAR #3


AMPHITHEATER

Amphitheater is auditorium with a 200 people seating capacity, which will host media conferences of all sizes. The auditorium will be equipped with comfortable chairs, power outlets, internet outlets and headphones for translation into other languages.

The auditorium is equipped with a powerful projector and large screen which provides the visitors the ability to watch videos recorded live or streaming. Press Studio will also available for TV programs, stand-up shows, jazz and electronic concerts and art-house movies.

HANGAR #3


CREATIVE RESTAURANT

Creative Restaurant - Test Kitchen where anyone can explore their creativity with various cuisine and future sustainable eco-cuisine. Anyone can be a creator based on their imagination or goal without being a chef. Creative Restaurant can accommodate many visitors, located in the hangar #3 and consists 2 floors.

HANGAR #3


GAME SPACE

Game space - a laboratory for computer game research, equipped with most powerful computers, as well as all existing consoles - Xbox, Sony Playstation, etc. including virtual reality headsets for 3D gaming - Oculus Rift.

Game space will become home of excellence for the growing e-sports. e.g. League of Legends, Starcraft II, Dota 2, Smite, World of Tanks etc.

HANGAR #3, LOWER LEVEL


MAFIA SPACE

Mafia (also known as Werewolf) is a party game, which modeling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents).

Every night this area will gather groups of professional players.



PRESS STUDIO

Press Studio will be equipped with bulletproof windows, a simple but elegant furniture and understated, but solid design. The room will provides appropriate shooting light, sound and video system.

Press Studio is a full featured interview and sound stage for uses ranging from basic interviews to special sound effects recording. Staging of the studio is modular to meet the video and presentation needs of internet based companies for marketing and advertisement.



POST OFFICE

The Creative Quarter will launch best service based post office in Ukraine which provides visitors the ability to send and receive letters, packages, purchases from Amazon, Ebay, bill payment and more.

HANGAR #4


POST OFFICE

We want to give to all our residents, i.e. startups, vc’s, agencies, designers, journalists, publicists and , entrepreneurs - a real physicall access to an address.

HANGAR #4


STARTUP BANK

This is a branch a white label of a well known financial institution, which will provide the needed and important services required by startups and investors.

The Startup bank will be able to offer financial instruments and policies which are not normally available or accessible to the Ukrainian public in the past, such as convertible loans, startup packages, etc.

Startup Bank also provides its own revolving credit financing accelerator program.

HANGAR #4


HACKERSPACE

Hackerspace - a laboratory, equipped with a number of necessary machines (CNC, CAM, laser cutter, etc.), as well as 3D printers, soldering stations, digital oscilloscope, logic analyzer, variety of mechanic, precision, air and power tools. Access to raw and salvaged materials such as wireless components, engines and other materials.

Hackerspace is dedicated to the people, who are interested in developing in the areas of robotics and automation. Also people who are engaged in designing, programming, modeling and artistic creativity. There will be assistants will be available in the Hackerspace, to advice and give assessment on projects.

HANGAR #4


WORKSHOPS

Creative workshops: art workshop, theater workshop, children's ethno-shop, music shop, sports shop, etc.

HANGAR #4


LOUNGESACROSS THE WHOLE SPACE

The social element is crucial for teamwork and co-operation. Creative Quarter provides a variety of different lounge spaces to accommodate the various moods of individuals and teams.


COFFEE-POINTS

There will be 4 coffee stations spread across the Creative Quarter, equipped with coffee-machines, teapots, etc. At the coffee stations visitors will be able to prepare their coffee or tea. Visitors will be offered snacks, cookies, candies, etc.

ACROSS THE WHOLE SPACE


TERRACES

Terraces will be equipped with outdoor tables and chairs. During the summer, visitors will be offered different event nights - open-air art-house movies, concerts and shows.

COURTYARD


GARDEN

Garden will be common place for business and leisure for Creative Quarter visitors. The Garden is equipped with a chairs and electrical outlets to allow residents and visitors to work outside.

During the winter garden will be transformed into a zone of snow activity, with a Christmas tree, ice castles, etc.

COURTYARD


UNIQUE ECO-PARKGARDEN BEHIND THE HANGAR #4

Eco-park - is a green area, combining the brightest elements of the flora and the latest in high-tech fields, able to interact with nature, without causing any damage.

Eco-park - is not only a place of recreation for the residents, but also a unique project as an experimental platform for inventors and manufacturers involved in eco-technologies.


UNIQUE ECO-PARK

Wooden walkway which complements the ecosystem of trees and grass; Park lighting using battery power solar panels; Nooks for work and leisure; Irrigation systems; Instant monitored communication with the security service; Maze, wi-fi, zone of complete silence for walking, meditation and much more.

GARDEN BEHIND THE HANGAR #4


URBAN CENTER

Center for urban planning will study issues related to the city development; exploring practices from around the world and creating unique best practices from Lviv’s unique city heritage.


GARDEN BEHIND THE HANGAR #4

TRAMS

Two trams will be restored from the chassis of existing derelict trams which were part of Lviv from the beginning of the 19th century.

CITY


HAPPENING

Classical music, jazz, festivals, cinema, theater, literature, social projects and other forms of creative activity, including all forms and ways of self-expression and self-discovery.



DAY EVENTS

We will often arrange summer day events - street food festivals, jazz and electronic concerts, festivals, conferences, parties in Cuban or Mexican style, children's days, family days and many more.



We will arrange summer night events - art-house movies, show of astronomers, etc.

NIGHT EVENTSACROSS THE WHOLE SPACE


WRISTBANDS

Wristband Access is a universal authentication, authorization and billing system for all Creative Quarter visitors.

Wristbands will be equipped with a magnetic contactless chip. Wristbands will be distributed based on the color code of visitor's attachment to designation or description. E.g. developers, designers, journalists, advertisers, marketers, etc. At present there are ten designations available.



VENUETRAM DEPOT


TRAM DEPOT

VENUE


КРЕАТИВНЫЙ КВАРТАЛКОНФИДЕНЦИАЛЬНО

ПЛОЩАДКАТРАМВАЙНОЕ ДЕПО №1

VENUETRAM DEPOT


VENUECO-WORKING & STARTUP BOXES


VENUE


CO-WORKING & STARTUP BOXES

VENUEANTI-CAFE


PARTNERSFRIENDS AND PARTNERS


TEAMCO-FOUNDERS

OLEG MATSEHFounder of Lviv Public Forum, founder of RPR, Public Figure

DMYTRO KOSAREVCo-founder N-iX, co-founder LITS

MARK ZARKHINFamous restaurateur, public figure

TARAS KITSMEYFounder and board member of SoftServe corporation

TARAS DOBRYANSKIYChairman of"European House" Joint-Stock Company (Hotel "Leopolis")

ILIA KENIGSHTEINCreative Quarter Project Founder & CEO

OLEG DRINInvestment Manager, K.Hartwall Invest Oy Ab

TEAMTECHNOLOGICAL PARTNERS

IGOR PIGAREVGIR manager в Ericsson Ukraine

ANDREY PISHCHIKOVManaging Director at HP Ukraine

TATIANA NANAIEVACorporate Affairs Manager at Intel Corporation

VALERY FISCHUKRegional Government Relations Manager at Cisco Ukraine

ANDREY BULACHManaging Partner at Deloitte

OLEG BODNARCountry Manager at Cisco Ukraine

ALEXEY ARISTOVDirector Transaction Services and Financial Advisory Services

ANATOLII VERESHead of Strategic Projects at HP Ukraine

DMITRY KALITATerritory Manager at Intel Corporation

NADIIA VASYLIEVAGeneral Manager at Microsoft Ukraine

OLGA SVYRYDENKOHead of Education Department at Microsoft Ukraine

ВЛАДИМИР ДОХЛЕНКОIT Business Vice President at APC (Schneider Electric)

JOIN US

Ukraine is seeing great problems and great opportunities during her time of transition. Now is the time to help steer Ukraine towards a positive future and provide support to younger generations to help create positive change for the country. Our ultimate goal is to create a country which creates opportunities; where people from other nations want to come to our country because of the standard of life and the opportunities available. Our nation is has never performed to her potential but now it is up to us to make this a reality.

Diaspora are true Ukrainians because they had to maintain their identity in lands where they are the minority; their image of the motherland is romanticized. This has led to disappointment from their attempts to aid and support Ukraine. The reality and fantasy are not the same. It is our challenge and desire to change this for the good of all Ukrainians.

Join us.

COALITION


CREATIVE QUARTERCHANGING THE FUTURE

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