Restoration: Addressing Challenges
“Humanity increasingly understands the universal value of monuments, viewing them as common heritage, recognizing the responsibility towards future generations for their preservation, and considering it an obligation to pass on this heritage in all its authentic richness.” © International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sit
The Lamp
“Fiat lux” (Let there be light!) From the distant gray antiquity, as humanity learned to extract and maintain fire, light became an integral part of life. More precisely, the ability to illuminate one’s dwelling, to extend one’s day into the darkness that followed. Fast forward a few millennia. Ancient Greece and Rome – cradles
Red Kharkiv: The Influence of Brick Manufacturing on the Architectural Appearance of Kharkiv, 1900-1930
By the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Kharkiv boasted five brick factories within the city limits and 18 in the Kharkiv district. By 1916, the city was home to 19 brick factories, including one producing silicate bricks. During this period, a specific aesthetic emerged for industrial buildings, with […]
Fiction and Its Connection to Technology
In 1418, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, which had been under construction since 1296, still stood without a dome. Rain poured through the giant opening into the cathedral. At that time, there were technologies capable of covering large spaces, but they were used in Gothic architecture. The intrigue was that the […]
What Questions Do We Ask Ourselves?
Architecture, as both art and activity, raises various questions for us as project authors. What does it take for an architectural project to become a piece of art? Why do we say that architecture is not just creativity but a specific type of activity? Architects often look to global design experience. Naturally, everyone has their […]
Where Do We Draw Inspiration From?
Honestly speaking, the beginning of the creative process for most architects typically involves: Immersing oneself in analogs: What does the global experience say about the proposed theme? Here, we study everything within the style specified by the client. Developing layout solutions: These can also suggest the image of the building or interior being designe
Vovchansk Central District Hospital’s Tragic End
2017 year In the spring of 2017, our architectural company in Kharkov received an email invitation to co-operate with a German firm from Pirna, a town near Dresden in Saxony. They are mainly engaged in restoration projects and do it super professionally. At that time their firm won a GIZ grant for design in Ukraine. […]
The event-discussion on the topic of “recovery” dated May 7, 2024.
7.05.2024, following the presentation of the project “Adaptation of a residential quarter in the central part of the city of Izyum, bounded by the streets of Heroes of Chernobyl, Pokrovska, and Donets-Zaharzhevsky, for climatic, social, and cultural changes,” its discussion took place. The questions proposed revolved around social changes and engaging lo
Presentation of the project concept “IZYUM_recovery” dated 07.05.2024.
On May 7, 2024, the first presentation of the project “Adaptation of a residential quarter in the central part of the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, bounded by the streets: Heroes of Chernobyl, Pokrovska, and Donets-Zaharzhevsky, to climatic, social, and cultural changes” took place in Kharkiv. This event was organized by the LLC “ACC “PORTAL-21” [
Presentation of the concept of the urban planning and public project for the adaptation of a residential area in the central part of Izyum
Registration is open for the event – a presentation of the urban planning and public project ‘Adaptation of a residential area to climate, cultural, social and economic changes’, which will take place on 07.05.2024. 🔻 The event will be held in 2 formats: online and offline. The offline event, unfortunately, has restrictive rules with [&he
