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2011.10.063rd prize in Anyksciai tree-top walk competitionClick to Visit Competition Website

2010.03.01Designer at Andries Geerse StedenbouwkundigeClick to Visit Company Website

2009.12.15Project "Slabs, Fabrics & Public space" shortlisted for PRIX de Rome 2010 finalClick here to read more on .FABRIC website

2009.11.12Junior Designer at .FABRICClick to Visit Company Website

2009.08.11Intern at .FABRICClick to Visit Company Website

2009.06.30TU Delft Graduation:Master of Science Diploma in Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences

2009.06.23Published in Atlantis 20-1 magazine:Issue on DSD Urban Asymmetries Research

2009.05.05Published in "Lietuvos Rytas" newspaperRead More on the Newspaper Website

2009.04.163rd Prize in Ideas Competition "Namas OptimistuiRead More on the Competition Website

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2011 Anyksciai Tree-top walk Competition

Location:Anyksciai, Lithuania

Type:Competition

Status:3'rd Prize winner

Programme:Recreation

Collaborated with:V. Gailiūtė

Year:2011

Project site has an enormous cultural significance for Lithuanians, as it was vividly depicted in a poem by A. Baranauskas. Consequently any intervention close to it sparks a myriad of discussions if this is the right spot for such a structure, that it can ruin the uniqueness of this particular space. On the other hand it is also a magic spot for such a project as it can by a key to its success. The population has a point though; therefore the Anyksciai tree-top-walk has certain goals to meet, namely: enrich the sensitive context, accessibility for all (incl. physically challenged), development of sustainable tourism, better quality, also practical things, such as maintainace & exploitation during harsh winters, economy & durability.

We see the tree-top walk as a “road” where each segment is more inspiring & impressive that a previous one. The endpoint and highlight is the “Puntukas” stone/monument.
The road consists of five sections. It starts at information center, with a café, ticket office, tiny museum & a classroom. It goes further with the first jump in the tree crowns, followed by fun triangle, with facilities for adrenaline-freaks. Fourth section is an impressive tree-top passage towards the tower over the tree crowns. Climbing to the tower top is a rewarding experience. Small stops & viewpoints make it pleasurable as well. Forest hike towards Puntukas lets people appreciate the beauty of forest.

The pre-set goals translate in the design solutions. Colors let to blend in, construction is simple and prevents damage to the existing trees, 100% handicapped accessible, and finally cherishes already unique character of place.

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Article on www.pilotas.lt

Article on www.lrytas.lt

2011-2012 Plant Je Vlag 

Location:Nijmegen

Programme:Housing, Commerce

Collaborated with:We Love the City

Year:2011-2012

Nijmegen's attempt to jump over the river Waal is, as in many other new town developments in the Netherlands, in dire straits. To prevent the so-called 'rip in the pants', a new development strategy in combination with new housing concepts is necessary. The Vossenpels (in English: Fox's Fur) will become the place where there is space to build together with others or by yourself. That can be a dwelling, but also a workspace or something completely different. It is meant not only for the lucky few, but also for people with a small budget.

We approached the future residents through social media, the interactive website www.plantjevlag.nl and an on-location event, all in a very short time. New residents are choosing their own location and parcel size for their ideas. Together with existing and future residents of Vossenpels the development plan will be elaborated into a definitive urban plan in fall 2011. In spring 2012 construction will start - if all progresses well.

www.plantjevlag.nl

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2010 Lukiskiu Parkas Competition

Location:Vilnius. Lithuania

Type:Competition

Programme:Public Space, Recreation, Representation

Collaborated with:T. Jonauskis, J.Muliuolytė

Year:2010

Stigmatization and clear dichotomy of today's values is clearly visible in this public space. Twenty years of debate, and four failed competitions suggests that this square is of extreme importance not only for Vilnius dwellers, but to an entire nation as well. There are multiple reasons for why this space is in a need to change. Firstly, everyone recognizes the fact that existing network of paths was designed to focus all attention onto the centre of the square where the statue of Lenin used to stand up until 1990. After statues removal, this square was supposed to become the main spot for states representation, commemoration of those who died from repressions & accompanied with recreation programme of city's residents.

There were numerous grand proposals on how the square could have been renovated; on the other hand, none of them fit the character of this city part. Most of the former attempts to change this space were either too bold or too reserved mainly focusing on grand spatial restructuring, some hyper nationalistic pattern throughout entire space or just some spatial joke, however denied the complexity of related parties and functions attached to it.

The competition entry proposes to create a space cherishing the past, current and the future, keeping all the valuable features and elements and repositioning them in a way to fit new programme.

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2010 Stadsassen Deventer 

Location:Deventer

Collaborated with:We Love the City

Year:2010

Dutch government launched the concept of "City Axis" in the Multiannual programme for Infrastructure, Space and Transportation (MIRT) . MIRT exploration suggests that a city-axis is a link between a highway and a railway station has a great economic potential where traffic cappacity should meet the demand. An image emerges of a high-rise corridor somewhere in China, however, this picture is conflicting with ambitions for sustainability, spatial quality and identity. The pilot study stadsassen Deventer explores this tension witha a help of three T's:Transformation, Typology and Transfer. The results of the study shows the size of discrepancy between theoretical concept and its implementation in a real city.

The steering committee A1-zone Programme presented the pilot study to Deventer municipality, who sees it as one of three building blocks for a new structural vision.

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2009 Slabs, Fabrics & Public Space Competition

Location:Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Type:Competition

Status:Shortlisted as a Finalist

Programme:Housing, Commerce, Leisure, Social

Collaborated with:.FABRIC

Year:2009

The city doesn’t have to be a place in which differences fade and integration is interpreted as assimilation. It could be a place in which the juxtaposition of difference creates titillating conditions, that evoke curiosity. A space that produces new meaning that can lead to surrealistic experiences: ice-skating in a Burka or a Hammam with polder sauna.

The vast green space that was unique for Amsterdam Overtoomse Veld has been drastically reduced. Van Eesteren’s open design now makes way for a Berlagian form of urbanism: the closed city block. This recycling of urban ideologies results in an alarming shrinkage of public space. To improve quality of live the task is to develop a strategy in which densification and new public space work together. A new local centre that connects leisure spaces and accommodates diversity. August Allebé-square offers perfect possibilities to do just that.

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2009 Viviendas sociales lo Valledor Graduation project

Location:Santiago, Chile

Type:Graduation project

Programme:Housing, Commerce, Public space, Infrastructure

Year:2009

Social networks in Lo Valledor are weak, which results in low initiative to maintain collectively owned assets. Poor integration with the surroundings, due to physical borders (railway, highway) and high criminality makes it a no-go zone. Lack of investment, results in lack and poor quality of the existing facilities, hereby creating some major inconveniences to community. The area does not make use of the easy access to infrastructure (highway), which also indicates unused potentialities. In general main indicators of social capital, namely: trust, membership, norms of reciprocity and networks, are weak, poor, or nearly non-existing. As a result, the aforementioned indicators lie at a very basis of the problematic that area of Lo Valledor faces. Every other issue either is a result of aforementioned or complementing factor, increasing the stagnation of current state.

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2009 Challenge for Optimism Competition

Type:Competition

Status:3'rd Prize winner

Programme:Housing

Year:2009

The ideas competition was looking for proposals, that would challenge current economic downturn with cheap affordable and an "optimistic" solution. However, this entry does not follow the brief, actually the opposite – it tries to challenge the idea of a “pure optimism” as cause of facile and damaging state of human mind. Project criticizes current absence of vernacular solutions and “building without a site” concept so widely implemented throughout the world. Typical projects and prefabricated dwelling currently are the most affordable and therefore the most desirable, on the other hand erases the identity, diminishes complexity, encourages monotonous urban structures that, sooner or later are subject for social decay.

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2008 New Building for Bouwkunde BK2City Competition

Location:Delft, The Netherlands

Type:Competition

Programme:Education

Year:2008

One might think that faculty of architecture must be an icon; other might claim the undisputable necessity to represent achievements of current era. Now it is a perfect moment to rethink all the flaws in perception and understanding what are essential features of a good architecture faculty. Answer is more than obvious; Students of course! Architectural community is in constant pursue of new spaces to work in, never shiny offices nor historical palaces, but factories, spacious lofts, abandoned superstructures and etc. instead. Therefore building itself where architectural office/ community/ school is/are located, never states for quality of education or products made there. We should stop looking for building, we should stop aiming towards excellence in architectural details and most importantly, we should never constrain ourselves to a building. As a result we argue that it is necessary to design not a 'new building for bouwkunde' but a 'new place for bouwkunde'. Magazine cover architecture, building materials, spatial implications of certain time, age fast, while city stays intact, constantly changing, improving, mutating, coping with problems/ disasters, declining, evolving but eventually sustaining itself. All in all, aim of this project is to transfer cities qualities and abilities to a 'new place for bouwkunde'.

Project consists of multiple units that are based on a grid structure which derives from a pedestrian flow study and maximized accessibility calculation. Units themselves can be divided into studio, office and public structures (that are fixed). Studios have 3 levels, first and second is place are meant for eight 12 people studios, to meet, discuss, work and relax, while roof (level 3) is used for modeling sketching. Level 3 is open and has a broad panoramic view of entire bouwkunde space. It goes without saying that, modeling equipment and workplaces for building models is an extraordinary feature in each architectural school, therefore it must be easy to access and located close by. Bloc structure has numerous advantages such as: ability to create own identity for each studio, exterior of a block can be designed separately, enabling students identify themselves with a certain place, which is like should be like home for half of a year. To work in a home-like environment, with small kitchen, couches and other equipment very much increases motivation and emotional atmosphere of a studio. It also reduces the need to protect building perimeter rather than a simple access control to studio. All year 24/7 open place of bouwkunde serves as powerful impetus to strive for perfection, not constraining anyone to leave because of building closure.
Offices are divided in to two, namely: administration and academic(staff closer to students). Public structures (library restaurant and some other facilities) are the centerpiece of action, library as a cube of books with a courtyard inside, and completely open and simply designed restaurant where openness is the main feature.

Even though there are not many examples of such concepts, but it is essential to point out that it has some positive factors. Glass roof structure should cover entire area, making concrete floor completely unnecessary reducing building costs dramatically, furthermore 'studio blocks' don't need any insulation, are easy to build, expand, reconstruct, demolish or replace. Foundation building costs are also minimized as most of buildings inside do not need it. Glass roof enables to save a lots of energy during winter, cuts expenses for maintenance of electric lighting. Further technologies might empower to produce energy making good example among self sustaining structures. All in all, the design is able expand both vertically and horizontally, evolve or deteriorate, decay and diminish, change and mute, just like city does, making it no building at all, more a place to produce those who produce buildings.

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2008 Zoom China: Lilong; Higrise; What 

Location:Shanghai, China

Programme:Housing, Commerce, Leisure, Social

Year:2008

In order to create a feasible proposal suitable for both: developers and residents. FAR is one of the most powerful argument to convince the developer, but it is also necessary to mind the regulations.

Consequently we agreed that the best approach to provoke change is to be as pragmatic as possible and remain sensitive to peoples needs. A simple shadow logic is an essence of the design, and volumetric manipulation study. Study implied extremely logical order that also stimulates diversity and mixture of social classes. The main idea is to try defining a maximum volume possible in the area that would lead to maximum possible FAR an then try to diminish it to relatively normal furthermore, introduce new qualities for the residents. A design outcome is unpredictable as process starts at the South edge of the plot thereby defining footprint for next stage.

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2007 Residential House 

Location:Vilnius, Lithuania

Programme:Residential, Commercial

Year:2007

The Project is located in Naujamiestis district in Vilnius, which is only fifteen minutes walk from the old town. Currently, high pressures on housing stock and office space are one of the most prominent issues in Vilnius, that encourage to look for new areas suitable for housing and commerce. Naujamiestis district is currently populated by lower income population, that on the other hand are in possession of big plots. In this case it creates imbalance within urban fabric, where very central area has extremely low density.

Architecturally, project deals with trends and problems currently visible in entire district, namely: commercialization of the block perimeters, shortage of parking space and demand for more newly built dwellings. Public and private functions are clearly separated, entrance to apartments are located in the courtyard, while commercial plinth faces the street.

2007 Bar Interior Design 

Programme:Drinking, socializing & fun

Year:2007

The project explores the concept of a bar, reduces it to main basic elements and tries to create a generic model of how it should look like. One of the main driving ideas is that there is actually no need whatsoever for bartenders, security, kitchen, and etc. while the most important feature becomes the individuals there and their interaction. Absence of certain facilities inverts the functional relations by making everyone a bartender and consumer at the same time. With a very little investment due to simple materials and small consequent maintenance costs this model can be far-fetched to different contexts. The idea tries to deny all existing constrains and enhancing the most valuable elements.

The Design envisions it as a long corridor - a place for public interaction. Self service works as a stimulus to start a conversation, long bar table encourages to share observe and gain. “Can you pass me a drink?” is exactly a start of it.

2006-2007 SOHO Vilnius 

Location:Vilnius. Lithuania

Status:On hold

Programme:Housing, Commerce, Leisure, Social

Collaborated with:Jungtines Pajegos

Year:2006-2007

The architecture of SOHO refers to the traditions of Vilnius and uses contemporary European tendencies and experiences for the construction of residential buildings. This allows a contemporary, modern and comfortable living while mood of old Vilnius is still present. It is expressed through the following spatial elements: high density perimeter of blocks, narrow streets, private yards. Clearly distinguished public, community and private spaces. The blocks are divided into houses, every house with its own character and colour to be “recognized” (identity idea). So monotony and boredom are avoided.

It will be also possible to buy or rent commercial spaces for offices and small shops. On the 4.5 ha site of SOHO there will be more than 700 units of flats and apartments (1 to 6 rooms), most of them 2-3 rooms (60-80 sqm). The whole complex covers about 70.000 sqm residential and 10.000 sqm commercial area.

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2006 Primary school 

Location:Vilnius, Lithuania

Programme:Education

Year:2006

Projects is located in a Santariskes district of Vilnius. This part of a city was developed to facilitate one of the largest medical complexes in Lithuania, however due to recent residential developments the shortage of public facilities such as schools and kindergartens becomes one of the most prominent issue of a present time. Suburban developments and rising problem of overcrowded educational facilities forces to look for a potential locations all over the city.

The site is in a nice forest area near the lake, however it borders a very busy street on Eastern side. Therefore one of the main goal is to minimize the pollution and noise within the school. As a response to current condition, the school is designed around the courtyard which serves as a platform for public events and protects from negative effects of the surrounding elements. Walls serve as a sound barrier, however topography allows to locate the access underneath the structure

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