The video podcast series extends UREHERIT work into the public domain. It brings together researchers, practitioners, and institutions to discuss concrete methods, dilemmas, and trade-offs emerging from the project’s case studies and research. Instead of summarising results, the conversations focus on how knowledge is produced, contested, and applied in real recovery contexts.

New episode released every Tuesday 13:00 (EET), starting March 10th, 2026 

The podcasts would be in English and Ukrainian sub-titles. Broadcasted on Youtube. 

Full program: 

Episode 1. Heritage damage assessment

Release date: March 12th, 2026

The first episode opens the series with a question that cannot wait: how do we assess damage to cultural heritage while the war is still ongoing? Starting from the scale of destruction in Ukraine, the conversation shows why damage assessment is not a neutral technical task, but a moment where critical decisions are made — about safety, priorities, and what can still be saved.

Speakers:

• Marcello Rossi (IT), Board member of Italian national Council of Architects PPC, Course for professional training in building recovery, preservation, restoration
• Roberto Rocchi (IT), Architect – Task Force “Disaster Relief”, Chairman
• Olena Oliynyk (UA), Professor, Doctor of Architecture, Vice President of National Union of Architects of Ukraine

Leading partners of the activity “Heritage damage assessment” are The National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Conservationists CNAPPC (IT) and National Union of Architects of Ukraine (UA). In cooperation with Struttura Tecnica Nazionale

Episode 2. Holistic renovation of soviet housing

Release date: March 17th, 2026

This episode looks at one of the most difficult questions of Ukraine’s recovery: what to do with the vast stock of Soviet-era housing. As millions of people are displaced and cities face severe housing shortages, these neighborhoods remain the most accessible option — despite poor construction quality, outdated infrastructure, and unresolved questions of heritage and identity. But what does renovation really mean in this context, and how can living conditions be improved without repeating past mistakes?

Speakers:

• Ruta Leitanaite (LT),  Architect, coordinator of “UREHERIT”, Board member of Architects Association of Lithuania
• Martynas Marozas (LT), Urban designer and planner
• Mihailo Shevchenko (UA), Co-founder at Materia Lab NGO, member of the team of the Department of Architecture and Spatial Development at Lviv City Council

Leading partners of the activity “Holistic renovation of modernism housing”: Architects Association of Lithuania (LT) and National Union of Architects of Ukraine (UA). In cooperation with Lithuanian Council for Culture, Lithuanian Culture Institute

Episode 3. Heritage value assessment

Release date: March 24th, 2026

What do we actually mean when we talk about heritage today? This episode starts from a simple but unsettling idea: heritage is not a fixed list of protected buildings, but an ongoing negotiation shaped by history, politics, everyday use, and collective memory. In a country facing war and large-scale reconstruction, deciding what has value — and why — becomes a deeply consequential act.

Speakers:

• Henriette Ejstrup (DK), Associate Professor at Royal Danish Academy. The Institute of Technology and Architecture
• Olena Oliynyk (UA), Professor, Doctor of Architecture, Vice President of National Union of Architects of Ukraine
• Daria Ozhyhanova (UA), Academic Director and Lecturer at Kharkiv School of Architecture

Leading partners of the activity “Heritage value assessment methodology” are Royal Danish Academy. The Institute of Technology and Architecture (DK) and the National Union of Architects of Ukraine (UA)

Episode 4. Participatory process: Urban Hacks

Release date: March 31st, 2026

Urban Hacks are intense, hands-on events where people come together to rethink places that matter — from abandoned buildings to entire neighborhoods. In this episode, we explore how this participatory format turns complex urban problems into shared conversations, using simple tools like maps, sketches, and on-site discussions to imagine new futures for real locations.

Speakers:

• Ülar Mark (EE), Architect, Design & Spatial Strategy Advisor
• Mae Köömnemägi (EE), Urban Hack project lead, Architect
• Iryna Yakovchuk (UA), Operational and community development manager CF “CO-HATY”

Leading partners of the activity “Urban Forums for inclusive decision on rebuilding with heritage”are Estonian Association of Architects (EE) and Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine (UA). In cooperation with: Swedish Institute, Shared City, UN Habitat, EstDev, CoHaty, Kalush City Council, Zhytomyr City Council, Lviv City Council

Episode 5: Participatory process: Method for Inclusive Heritage Recovery

Release date: April 7th, 2026

How can heritage recovery become a shared process rather than a task left only to institutions and experts? This episode explores participatory methods that respond to the damage caused by war not only through repair, but through collective action. As historic sites lose both their fabric and their social role, inclusive approaches offer a way to reconnect people with places that matter.

Speakers:

• Raluca Munteanu (RO), Architect, Pro Patrimonio Foundation
• Ștefan Bâlici (RO), Architect, President of the Romanian Order of Architects
• Hanna Havryliv (UA), Founder of “Heritage.UA”, CEO of “Rozdil Palace” LLC

Leading partners of the activity “Method for inclusive heritage recovery” are Romanian Order of Architects (RO) and Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine (UA). In cooperation with: UAHerit, Rozdil Palace, BUR, The Ambulance for Monuments, Pro Patrimonio, Studio Govora

Episode 6. How to regenerate valuable heritage in a sustainable, economic and culturally meaningful way. Education perspective

Release date: April 14th, 2026

How do we learn to work with heritage in a time of war and recovery? This episode looks at education as a critical space where new approaches to heritage regeneration are formed — not only through theory, but through real decisions, real places, and real responsibility. It asks how professionals can be prepared to work with damaged, layered, and often contested heritage, and to understand it as a resource for sustainable development, cultural continuity, and community life.

Speakers

• Pehr Mikael Sällström (SE), Director of UREHERIT CPD program at Architects Sweden
• Vitaliia Barkar (UA), Architect, partner at LLUM Architects, co-founder of the NGO Map of Renovation and the NGO Save the Flowers of Ukraine
• Iryna Matsevko (UA),  PhD, Vice-Chancellor at Kharkiv School of Architecture 

Leading partners of the activity “CPD program on integrated heritage recovery” are Architects Sweden (SE) and The National Union of Architects of Ukraine (UA). In cooperation with Swedish Institute

Leading partners of the activity “Undergraduate Course for Third-Year Architecture Students “Critical Reconstruction” is Kharkiv School of Architecture (UA)

Episode 7. Technologies and heritage

Release date: April 21st, 2026

What happens when heritage meets contemporary technology? This episode explores how new materials, research tools, and engineering solutions are reshaping the way we study, restore, and adapt historic buildings — without losing what makes them valuable. Set against the urgent context of war and reconstruction, the conversation asks how innovation can support heritage rather than overpower it.

Speakers: 

• Henriette Ejstrup (DK), Associated Professor at Royal Danish Academy. The Institute of Technology and Architecture
• Volodymyr Gaidar, Architect, active member of ICOMOS Ukraine, director of the municipal company ‘Space for Innovative Creations “Palace”’

Leading partners of the activity “Materials and Technologies in Restoration” are Royal Danish Academy. The Institute of Technology and Architecture (DK) and The National Union of Architects of Ukraine (UA)

Episode 8. Architecture design competitions

Release date: April 28th, 2026

Architectural design competitions are more than a procurement tool — they are a mechanism for shaping quality, transparency, and ambition in the built environment. In the context of reconstruction and work with heritage, they become especially important: competitions create space for comparing ideas, balancing creativity with feasibility, and selecting solutions that can respond to complex cultural, social, and economic conditions. This episode looks at how ADCs function today, and why they matter for the future of Ukrainian cities.

Speakers:

• Anna Bondar (UA), Architect, Member of Parliament
• Marian Kardash (UA), Secretary of the NUAU Competition Commission,  organizer of architectural competitions, founder and  head of the contest.com.ua project
• Fügenschuh Daniel (AT), Architect, ARCH-E coordinator

Leading partners of the activity “Architectural Design contests (ADC) guideline, network and potential projects” are Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen – BKZT (Federal Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineers) (AT), “Bundesarchitektenkammer e.V.” (BAK – Federal Chamber of German Architects) (DE) and The National Union of Architects of Ukraine (UA). In cooperation with the Contest — Architectural Competition Organizer, Competition Commission of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine.

Podcast series are done by Ro3kvit under the UREHERIT project.