On August 26-27, another expedition of some of the staff of the Department of Computer Science took place. This time, the team consisting of prof. Jerzy Montusiewicz, prof. Marek Miłosz and dr Jacek Kęsik visited Świdnica in Lower Silesia. The aim of the trip was to perform 3D scans of the Pentecostal Church congregation in order to preserve the building in a digital version. The history of this building is very interesting. On the site of the former castle of the princes of Świdnica, in 1680, a Capuchin monastery complex was established, consisting of a church and monastery buildings. After the dissolution of the order in 1818, a Garrison Church was established. After World War II, the buildings fell into disrepair. The faithful of the Pentecostal Church restored the building for re-use, but due to the decreasing number of the community and the increasing maintenance costs, a decision was made to sell the building. Pastor Dariusz Suszek made the facility available, thanks to which 3D scans of the church and monastery buildings as well as the church interior could be made, obtaining over 27 GB of data.
During the expedition, the Church of Peace was also visited – the largest wooden temple in Europe, which was built in 1657. The church, built in a half-timbered system (a structure based on a wooden skeleton filled with a mass of clay and straw), is characterised by very rich furnishings: an altar, pulpit, organs, galleries, baptismal font, paintings and polychromes. The first contacts were established with people representing the hosts of the facility, providing information about the activities of employees of the Department of Computer Science associated with the “Lab 3D” laboratory.
