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Petro Vladimirov

, Ukraine
Petro Vladimirov is an architect, and independent researcher working across disciplines. He produces artworks and exhibitions. Petro is currently based in Copenhagen.

Call for ideas 2020

Architecture of Good Intentions


Architecture of Good Intentions


Socialist in Form, National in Content
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  • New alliances

In countries of the former Eastern Bloc, national architecture is strongly associated with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Postmodernism was the comeback of historical forms in late Soviet architecture. The proclamation of a national state promised the historical revival to come.

Yet, after thirty years the architecture seems unchanged. Prefabricated construction systems developed in the USSR are still in use, thought the built environment has dramatically changed. How can the promised future of architecture be so much alike its past?

Architecture of Good Intentions


Architecture of Good Intentions


Socialist in Form, National in Content
File under
Type of project
  • New alliances

In countries of the former Eastern Bloc, national architecture is strongly associated with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Postmodernism was the comeback of historical forms in late Soviet architecture. The proclamation of a national state promised the historical revival to come.

Yet, after thirty years the architecture seems unchanged. Prefabricated construction systems developed in the USSR are still in use, thought the built environment has dramatically changed. How can the promised future of architecture be so much alike its past?


Idea by

Petro Vladimirov
Ukraine
Petro Vladimirov is an architect, and independent researcher working across disciplines. He produces artworks and exhibitions. Petro is currently based in Copenhagen.