The present design entirely respects all planning rules required by the project task, such as construction zone, total dimension of the new building and a maximum height of 25 m.
Two main problems were set by the urban location and the surrounding existing environment:
- Form a house as a new landmark visible from all sides, forming a new urban silhouette
- Establish a relationship towards the green zones of the terraced park in the north and a dense green forest in the south with the existing protected cemetery.
The new building is of an elongated rectangular ground-plan with longer sides positioned in the direction east-west. In that way the southern green area of the forest with the protected cemetery is clearly framed.
In relation to the park the concert hall is placed centrally and in the manner of a new acropolis dominates the space, encompasses it and sets a clear hierarchy.
The building is open towards all sides while the southern busy side and the northern park side have an equal treatment.
The configuration of the terraced slopes of Tauras Hill is maintained. The main pedestrian access is from the northern park side. Green space of the square is formed by the pedestrian access roads on the green slopes.
The appearance of the new building dominates the present surrounding. The central position towards green slopes of the city indicates the importance of the building as a cultural institution of the modern world we live in. The form of the layout is recognisable. The side concrete walls have been broken and indented and as wings they stretch a light transparent crystal façade of the northern and southern front. The recognizability is even more emphasised by the structure of poles, vertical forces by which the load-bearing capacity of the weblike structure of the main façades has been realised.
The northern and southern façades are identical. The regular structure of the load-bearing poles of the transparent façade creates a dynamic relationship towards the open green zones and the panorama of the city, conveying a message of live music, as if the hall is a conductor and the an orchestra.
The form of the building is strong and complex in its presence at the same time and the internal cubes of the main and adjacent concert hall are visible.
The openness of the internal organisation enables the flexibility of use and a possibility of different spatial variations to be formed.
The existing park terraces represent an important part of the future concert hall. This is where the entrance square has been formed, a link with the urban structure as well as the distance emphasising the future “cultural acropolis”, a glowing crystal as a symbol of the new modern Vilnius.
The functional complex of the spatial organisation of the concert hall requires the simplicity and logic of use in establishing the relationship between the public and the service facilities. This project restores a direct relationship of the main concert halls, the stage and the backstage. This enables a very practical and simple use of the main facilities. The main hall is lowered by one floor and the stage is placed at the level -1 where it is connected with the main part of the backstage. A service access with the unloading ramp is placed at the same level.
The main entrance for audience is designed on the ground floor. There is an equal entrance possibility from both the north and the south. By the entrance there is direct vertical communication for the users connecting the entrance, the large and the small hall and all other facilities for the audience and finally enables the access to the roof open for public. Next to the entrance there are also commercial premises of the cultural content as well as exposition and educational space.
The main catering facilities are placed in the east and can be used independently. The small hall is situated on the upper floor, with separate backstage spaces which are vertically connected with the basement service and delivery facilities.
The complete architectural structure is defined and spatially accentuated by the choice of the materials for individual elements of the composition.
The side indented walls are concrete, visible with accentuated strength of the load-bearing construction. Between them, there is a northern and southern translucent façade – it is glazed in the upper and lower zone while the central part contains ETFE foil, which is thermally stable and constructively accentuated by rod-shaped structure vertical to the line of the façade.
The spatial dynamics is additionally underlined by the materials and represents an important element of the building both in the interior and in the exterior and the recognizability of the concert hall.
In the interior, the floors are made of polished concrete and extremely resistant. All wall coverings are wooden. The floor of the hall is always wooden and the walls are structured in a way to achieve as good acoustics as possible. Vertically placed wooden round laths enable visual attractiveness, uniqueness and recognisability but also a perfect acoustics of the main premises. The roof is flat, without a fence, ready and open for use, high above all.
Ovim projektom u potpunosti su poštivana sva urbanistička pravila zadana projektnim zadatkom, kao što su zona izgradnje, ukupna dimenzija nove građevine, te maksimalna visina od 25 m.
Urbanom lokacijom i okolnim zatečenim ambijentom nametnuta su dva osnovna pitanja:
- Formirati kuću kao novi „landmark“ vidljiv sa svih strana, uobličujući novu gradsku siluetu
- Postaviti odnos prema zelenim zonama stepenastog parka na sjeveru, a na jugu gustom zelenom šumom s postojećim zaštićenim grobljem
Nova građevina pravokutnog je izduljenog tlocrta s duljim stanama u smjeru istok—zapad. Na taj način jasno je uokvirena južna zelena zona šume zaštićenog groblja.
Novom proporcijom prema parku koncertna dvorana postavljena je centralno, poput nove akropole dominira prostorom, obuhvaća ga i uspostavlja nedvojbenu hijerarhiju.
Građevina je otvorena prema svim stranama, jednako su tretirane i južna prometna i sjeverna parkovna strana.
Terasaste padine Tauras Hilla konfiguracijski se zadržavaju. Glavni pješački pristup je sa sjeverne parkovne strane. Na zelenim padinama uz pješačke pristupne staze formira se zeleni prostor trga.
Nova građevina svojom pojavnošću dominira zatečenim abmijentom. Centralna pozicija prema zelenim gradskim padinama pokazuje važnost građevina kao kulturne institucije suvremenog svijeta u kojem živimo. Tlocrtna forma građevine je prepoznatljiva. Bočni betonski zidovi slomljeni su i uvučeni, te poput krila napinju laganu transparantnu kristalnu fasadu sjevernog i južnog pročelja.. Prepoznatljivost je još više naglašena strukturom štapova, okomitih silnica, kojima je uspostavljena nosivost mrežaste strukture glavnih fasada.
Sjeverno i južno pročelje su identični. Pravilna struktura nosivih štapova transparentnog pročelja stvara dinamičan odnos prema otvorenim zelenim zonama i panorami grada, prenoseći poruku žive muzike, kao da dvorana dirigira gradom ispod sebe.
Građevina je snažna u svojoj formi, ali isto tako kompleksna u prisutnosti, te vidljivosti unutarnjih kubusa glavne i sporedne koncertne dvorane.
Otvorenošću unutarnje organizacije omogućena je fleksibilnost korištenja i mogućnost različitih prostornih varijanti.
Postojeće parkovne terase predstavljaju važan dio buduće koncertne dvorane. Na njima se formira ulazni trg, veza s urbanom strukturom, a isto tako i distanca koja naglašava buduću „kulturnu akropolu“, svjetleći kristal kao simbol novog suvremenog Vilniusa.
Funkcionalni sklop prostorne organizacije koncertne dvorane zahtjeva jednostavnost i logičnost korištenja, osobito kad se uspostavlja odnos javnih i servisnih sadržaja. Ovim projektom uspostavljen je izravan odnos glavnih koncertnih dvorana, pozornice i backstage-a. Na taj način omogućeno je iznimno praktično i jednostavno korištenje glavnih sadržaja. Velika dvorana upuštena je za jednu etažu, pozornica se nalazi na etaži -1, te je na istom nivou izravno spojena s velikim dijelom backstage-a. Na istom novou nalazi se i servisni pristup s rampom za istovar.
Glavni ulaz za publiku projektiran je u prizemlju. Ostvarena je ravnopravna mogućnost ulaza i sa sjeverne i s južne strane. Neposredno uz ulaz nalazi se glavna vertikalna komunikacija za korisnike koja povezuje ulaz, veliku i malu dvoranu, i sve ostale sadržaje namijenjene publici, a u konačnici osigurava pristup krovu otvorenom za publiku. Uz ulaz su smješteni i commercial premisse of cultural content, te expo and educational space.
Glavni ugostiteljski sadržaji nalaze se na istočnoj strani uz mogućnost neovisnog korištenja. Mala dvorana je na katu, sa zasebnim prostorima backstage-a koji su vertikalnom komunikacijom spojeni s podrumskim servisnim i dostavnim sadržajima.
Kompletna arhitektonska struktura definirana je i prostorno naglašena samim odabirom materijala pojedinih elemenata kompozicije.
Bočni uvučeni zidovi su betonski, vidljivi, s naglašenom snagom konstruktivne nosivosti. Između njih razapeta je sjeverna i južna translucentna fasada – u gornjoj i donjoj zoni ostakljena, a u središnjem dijelu od ETFE folije, toplinski stabilne i konstruktivno naglašene vidljivom štapićastom strukturom okomito na liniju pročelja.
Prostorna dinamika, dodatno naglašena materijalima, predstavlja važan element građevine kako u interijeru, tako i u vanjskoj vizuri i prepoznatljivosti nove koncertne dvorane.
U interijeru podovi su betonski polirani, izuzetno otporni. Sve zidne obloge su drvene. U dvorani je i pod drven, a zidovi su strukturirani u cilju što bolje akustike. Vertikalno postavljen drvene okrugle letve osiguravaju vizualnu atraktivnost, posebnost i prepoznatljivost, ali i besprjekornu akustiku glavnog sadržaja. Krov je ravan, bez ograde, spreman i otvoren za korištenje, visoko iznad svih.
Client: City of Vilnius
Gross surface area: 16 988 m2
Site area: 87 328 m2