On 20 March, the Institute of Architecture and Design, Lviv Polytechnic, held an international scientific conference on «Sustainability strategies in architecture and design». The conference became a platform for sharing experience in sustainable development not only between Ukrainian universities but also between foreign educational institutions.
– It is important to build the future in such a way that we do not implement ideas based on our conservatism, because sustainable development is a conversation about how to leave the comfort zone for the comfort of future generations. Our exit from the comfort zone begins when we start working with students, said in his welcome speech Yurii Dyba, Director of the Institute of Architecture and Design.
Inna Yakovets, Head of the Department of Environmental Design, Cherkasy State Technological University, also welcomed the audience and stressed the uniqueness of the event, noting that there are practically no such events which raise this topic in the context of other majors.
The first speaker was Larysa Hrytsiuk, Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Constructions, Lviv Polytechnic National University. In her report on Key Aspects of Sustainability in the Architecture of Space, she highlighted the means by which sustainability can be achieved in architecture and their positive impact on the quality of life. The conference participants were also shown how the sustainability principles are implemented in the architecture in the European Union, on the example of the Tecla building in Italy and the circular pavilion in Paris.
The next topic to be discussed at the conference was single-industry towns and their challenges regarding sustainable development. In her presentation, Kateryna Didenko, Associate Professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, shared the experience of adapting post-Soviet cities to the principles of sustainable development on the example of Lithuania.
Filip Tomaszewski and Renata Przewłocka-Sionek, Lodz University of Technology, spoke about the restoration of buildings in Poland. In particular, they shared the experience of restoring a building of Lodz University of Technology using the principles of sustainable development while preserving the authenticity of the building.
