Art-Tek Tulltorja | Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 Winner

Art-Tek Tulltorja (Kosovo), Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn, 2025. Courtesy of the artists.
Art-Tek Tulltorja (Kosovo), Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn, 2025. Courtesy of the artists.

Art-Tek Tulltorja
Pristina, Kosovo
Rafi Segal A+U, Office of Urban Drafters, ORG Permanent Modernity, and Marisa Morán Jahn/Studio REV-

A Livestream of the Holcim Foundation Awards Ceremony will be on Thursday, November 20 at 10am EST.

A former brick factory in Prishtina is reimagined as a creative and tech program, combining clean energy, circular construction, and community-led programming to drive cultural, social, and economic regeneration in post-conflict Kosovo.

Art-Tek Tulltorja was initiated in late 2023 by Rafi Segal Architecture + Urbanism (MIT/Boston), ORG Permanent Modernity (Brussels), Office of Urban Drafters (Kosovo), and collaborating artist Marisa Morán Jahn (Parsons/MIT, (SMVisS ’07)). Together, the team won an international competition to transform the site into an art and technology district. Currently in the late design phase, the team envisioned “Art-Tek Tulltorja” as a dynamic, climate resilient hub that incubates the next generation of artistic and scientific discoveries in Kosovo and beyond, catalyzing a transformation from bricks to bytes.

A model of Art-Tek Tulltorja is included in the MIT Architecture Exhibition at Palazzo Diego, Venice Biennale of Architecture (May 10-Nov 23, 2025).

On October 28, 2025 Art-Tek Tulltorja was selected as one of 20 international projects awarded by the Holcim Foundation. This annual award celebrates “outstanding contributions to sustainable construction and the world’s most significant projects advancing sustainable design.” The team will attend the award ceremony on November 20th at the close of the Venice Biennale of Architecture. The project is one of four winners selected for the European prize, whose jury was chaired by Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, founding partner of Snøhetta.

Art-Tek Tulltorja (Kosovo), Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn, 2025. Courtesy of the artists.
Art-Tek Tulltorja (Kosovo), Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn, 2025. Courtesy of the artists.

Art-Tek Tulltorja is a dynamic, climate-forward hub where 21st century creative industries, artists’ studios, galleries, co-working spaces, and tech entrepreneurs converge. Located in Prishtina’s former brick factory, Tulltorja Art-Tek will incubate the next generation of artistic and scientific discoveries in Kosovo and beyond, catalyzing a transformation from bricks to bytes.

Art-Tek Tulltorja aims to function as a vibrant destination that nurtures the talent, collaboration, and innovation needed for cultural and economic regeneration. Newly constructed buildings alongside adaptive reuse, retrofitted and renovated buildings, and preserved heritage features integrate art production facilities (recording and motion capture studios, rehearsal spaces, ateliers, wood and metal working facilities, maker studios), presentation facilities (theater, outdoor amphitheater, gallery, showrooms), hospitality amenities (museum-hotel, eateries, boutiques), and multigenerational social services and public amenities.

Art-Tek Tulltorja (Kosovo), Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn, 2025. Courtesy of the artists.
Art-Tek Tulltorja (Kosovo), Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn, 2025. Courtesy of the artists.

A mixed-use integration of co-working and maker spaces, state of the art production and presentation facilities, and unique cultural offerings will mark Art-Tek Tulltorja as a vibrant destination that nurtures the talent, collaboration, and innovation needed for cultural and economic regeneration.

Designed as an urban oasis connecting commercial zones to historically underserved residential communities, Art-Tek Tulltorja’s landscape design, blue-green infrastructure, and low emission transportation strategies prioritize climate resiliency, setting an important precedent in the Balkans and beyond for environmental sustainability.

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