1270 | 446 | Cities rising from the ashes – the experience of post-war rebuild in Hanzeatic cities

For hundreds of years, wars have changed the cityscapes around the world. Therefore, methods for post-war reconstruction of cities can be learned from those who experienced it in the past. Few years ago architecture students and postgraduates from European universities led by the Iraqi mentor Othman Al-Mashhadani worked together on the research project ‘Cities rising from the ashes’._x000D_
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The aim of their work was prepared to help Iraqi planners, architects and officials to rebuild their cities after the War in Iraq (2013-2017) between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL). No one thought that the developed guidelines could ever be useful to one of the European countries – Ukraine. _x000D_
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The analyses concerned the processes of post-war reconstruction of four European Hanzeatic cities – Hamburg (Germany), Gdańsk and Szczecin (Poland), Kaliningrad (Russia). Each of these cities chose another way of rebuild the urban tissue after the World War II. Results of analyses of which example are comparable thanks to which the choice of proper way might be easier._x000D_
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Despite the fact that the analysed processes were carried out many years ago, their assumptions, thanks to their universality and applicability, can be used to this day. Taking into account the current situation in Ukraine, it can certainly be said that they are universal and can be implemented in Ukrainian cities and villages.

Marta Popaszkiewicz
University of Gdansk / Warsaw University of Technology

ID Abstract: 446

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