The exhibition «My Land» was opened on 13 March 2025, as part of the cooperation between the Institute of Architecture and Design, Lviv Polytechnic National University, and the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Opole University of Technology, and with the assistance of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Opole, Poland.
The works featured at this exhibition were made by students of the Departments of Design and Architecture Fundamentals, the Department of Architectural Constructions, and the Department of Visual Design and Art as part of cooperation between the Institute of Architecture and Design, Lviv Polytechnic, and the associations Milano makers and VITAWORLD, as well as the NGO VITAUKR in Milan, Italy. They were presented at the annual international furniture fair Salone del Mobile in Milan, which took place on 16–21 April 2024. The theme of the works was Emergency Design – environmental design in the context of disasters and cataclysms. Our students focused on the topic of war, which is painful and close to all Ukrainians. The slogan of the presented works was «My land» – a long-suffering land crippled by bombs and shells, covered with ruins and strewn with mines, to which we will return one day to revive life.
As the exhibition in Milan proved to be a success and received wide publicity, it was decided to present it in other European cities as well. The first destination was the city of Opole, as the Institute of Architecture and Design has an interesting and sustainable cooperation with the Opole University of Technology.
The exhibition was opened by Andrii Pavliv, Professor at the Department of Design and Architecture Fundamentals, curator of cooperation with Milanese organisations. He gave a speech in which he described the exhibition and the concepts of the works. Anna Skytska, a graduate of the Department of Design and Architecture Fundamentals, who participated in the fair in Milan, presented her works. Professor Andrzej Marynowicz, the Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Opole University of Technology, faculty and students of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, as well as representatives of the local press and interested residents of the city attended the opening of the exhibition.
Such exhibitions are a very important step in establishing international relations and promoting the achievements of students of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute of Architecture and Design.
