FEATURES OF STYLE COMBINATION FOR OLD AND NEW ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS OF UKRAINIAN CITIES

Abstract

Problem statement. As a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, the construction of many cities in Ukraine regions was seriously destroyed. Fleeing the war, between five and seven million (according to various estimates by foreign experts) Ukrainian civilians have to temporarily evacuate to EU countries and other region of the world. Part of the population from the eastern regions of the country moved to Western Ukraine. Many people have forever lost their former housing, which is completely destroyed. Unfortunately, the destruction of cities by the Russian troops continues. It is impossible to conduct definitive state monitoring of the buildings and structures in order to understand the needs indicators for housing and public buildings in the existing conditions. Now it is impossible to count reliably the number of citizens who are able to return to their cities. This means that the map of population distribution and its density on the territory of Ukraine in the near future will be significantly different from the indicators that existed before February 24, 2022. However, the problem of rebuilding cities needs to be considered now. This raises the issue of balancing the architectural and stylistic mix of the surviving buildings with the new constructions that will appear after the Victory. This is the issue of the nation's authenticity, including through the shaping the material environment principles of its life, through other spatial structures - urban planning, design, others. Authenticity in any country is key moment to the self-knowledge, the moral self-determination of people as a community on the planet. Architectural and urban planning space is a powerful instrument for the historical assessment of any national culture. The purpose of the article – to reveal the features of style interaction (combination) of old and new architecture in the conditions of the post-war revival of Ukrainian cities.