Before the full-scale invasion on the initiative of the Volyn Brotherhood of St. Volodymyr the Great, the Volyn Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Department of Architectural Environment Design, the Institute of Architecture and Design, Lviv Polytechnic National University, the Ivan Levynskyi Museum Charitable Foundation, and the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture, there was a student competition for the best academic building sketch proposal of the Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy.
On October 18, the Academy opened an exhibition of laureate projects of the best sketches of the new buildings of the theological university - works by students of the Department of Architectural Environment Design, the Institute of Architecture and Design, Lviv Polytechnic National University. Everyone could visit the event and submit his proposals.
During the project presentations, the rector of the theological university, Archpriest Volodymyr Vakin, spoke about the stages of idea formation of establishing new buildings. The head of the Volyn Diocese, Metropolitan Mykhail of Lutsk and Volyn noted that the new buildings of the Volyn Academy will become a new stage in the development of education in Volyn.
Professor Viktor Proskuriakov, Doctor of Architecture, Head of the Department of Architectural Environment Design, the Institute of Architecture and Design, Lviv Polytechnic National University, full member of the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture, shared his memories of the preparation and implementation of the projects, as well as his impressions of the sketches.
In his speech, Serhii Ivanov-Kostetskyi, head of the Ivan Levynskyi Museum Charitable Foundation, Сandidate of Architecture, Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Environment Design, IARD, told about the activities of the Charitable Foundation and his participation in this project.
On October 24, during the celebrations on the occasion of the Act Day, Bishop Mykhail awarded the winners and laureates of the student architecture competition with the diplomas and prize awards.
