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Kharkiv, Ukraine


Title: In the Heart of Kharkiv
Project Type: Adaptive Reuse, Residential
Site: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Team: Qianzhen Li, Victoria Vardanyan
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Year: 2024
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In response to the ongoing urbicidal in Ukraine—the deliberate destruction of cities and homes—this project proposes a restorative framework for preserving everyday memory. Inspired by architect Ievgeniia Gubkina’s call to recognize Soviet-era housing not just as imperial remnants but as lived heritage, the design adds a buffer layer to damaged prefabricated buildings. Drawing from wartime preservation strategies and Ukraine’s tradition of balcony extensions, the intervention acts as an external “shelf” for life’s artifacts—bikes, jars, fabrics, tools—transforming ruins into vessels of memory and resilience. It repositions housing as a living archive of prewar life and collective identity.



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SELECTED DRAWINGS

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