ON THE ISSUE OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING OF ORTHODOX CHAPELS

Abstract

The current stage of Ukraine's existence is a difficult historical period, which is associated with prolonged military operations on its territory. The accented conditions lead to serious consequences not only in the form of the death of a large number of people and their injuries, but also the destruction of many buildings and structures, including sacred objects. Citizens of our country, the majority of whom are Orthodox Christians, are increasingly turning to the highest powers for support and assistance in these difficult circumstances. Nowadays, it is popular to build not majestic temples, but small chapels due to the limited material and financial resources of parishioners. The latter are located in holy places, at crossroads, near healing springs, in hospitals, educational institutions, military camps, parks and squares, in cemeteries, etc. Nowadays, chapels in memory of fallen soldiers and civilians are becoming quite common.

It is known that Orthodoxy is characterized by strict requirements for the observance of architectural canons for religious buildings. On the other hand, high individuality, originality, and aesthetic appeal of the aforementioned objects are considered desirable. The author of this publication proposes to overcome the above contradiction by using the methodology of structural-parametric geometric shaping in the environment of BIM (Building Information Modelling) technologies. The use of these tools allows significantly improving the quality of many buildings, reducing costs during their development, construction and operation, that is, throughout the entire life cycle of these objects. The proposed methods and techniques of structural-parametric variant modelling presented in the article ensure the necessary diversity of architectural forms, which was illustrated by the example of Orthodox chapels. The developed methodology, if necessary, can be extended by analogy not only to Orthodox temples, but also to religious buildings of other Christian denominations prevalent in Ukraine, as well as other religions. However, this requires further relevant scientific research on the topic under consideration.

Keywords: automated design, BIM-technologies, architectural shaping, structural-parametric geometric modelling, Orthodox chapels.