Destruction of the city's architectural landscape and its memory (on the example of Kharkіv)

Abstrakt

Using the example of the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, the evolution of the architectural environment of a historical city and its destruction during military operations is considered. It is shown that during social cataclysms, significant changes occur in the structure of the urban environment and architectural language, which is reflected in the appearance of buildings, ensembles and the landscape as a whole. To describe these processes, such new concepts for architectural theory as “architectural landscape”, “cultural memory”, “traces” and their “layering” are proposed. It is emphasized that in the process of forming the authentic landscape of the city, both positive and negative changes occur, which need to be investigated. Identifying their features will allow the development of modern strategies for urban planning interventions in the historical city. Fixing the main structural features of the authentic multi-layered landscape will prevent the destruction of the bright artistic compositions of cultural heritage created over the centuries and help in developing modern strategies for urban planning interventions in the historical city.