Museum of traditional culture in the «Yelnya» reserve

Beirut collective 04

The UN report proved that since 2000, people have been 100% responsible for global warming. What are we doing with our environment?

My thesis project I started with a search for artifacts of nature, where a true and сareful relationship with a person has survived. «Yelnya» is the place where my friends and I come back every year to be with nature. The object of design is the territory of the reserve, located in the Republic of Belarus, the Vitebsk region, partly in the Miorsk and Sharkovshchin region, organized in 1968, which is part of the Ramsar Territory of Belarus. After reclamation measures, the swamp lost more than 50% of its water supply, resulting in increased human exposure and fires. The biggest fire occurred in 2002, damaged 70% of the territory. The purpose of the project - to limit human exposure by creating tourist routes of different directions, the creation of tourism ways- museum routes, design of amenities and tourism facilities aimed at human interaction with the nature of the swamp «Yelnya» through the cultural and historical features of the Republic of Belarus, Clear delineation of human activities on the territory of the reserve. The ultimate goal of the project is to catalogue objects located on specific routes, which in the future can be used in other protected areas where there is a marsh.

What is the swamp?

Release 300-700 kl. O2

0.6-1.8 tonne CO2 sphagnum carpet sphagnum moss

Release 1541-1738 kl. CO2 Release 461-1075 kl.

Different countries are trying to conserve and increase the biodiversity of their countries to improve the quality of the environment.

Swamps are a broad-based type of land. Unlike forests, 1 hectare of natural wetlands emit 2 times more oxygen and 4 times more carbon dioxide than forest.

Swamps exposed to humans (fire, drainage, pollution) emit carbon dioxide as one machine and four times more methane than rice fields.

Swamps consist of four main layers: sfagnum moss, clean water, peat, mineral land. What forms a swamp? Peat and moss sphagnum form different types of swamps. Moss sphagnum forms a moss carpet, holding water, and their dead roots shape the deposits of peat.

The world is faced with the problem of drinking water, and the swamp is a natural source of drinking water, and the moss sphagnum has a protective effect, which is enjoyed by locals.

15% sphagnum carpet fresh water

15% swamp base dead roots fuzz peat mass of sphagnum dry sprouts from 50 to 250 grams magellanium peat