UN helps develop master plan to rebuild Kharkiv
Ukrinform reports this with reference to the UN press service.
It is noted that a team of Ukrainian and foreign architects adopted a concept for a new urban landscape that was submitted by local volunteer, historian, architect, and documentary filmmaker Maxim Rosenfeld.
The master plan has been developed on a voluntary basis by the Norman Foster Foundation together with a group of local architects and urban planners as well as with the Advisory Council of International Experts.
Supported by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) through a pilot project, the newly created UN4Kharkiv task force has united 16 UN agencies and international organizations.
According to the Kharkiv City Council, 3,367 apartment buildings and 1,823 single-family houses have been destroyed in Kharkiv, along with urban infrastructure.
The total damage caused to Ukraine’s housing sector since Russia’s invasion is estimated at more than $50 billion, according to the UN.
As reported, the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Rostyslav Shurma, said that proceeds from the seized Russian assets will be used for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Also, Ukraine will receive EUR 50 billion from the European Union for the next four years.
