Architect GreyOffice
Location Vilnius, Lithuania
Year 2019
Type Theater
Status Concept (Competition)
Sitting on the top of Tauras Hill Park along a key cultural axis in Lithuania’s capital city, the proposed National Concert Hall takes advantage of the crucial urban condition and transforms the Park Slope into a new civic center - a Concert Hall that relinks the urban fabrics and unlocks the urban potential.
The architecture is considered as a continuation of the Park Slope with seamless connection between the foyer and the surrounding landscape, offering welcoming access to the visitors with or without the concert ticket during the day and the night. Taking the idea of creating a contemporary “People’s House”, different types of performative and educational space are organized together on a base of a giant stairway along the park slope, turning a Concert Hall into a multi-functional urban space. Five major spaces are tailored into various events across artistic disciplines - an outdoor amphitheater, an indoor educational auditorium, a major hall for formal symphony, a small hall adjustable to different genres of performances, and a lobby space that can organize various gatherings.
The external façade draws inspiration from traditional Lithuanian linen pattern and reinterprets the graphic language into conceptual form. Applying fabric weaving technic into industrial metal mesh to create a perforated façade that can be lit from behind. Five north facing “portals” are detailed to maximize the city view by using minimal moulins.
In the major hall, customized wood panels compose all sides of the walls echoing the nation’s renowned flower Rue. For the small hall, wooden stripes are weaved together mimicking the traditional fabric weaving technic and clad the wall for better sound reverberations.
