RE:Ukraine Community Hub social support center
The project in the village of Vorzel, Bucha district, aims to form a recovery and reintegration program for Ukrainian society on the local community level. Here, citizens can receive administrative and social services, as well as rehabilitation counseling, both physical and psychological. Its territory will comprise a RE:Ukraine Housing residential section for short-term stays, an Administrative Services Center, which also houses space for recovery, and a bomb shelter for 150 people. As of the beginning of 2024, construction and fundraising are underway.
RE:Ukraine Housing system for IDPs
In March 2022, balbek bureau developed a dignified temporary housing system designed to accommodate internally displaced persons. The team analyzed the world practice in developing, constructing and maintaining temporary housing settlements and developed a system of principles to ensure dignified living for uprooted Ukrainians.
The system is suitable for settlements of different scales and budgets. The construction kit can be applied at both the public and private levels.
RE:Ukraine Villages digital tool for rural architecture preservation
The project is aimed at preserving the cultural heritage of Ukrainian villages. The team studies the architectural features of private houses built over the past 100 years and presents these findings in an accessible digital format.
In the RE:Ukraine Villages online constructor, you can create a virtual house according to the selected region's design code and get recommendations to build or restore a home in a traditional manner. After completing all the steps, the user receives a PDF file with isometry, plans, drawings, facade scans, technical descriptions and recommendations for finishing materials.
The project is set to cover entire Ukraine: as of the beginning of 2024, the team has added four regions to the online constructor and is working on five simultaneously.
RE:Ukraine Monuments protection system
RE:Ukraine Monuments system is a standard solution allowing volunteers and local authorities to protect monuments from damage by blast waves, debris, bullets, and fire. The solution is based on modularity – it is suitable for any monument, regardless of size. The shelter, painted in neutral colors, fits harmoniously into the urban landscape and allows you to identify the monument by the facade.
The monument to the Ukrainian historian and statesman Mykhailo Hrushevsky was the first to be protected. The shelter underwent its first test on October 10, 2022. During a massive attack on the central part of Kyiv, one of the missiles hit a few dozen meters from the monument. Part of the shelter (now restored) was destroyed, but the monument remained intact.
RE:Ukraine Memories project proposal for memorial site arrangement
balbek bureau's team is working on a project to design memorial sites in locations affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war. Our goal is to form a systematic approach to memorializing objects that have become a cast of Russian aggression and to implement responsible memory preservation ideas.
The destroyed bridge in Irpin memorial has become the first concept we presented to the Presidential Office and the Ministry for Restoration. The project was featured in The New York Times Magazine and The Guardian.