#COMMUNITY #ENVIRONMENT #WOOD
Audrius Ambrasas: http://www.ambrasas.lt/
The art and education center Rupert is located at Valakampiai suburb, next to Neris river. The site
of a shop beside a former bus terminus, the leisure environment and the mystery of creativity
were the main inspirations. The wood finish makes the building dissolve visually into the pine
forest, and the only break in the facade allows visitors to look at the artists world as if through a
keyhole.
The ground floor accommodates a multipurpose hall, a reading-room and a management office.
The basement features a space for computer-art workshops. Artists studios on the second floor
surround the main axis of the building. Two types of studios are designed: with an outdoor
terrace, and with a mezzanine inside. The second-floor corridor opens on to a meadow. The
ceiling of the basement and the first floor are made from 12-metre-long prefabricated reinforced
concrete panels. The second-floor supporting structure is a steel profile framework. Heat-treated
pine boards are used for the facade finish, and bleached pine paneling for the interiors.
CREDITS
Architects: Audrius Ambrasas, Vilma Adomonyt , Mindaugas Reklaitis
Location: MeA?keriotojA? str. 33, Vilnius, Lithuania
Surface: 2 096 m2
Years/Status: Project: 2011;
Construction: 2012-2013
Structures: Adomas Sabaliauskas, Domas AmoleviA?ius
Materials: Structure of steel profile framework as well as 12-meter-long, prefabricated reinforced concrete panels; timber finish
Project team: Architects and structural engineers mentioned above
Client/Contractor: Contemporary Art Associationai??? public establishment
Photography: Audrius Ambrasas
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