MOGILEV, 4 January (BelTA) – There are plans to revive the professional school of wooden architecture in Belarus. The information was released by Belarusian Deputy Architecture and Construction Minister Mr Dmitry Semenkevich, who visited Mogilev timber trade vocational school No. 2 on 4 January, BelTA has learned.
The Ministry has declared the year 2013 a year of Belarusian wooden architecture. Wooden architecture has been forgotten in Belarus a bit although the potential for its development is great, believes Dmitry Semenkevich. “Wood is our time-honored construction material that can be used not only to make handicrafts, finishing materials but can also be used to erect complex buildings and structures”.
This year the Architecture and Construction Ministry will focus on popularizing wooden architecture. There is an intention to revive the Belarusian professional school of wooden architecture. A relevant chair will be reinstituted in a higher education institution and the training of specialists will begin. There are also plans to hold several contests for the best architectural masterpiece involving wooden structures. There are plans to initiate the development of typical designs for various branches of the national economy, the creation of composite materials involving wood. “It will give a serious incentive for the development of wooden architecture in Belarus in the years to come and will further the emergence of new structures using the traditional architecture,” remarked Dmitry Semenkevich.
The official believes that wooden products can replace some expensive import metal constructs in the civil engineering industry. Wooden frame structures are light and easy to erect. They can be used to erect warehouses, manufacturing premises, social and sport facilities, and multi-storey buildings. These products are in demand in Europe and other parts of the world. For instance, a high-rise building is being erected in London using wooden frame structures.
Specialists of the Architecture and Construction Ministry are now busy studying the international practice of applying wood in prefabricated construction. The idea has always been popular and topical for Scandinavian countries. In Finland state support is available to wooden architecture while many companies offer wooden structures to erect logistic centers and major industrial facilities. “I hope that our woodworking enterprises will embrace these opportunities and will develop this promising area in their business,” Dmitry Semenkevich is convinced.
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