Arkitekturdagarna: War and Architecture

Från förstörelse och fördrivning till återuppbyggnad och motstånd – detta panelsamtal utforskar hur arkitekter, arkitektur och historiska miljöer omformas i skuggan av krig, och vilka nya nätverk, metoder och perspektiv som växer fram som respons på dessa förändringar.

During Arkitekturdagarna 2025, the Ukrainian architecture studio Balbek Bureau presents RE:Ukraine Villages, a project that maps rural architecture and explores how architects can support communities in the preservation, reconstruction, and restoring homes destroyed by war. The project examines how cultural heritage, and identity can be protected amid widespread destruction.

In this panel discussion, we meet with the Ukrainian architecture studio Balbek Bureau and Feras Hammami, Associate Professor of Conservation at the University of Gothenburg, to reflect on architecture in times of war.

What role do buildings and other elements of the built environment play in shaping identity and cultural heritage? And what parallells and contrasts can be drawn between the situations in Ukraine, Palestine, and other parts of the world?

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This activity is included in the Röhsska Museums Arkitekturdagarna 2025.

Feras Hammami is an urban policy analyst and Associate Professor of Conservation at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg. His research focuses on the politicisation of cultural heritage in the context of urban transformation, contributing to decolonial and critical approaches to heritage and urban governance in the context of settler colonialism and war.

Balbek Bureau is an architecture and interior design studio based in Kyiv, creating commercial, corporate, residential, and cultural projects across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the studio has been engaged in a series of non-profit initiatives under the name RE:Ukraine System.

Before your visit

Book your spot via the button that reads BOKA. Limited number of seats. Please show a booking confirmation upon your arrival. The activity is included in the admission ticket. If you are unable to attend, please remember to cancel your reservation. Cancellations can be made by emailing: bokningar.rohsska@kultur.goteborg

Foto: Artem Tselikov