Apartment building in Žvėrynas
Audrius Ambrasas Architects. Vilnius, Lithuania
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Name of work in English
Apartment building in Žvėrynas
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Name of work in original language
Daugiabutis gyvenamasis namas Žvėryne
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2019
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Work Location
Vilnius, Lithuania
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Studio
Audrius Ambrasas Architects
EUmies Awards 2019 Nominees
Collaborators
Program
Collective housing
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Labels
Compact · Complex · Shaped
Site area
2300 m²
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Client
GS Baltic
Total gross floor
2600 m²
Completion
2017
This project attempts to preserve the historically chaotic character of the street layout: the four-storey firewall of the residential building at 7 A. Mickevičiaus street unexpectedly breaks the strict perimeter, and the historic brick villas on Vytauto street resemble homesteads. The new blocks of flats are conceived as a missing link: the taller volumes on A. Mickevičiaus street and the lower ones on Vytauto street merge with the surroundings and dissolve in them. But their regular positioning, the correct proportions and the rhythms of the windows, which divide the brick facades strictly, and which are typical of the Žvėrynas area, along with other architectural details, make the complex absolutely contemporary.
This project attempts to preserve the historically chaotic character of the street layout: the fourstorey firewall of the residential building at 7 A. Mickevičiaus street unexpectedly breaks the strict perimeter, and the historic brick villas on Vytauto street resemble homesteads.
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