RESILIENT REMAINS. A Strategy for Post-War Collective Housing in Kharkiv, Ukraine

The adaptive reuse of Soviet-era panel buildings offers a resilient alternative to demolition in post-conflict Kharkiv, revealing both their structural durability and untapped social potential. It addresses both the urgent need for post-war housing and the long-term goals of urban and social regeneration. Through the development of the “Abacus of Manipulations,” the project offers a toolkit of spatial strategies addressing rigidity, fragmentation, and lack of communal space. Grounded in Kharkiv’s recovery, the approach proposes a scalable model for transforming war-affected or aging housing into sustainable, community-oriented environments through circular use of existing housing stock.

Author
Begüm Sera Savas

Supervisors
Massimo Crotti, Ilaria Tonti, Elena Guidetti

Master's degree
Architecture Construction City