Public discussion “Planning for the post-war rehabilitation of Ukraine’s architectural heritage”

We invite you to the public discussion “Planning for the post-war rehabilitation of Ukraine’s architectural heritage” at the Kharkiv School of Architecture!

Experts with experience in the field of heritage protection, restoration, and preservation, representatives of national and local authorities, educational institutions, and organizations involved in documentation and preservation – these people will participate in a discussion that will present different perspectives on postwar heritage restoration from different fields.

They will reflect on how to combine the efforts of different institutions at different levels to work effectively in the (post)war period. The discussion will also look at lessons learned from past and current post-war heritage recovery experiences, their benefits and limitations. 

This conversation is an opportunity for a wide range of Lviv experts and the public to share their thoughts and suggestions on how to make the current project and the post-war restoration of Ukrainian heritage in general effective and sustainable.

Discussion recording:

In English translation

When: September 27, 18:30

Where: Lecture hall in the LNAM shelter (35A Kubiyovycha St., Lviv)

Language: English and Ukrainian with simultaneous translation

Registration for the event is required

Panelists:

Saleem Al-Mennan is a conservation architect with extensive experience in conservation and rehabilitation projects in Europe and the Middle East. He has been involved in several post-war rehabilitation and capacity-building projects implemented by national heritage agencies, local communities, and international organizations. 

Dr. Iryna Matsevko – historian, Chancellor of the Kharkiv School of Architecture, Ukraine, which was evacuated from Kharkiv to Lviv in March 2022. She teaches courses on critical reconstruction and heritage, introduction to heritage studies, and management of cultural heritage. Her practical experience includes leading and managing heritage projects on contested memories and inclusive approaches to heritage practices.

Liliya Onyshchenko – Advisor to the Mayor of Lviv on the protection of the historical environment and former Head of the Department of Historic Environment Protection of Lviv City Council/

Ihor Poshyvaylo is the director of the National Memorial Complex of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes – Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, cofounder of Agency for Cultural Resilience

Moderator: Dr Maja Kominko – Director of Projects, Heritage Management Organisation, Maja is a historian and art historian. For the last twelve years, she has been working with heritage protection projects in the areas of conflict. Before taking up her current position, she was the Scientific Director at ALIPH Foundation in Geneva and the Director of Endangered Cultural Programs at Arcadia Fund in London. 

The discussion will be preceded by a short presentation of the project, as a starting point for a joint discussion on the ways and possibilities of documenting and preserving heritage during and after the war. 

The public discussion is the launch event of the two-year project ‘Preserving Architectural Heritage in Times of War: The Ukrainian Model’. The project will contribute to the preservation and rehabilitation of the architectural heritage of Ukraine, by creating documentation of architectural monuments, strengthening the professional formation and providing on-the-job training to a new generation of Ukrainian conservation architects. Over two years the project will train students, and two cohorts of teachers from architectural schools across Ukraine in 3D documentation, architectural documentation, heritage analysis, conservation assessment, international conservation standards and local legal regulations. The teaching will combine theoretical and practical components, including on the job training, which will result in datasets usable in conservation.

This project is a collaboration between the Heritage Management Organization, the Kharkiv School of Architecture temporarily relocated to Lviv, and Skeiron – an organization leading in 3D documentation of the architectural heritage of Ukraine. 

Supported by the Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy to Ukraine. The views of the authors do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Government.