Rising from Ruins

Rising from Ruins is an applied architectural case study exploring how destroyed material can become the basis for new homes, local production, and social repair. Developed by Mille Richardsen (LPO) and Anders Gjesdal at NTNU, the project takes Irpin, Ukraine, as its point of departure. It proposes a scalable building system based on the reuse of ruins, local production, and close collaboration with people living with the consequences of war. At Rethinking Rebuilding, the project will be presented as a learning case on reuse, dignity, local capacity, and the transformation of ruins into civic possibility. It gives the symposium a concrete architectural example of how rebuilding can move from material loss toward participation, memory, and renewed local capability. Rising from Ruins does not treat ruins as waste, but as material, memory, and responsibility.