Slavutych: Urban Practices, Memories and Imagination Research Report of the Studio at the Summer School “The Idea of the City: Reality Check”
Slavutych: Urban Practices, Memories and Imagination Research Report of the Studio at the Summer School “The Idea of the City: Reality Check”

Summary/Abstract: This report was produced under unique circumstances, which have largely determined its structure and content. In 2016 we spent two weeks in Slavutych, a satellite town of the Chomobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP), the last planned city in the Soviet Union and the youngest city in the independent Ukraine, located deep in the forests of Eastern Polesia. As one of the three research studios, we were interested in urban practices, memories, and imagination. More precisely, we wanted to find out to what extent the values that were embodied at the stage of urban planning have been put into practice, how relevant they are to the present-day city, and how the residents build their connection to the space and interact with the city. We also looked at the questions of how we can problematize and actualize the “Soviet” heritage, and what possibilities exist for developing the cultural potential of the city.

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