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CURRICULUM VITAE

MYKOLA PARKHOMCHUK
Architect | Researcher | Educator

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Professional Portfolio Link:
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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Architecture and City Planning (expected 2027). Kyiv National University of
Construction and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Dissertation Title: “Features of the Architecture and Planning of Mental Health Centers.”

M.Sc. in Architecture and City Planning. 2023. Kyiv National University of Construction and
Architecture. Department of Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Thesis title: “Principles of Tourist Clusters Forming Based on the Example of Buderazh Hotel
Complex in the Rivne Region.”

B.Sc. in Architecture and City Planning. 2021. Kyiv National University of Construction and
Architecture. Department of Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Thesis title: “Development and Construction of the Mental Health Center in Pushcha-Vodytsia,
Kyiv, Ukraine.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Architect. October 2023 – Present. Zelemin Architecture and Planning Bureau, Lviv, Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of residential building projects at 126 Chuprynky Street and 10
Levytskoho Street in Lviv, repurposing and adaptive reuse of the Port Cafeteria area;
• Design and development of Urban Market multifunctional complexes in Odesa;
• Work as part of the team of architects on urban planning concepts for projects of various scales
in multiple Ukrainian cities.
Architect and Computer Graphic Artist March 2023 – September 2023. Building Communities
Initiative (BCI Ukraine) Enterprise, Lviv, Ukraine

Responsibilities

• Creation of master plans, concepts, planning solutions, and visualizations for hotel, recreational,
and residential complexes in Canada’s Quebec City, Yong Street. This includes creation of the
master plan, spatial solution, and visualizations for the Blue Spot Resort and Split Croatia
Resort recreational complexes, as well as the concept for the spatial development of the
Tuscony Resort area.

Architect. May 2022 – July 2022. TOP GIP Architecture Enterprise, Rivne, Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Development of planning solutions for the Perfect City residential complex;
• Development of planning solutions for the Thermometry residential complex.

Architect and Computer Graphic Artist. October 2021 – February 2022. Macroproject
Architecture Enterprise, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Development of building facade solutions and visualizations for the Grand Burche and Passage
Park residential complexes;
• Design and concept creation for multifunctional residential complexes in Kharkiv and Irpin.

Architect. July 2021 – October 2021. Investment Projects Bureau. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Development of the master plan, building facade solutions, and layouts for the Light residential
complex in Kyiv;
• Creation and development of architectural project for repurpose and adaptive reuse of a former
industrial building into a residential complex at 8 Knyaziv Ostrozhskykh Street in Kyiv;
• Creation of architectural visualizations for the kindergarten in the Novopecherski Lypky
residential complex.

Junior architect. October 2020 – December 2020. Archimatika Architecture Bureau, Kyiv,
Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Creation and development of architectural project and planning solutions for apartments and
penthouses in the "Ostrov" residential complex in Kyiv.

Junior architect. June 2020 - August 2020. Hryzlyuk Architecture Design and Construction
Studio. Lviv, Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Creation and development of architectural project and planning solutions for apartments in
"Parus" residential complex in Lviv.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant / Assistant Lecturer February 2024 – present. Lviv Polytechnic National
University. Department of Architecture Lviv, Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Conducting practical and laboratory classes in Architectural Design and Housing Typology;
• Teaching 2nd-year undergraduate students (architectural design studios);
• Teaching 3rd-year undergraduate students (housing design and residential typologies);
• Supervising student design projects and providing architectural critiques;
• Integrating research-based approaches into design education.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Trauma-informed architecture;
• Mental health and psychiatric facility design;
• Post-conflict and post-war reconstruction;
• Healthcare architecture and evidence-based design.

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH

M. Y. Parkhomchuk and N.G. Zenkovich. 2024. Classification of Mental Health Centers in the
Structure of Health Care Institutions. In press, Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Construction
and Architecture;

Parkhomchuk, M.Y., Zenkovich, N.G. 2024 The history of the formation of mental health centers
and their historical prototypes. Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Town Planning In press
Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture;

Parkhomchuk, M.Y., Zenkovich, N.G. 2024 Influence of architecture and environment on mental
health of people In press Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Parkhomchuk, M.Y., Zenkovich, N.G. 2024 Domestic and foreign practices of designing mental
health centers. In press Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Parkhomchuk, M.Y. Architectural and Planning Strategies for PTSD-Sensitive Mental Health
Environments: Spatial Indices and Expert-Based Analysis. Manuscript submitted, Journal of
Building Engineering

SELECTED PROCEEDINGS AND MEETING ABSTRACTS,
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS

M. Y. Parkhomchuk, N.G Zenkovich, 2024. Features of the Architectural and Planning
Organization of Mental Health Centers. Third international scientific and practical conference
“Innovations in Architecture, Design and Art for the 100th Anniversary of the Department of
Architecture of National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 Steel Freedom Architectural Competition, Finalist (https://steelfreedom.ua/ua/gallery-
pivfinalisty-2020/)

2019 Steel Freedom Architectural competition, Semifinalist
(https://steelfreedom.ua/ua/#competition_image)

2025 Fulbright Research and Development Program— Finalist
(https://fulbright.org.ua/en/programs/fulbright-research-and-development-program)

VOLUNTEERING

2024-2022 Organized charity meetings to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine; made camouflage
nets; created branded products the proceeds from the sale o went to help Ukrainian army;
collection of material for making trench candles.

2021 UFuture. Volunteering at a forum dedicated to social and economic innovations in Ukraine

2021 National Heritage Protected Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv”. Participation in archaeological
excavations of the cultural layer of the times of Kyivan Rus

2020 Business-Сonstructor. Volunteering at a forum for business leaders

2019 U.S. Higher Education Fair in Kyiv, Ukraine. Assisting representatives of American
colleges and universities at their open house event

2019 Archikidz. Conducting sculpting, origami and modeling lessons for children.

WORKSHOPS

2024 Panorama Ukraine workshop

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Revit - Advanced
Archicad - Advanced
3ds max - Intermediate s
Adobe Photoshop-intermediate skills
Adobe Illustrator-intermediate skills
Lumion- intermediate skills
Enscape- intermediate skills
Microsoft office- advanced skills

LANGUAGES

English – upper intermediate
Russian – native language
Ukrainian – native language