Challenges war: transformations in architecture and design

Abstract

The Russian-Ukrainian war proved that sustainability of the “architecture of the post-war world” is non-existent. The problems of humanity, which were accumulating and not solved for years, reached a top point. War in all of its hybrid forms causes destruction to Ukrainian cities and villages, traumatization and death of people, mass migration of the population, and the loss of cultural values. Overcoming the consequences of the war in Ukraine after its end will require a lot of human effort and time. A discourse aimed at rethinking pre-war Ukraine and filling architecture and design with new meanings was opened in public space. The article attempts to systematize the contents of this discourse. A complete reformation of international relations awaits the world. In the world space Ukraine becomes an active subject of the development of post-war world architecture. It is important to develop a concept and strategy for the recovery of Ukraine. The state must have a general joint vision of the future and clear stages of implementation of specific projects and plans. State strategy makes possible to solve urgent tasks related to providing housing for hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes and overcome other consequences of the war. Universal design is gaining special relevance. The war actualizes the social cohesion and integration of people with disabilities, opens and develops their potential. Understanding disability as an aspect of human diversity should become the basis of the new social policy of the state