Problems of preservation and restoration of old bricks in medical institutions of the “brick” style of the city of Kharkiv

Abstract Historical buildings carry the value of key technologies and material knowledge throughout the development of architecture. The study of such objects and restoration methods with various forms of damage is an important step in the preservation and use of these historical objects. Based on many years of experience in medical institutions of the city of Kharkiv, as well as practical participation in the restoration of the surgical complex of the city clinic in the city of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, the author summarized the main problems in the restoration of monuments of local importance of the “brick” style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A comprehensive analysis of sources was carried out in order to determine the methods of restoration of old brickwork in order to preserve medical institutions of the “brick” style of the city of Kharkiv. Recent scientific studies consider the use of traditional materials and offer innovative methods for analyzing the condition of old brickwork of historical buildings and modern restoration technologies. The study used historical-genetic, typological, stylistic analysis with an emphasis on the characteristic features of the spatial-planning structure, identifying the stylistic value characteristics of the buildings of the specified period. Problems in the current state of the brickwork of the walls of medical institutions in Kharkiv and the eastern region of Ukraine at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries were identified. Based on the results of recent scientific research devoted to the technology of restoration of brickwork of historical buildings, generalized proposals were made regarding further steps in the restoration of not only medical institutions in Kharkiv and Sloviansk, but also other historical buildings in application to specific cases and situations.