In the restoration of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, the experience of the reconstruction of the Reichstag building - Terekhov can be applied

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During the reconstruction of Kharkiv, new conceptual approaches will be used. They promise that modern microdistricts will appear in the city, but instead they plan to preserve the authenticity of the historical center.

About this reports Told me the head of the city Ihor Terekhov in an interview for Strana.ua. According to him, the criteria for the development of the historical part of Kharkiv will remain the same as they were before the war.

Terekhov near school No. 134 destroyed by Russian troops. Photo: Strana.ua

"I mean height requirements in the central part of the city. We intend to preserve today's architecture of the city and cannot build the center with multi-story buildings - there are criteria for the number of floors, the architectural appearance of the historical center. There is, let's say, a bombed-out university building designed by one of the Ukrainian architects. It is clear that the interior of the building will be different, but the historical image must be preserved", - explains Ihor Terekhov.

The extent of the destruction of the building of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration after the Russian shelling. Photo: Strana.ua

The day before, information about the impossibility of restoring the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, however, the mayor of the city claims that it will be rebuilt. Together with Foster, they will develop options for rebuilding the building based on the principle of reconstruction of the Reichstag in Germany. 

The Reichstag building in Berlin. Photo: Fionn Große / Unsplash

У reconstruction according to Foster's project the German parliament building retained its historic facades, and the destroyed dome was replaced by a completely new functional structure with spiral ramps inside the transparent bell, leading to the observation deck. The panorama of Berlin opens completely from there.

Reichstag dome, Berlin

Free access to the observation deck of the Reichstag building is open to everyone, subject to prior registration. Photo: ©DBT / Unger

Terekhov emphasizes that the experience of implementing this project should be transferred to the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, because the concept of reconstruction of the Reichstag made the building one of the landmarks of modern Berlin.

"Foster once reconstructed the Reichstag building in Berlin, and from the outside he managed to preserve the building in its historical form, he even left all the soldiers' inscriptions on the walls. Today it is a landmark. And inside is a modern building that has nothing to do with Hitler's times. We want to do something similar with the regional administration building," said the mayor of Kharkiv.

You can climb the spiral ramps to the top of the dome. Photo: wikipedia.org

At the same time, in accordance with the general plan, it is assumed that on the so far undeveloped territories, space will be allocated for the construction of new conceptual architectural objects. In this way, the housing stock will be restored. Both foreign investors and Ukrainian developers will participate in this process.

"There are some houses that cannot be restored. The city has land that we will develop... We cannot afford to miss the chance of a complete reboot today," Terekhov noted.

In addition, a war museum is planned to be built in one of the destroyed buildings.

 

 

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