The Department of Architectural Environment Design traditionally holds industrial practices for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students. Plein air classes for second-year students in the most beautiful places of Minsk are held by associate professors of the department Verenich A.S., Ivanovskaya D.A., Turovskaya G.E. Construction and technological practice for third-year students takes place at significant sites in Minsk - new metro stations, new residential complexes. Associate Professor Telepneva O.V., senior lecturers Verenich M.P., Vishnyakova E.N., Degtyarev D.V. organized many interesting and informative excursions, lectures and seminars. Project practice for 4th year students under the supervision of the head of the department Litvinova A.A., senior lecturers Kozakova E.G., Yurovsky A.B. takes place in leading design organizations of the Republic of Belarus, such as OJSC "Institute "Belgosproekt", UP "Minskgrado", UP "Minskproekt".
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Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. International Student Architecture Competition "Saint-Gobain" 2025"
From 13.05.2025 to 16.05.2025, 3rd year students of group 11102220 of the Faculty of Architecture of BNTU Voronova A.V., Belyaeva D.A. under the guidance of the head of the Department of "Design of Architectural Environment" Litvinova Anna Andreevna took part together with representatives of BrSTU as part of the team from the Republic of Belarus in the events of the Final (2nd stage) of the International Student Architectural Competition "Saint-Gobain" 2025. A total of 66 student works were submitted for participation in the competition. More than 160 students from various universities took part in the competition. The best 18 teams – winners of national competitions from Russia (14) and Belarus (4) – were invited to participate in the final of the competition.
This International Student Architecture Competition was first held in 2004 in Serbia. The Faculty of Architecture of BNTU has been participating in the competition since 2011. The competition is based on the vision of Saint-Gobain for the construction of sustainable buildings and the formation of a sustainable architectural environment. As part of the competition finals, the student participants presented and defended their winning projects of national competitions to members of the international jury, discussed and evaluated them according to the stated criteria. The presented projects showed a variety of ideas for the development of the territory, both traditional and bold architectural solutions, deep development of projects, innovative solutions for the use of energy-efficient structures using Vetonit materials. It was also a platform for exchanging experiences and creative ideas, giving students the opportunity not only to prove themselves, but also to be a platform - a source of new knowledge, acquaintances, and motivation for further development in the profession.
Voronova A.V. and Belyaeva D.A. received diplomas of competition participants. Their solutions for the design of the architectural environment for the development of the cultural heritage site in Novosibirsk "Red Barracks", on Vladimirovskaya St., 2, and the creation of a new creative cluster on the territory of Psychiatric Hospital No. 3 were noted by the jury members in a series of the best projects for their comprehensive approach. Litvinova A.A. was awarded a diploma of the architectural student competition "Saint-Gobain" 2025" for fruitful cooperation and high-quality training of students. The international student competition "Saint-Gobain" 2025", held in Novosibirsk, was organized at a high level. Much credit for this goes to the team of organizers of the competition VETONIT and the curator of the competition Ekaterina Kolotushkina.
The experience of participating in such a competition, aimed at the application of innovative energy-saving technologies, the use of modern information technologies in architectural design, including the Rengo software package, will be useful to students not only in their studies, but also in their future creative professional activities. Based on the results of the competition, a decision was made to continue it and the next competition will be held in Kaluga, Russian Federation. The teachers supervising this competition in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus received an invitation to jointly discuss the topic of the International Student Architectural Competition "Saint-Gobain" 2026". Participated in familiarization excursions with architectural and historical sights (including a 2-hour excursion along the Ob River) of Novosibirsk, the 3rd largest city in Russia, one of the cultural and industrial centers of the Russian Federation. Participated in a familiarization walking tour of the center of St. Petersburg and a water excursion along the canals of St. Petersburg. This made it possible to increase the level of knowledge of the history of world architecture, to see how the country's cultural heritage is preserved and how innovative technologies in the field of construction and architecture are introduced into the modern infrastructure of the city. The participation of students of architectural design in this competition once again confirmed the high level of training of specialists at the Faculty of Architecture, their competitiveness. The participants of the final worthily represented BNTU, the country, confirmed the leading role of BNTU in the international arena in the field of education and science.
For the faculty, this is an opportunity to communicate with colleagues, get acquainted with the methods of training specialists in the field of architecture and design in universities of the Russian Federation, establish creative contacts, and demonstrate our achievements. We would like to express our gratitude to the General Director of Saint-Gobain Construction Products Belrus LLC Yu.L. Loiko and to the marketer Natalia Vlasenko for the traditionally excellent organization of this competition at all stages and we hope to continue our successful long-term cooperation.
A.A. Litvinova, Head of the Department of "Design of Architectural Environment" BNTU, Associate Professor of Architecture, Professor of the International Academy of Architecture (IAAM)
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"DizArchIst - International School of Design and Architectural-Historical Environment"
From April 21 to 29, 2025, the project "DizArchIst - International School of Design and Architectural-Historical Environment" was held, organized by the Smolensk branch of the Union of Designers of Russia with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund as part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The main theme of the international school was the study of memorial sites associated with military history and the search for suitable architectural solutions for their preservation or renovation. Third-year students of the Department of Architectural Environment Design of the AF BNTU Yana Azyava, Viktor Butomo and Anastasia Demidovich also took part in this project. The program began with a trip - a field workshop around Belarus, accompanied by the author's honored architect of the Republic of Belarus with a world name, Yuri Mikhailovich Gradov. The participants visited the memorial complexes "Khatyn" and "Proryv", the monument to the war of 1812 in Polotsk and the memorial to the Great Patriotic War in Vitebsk. The Smolensk State University hosted the project launch, introductory lectures, and design seminars, where the role of memorials in the urban environment was discussed.
Off-site workshops also took place at memorial sites in Smolensk and other cities in the region - Vyazma, Rzhev, Yelnya, Gnezdovo, for example, Solovyova crossing, the memorial in Rzhev and the Katyn complex, and at lesser-known sites: mass graves, squares, small monuments. During the trip, the participants discussed what architectural solutions could be proposed for such locations, what could be changed, and what was best left as is. These field workshops helped the participants see how differently memory space could be organized.
A separate block of the program took place in Moscow. Participants visited war memorials in the Moscow region, in Mytishchi, the Museum of Contemporary History, got acquainted with the architectural landmarks of the center of Moscow, walked along Red Square, Arbat and other famous places. This allowed them to look at the topic of memory in a broader context - how it can be integrated into the everyday urban environment.
On April 28, a final meeting was held in Smolensk, where topics for individual assignments were discussed. In total, more than 30 ideas were proposed, from which the participants chose their own directions: a monument to underground wars (Demidovich A.), a monument to military doctors (Azyava Ya.), reconstruction of the complex with a monument to Sudoplatov at the entrance to Smolensk (Butomo V.), a memorial to the burnt villages of the Smolensk region (Butomo V. and Volokitin A.), a project for the Solovyova crossing (Azyava Ya. and Demidovich A.).
The trip was eventful, with a balance between the educational, excursion and research parts. Participants were able to get acquainted with real objects, discuss them with professionals and start working on their own architectural proposals.
The curators of the projects of the students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Belarusian National Technical University Azavy Ya., Butomo V., Demidovich A. from the Belarusian side will be the architect, designer Trusov Alexander Georgievich, member of the Belarusian Union of Architects, member of the Belarusian Union of Designers, professor of the International Academy of Architecture (IAAM) and Litvinova Anna Andreevna, associate professor of architecture, member of the Belarusian Union of Architects, professor of the International Academy of Architecture (IAAM).
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3rd year students of the department “Design of the Architectural Environment” within the discipline “Interior and Object Design” visited the St. Elisabeth Monastery. They were told about the techniques of monumental painting that were used to decorate the monastery. The guys looked at the monastery churches, the refectory, etc. Next, the students went to the monastery workshops, where the staff told them about how mosaics are laid, stained glass is made, and icons are painted. We express our gratitude to the staff of the St. Elisabeth Monastery.
The note was compiled by D.A. Ivanovskaya, Associate Professor of the Department of Architectural Environment Design
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Results of participation of the department “Design of the Architectural Environment”
in the VIII International competition of final qualifying works (projects) of bachelors, specialists, master's students in the field of urban planning, architecture, design and decorative and applied arts
A R X - GENERATION (ARCH-GENERATION) dated September 25, 2023
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The results of the participation of the department "Design of the architectural environment"
in the XVI Republican competition of diploma projects for graduates of higher and secondary special architectural schools of the Republic of Belarus dated October 28, 2022
Nomination Architectural design
Nomination Landscape architecture
Nomination Interior design
Diplomas of the XVI Republican competition of diploma projects for graduates of higher and secondary special architectural schools of the Republic of Belarus were also awarded to the heads of diploma projects-winners and prize-winners:
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The results of the participation of the department "Design of the architectural environment
in the VII International competition of graduation qualification works (projects) of bachelors, specialists, undergraduates in the field of urban planning, architecture, design and arts and crafts _ARCH ■ GENERATION ARCH■GENERATION dated September 25, 2022
Nomination 01 Urban planning
Nomination 02 Architecture
Nomination 03 Environmental design. urban design
Nomination 03 Environmental design. Interior Design
Diplomas of the VII International competition of graduation qualificationworks (projects) of bachelors, specialists, undergraduates in the field of urban planning, architecture, design and arts and crafts _ARCH ■ GENERATION : Litvinova A.A., Polyanskaya G.V., Proskuryakov K.A., Telepneva O.V., Yurovsky A.B.
From April 12 to April 26, 2022, an exhibition of art. teacher of the department "Design of the architectural environment" Vishnyakova Elena Nikolaevna . The exhibition called "Tayamnitsa", organized in the Cherven Regional Museum of Local Lore, is dedicated to the Easter holiday. As part of the opening of the exhibition for students of the art school, a presentation of the department "Design of the architectural environment" was organized. The students were able to get acquainted with the specifics of education in the specialty of an architect-designer, as well as educational design work of students, research, scientific and creative projects, learn about student and international competitions.
Visit to the Zaire Azgur Museum
Visit to St. Elisabeth Monastery
