Second conference within “UREHERIT: Reconstructing the culture of architecture in Ukraine” project
Conferences and seminars
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05
2024
An international European cultural project “UREHERIT. Architects for heritage in Ukraine: recreating identity and memory” together with Architects Sweden ( Sveriges arkitekter ) launched a second conference. This year’s theme is “Reconstructing the culture of architecture in Ukraine”.
During the conference five high-level round table discussions were held between Ukrainian government and international architectural and heritage protection organizations representatives. The main topics of UREHERIT are the assessment of war damage to cultural heritage; public participation in the restoration of cultural heritage; architectural competitions; holistic renovation of modern housing; education and continued professional development in the practice, etc.
Kharkiv School of Architecture with the help of project partners is already establishing advanced courses for architects on critical reconstruction and research of the legacy of Soviet modernism.
The topic of reconstruction and the modernist heritage is especially relevant for Ukraine, which is experiencing urban destruction every day. And while the architectural heritage of the pre-twentieth century does not cause debate, the modernist heritage of Ukraine, created in Soviet times as part of the Soviet modernization project, causes debates in society and needs to be rethought.
Program (PDF)
→ Is it worth delving into the discussion of social values and the exploration of new meanings for modernist districts of Ukrainian cities now, during the war?
→ Do modernist buildings, as a “complicated” heritage that is now being traumatized by the war, have a chance for a new life?
→ What role can mass housing play in the context of holistic and sustainable recovery of a city, town or village?
→ What are the challenges and potentials?
These questions will be discussed at one of the conference’s panels with representatives of the KhSA:
→ Iryna Matsevko – PhD in Philosophy History, Vice-Chancellor at Kharkiv School of Architecture,
→ Daria Ozhyganova – architect, KhSA BA Programme Director.
Daria Ozhyganova will moderate the panel “Capacity building with education and continuing professional development in practice” at the second U-RE-HERIT conference in Stockholm will be devoted to discussing ways to meet the need for highly professional specialists and human resources when it comes to heritage preservation and post-war recovery in Ukraine.
→ When? May, 14th
→ Where? Stockholm, Sweden (Academy of Art on Fredsgatan 12).
