Lifeguard Station with Amphitheater / DO ARCHITECTS
In this wild and vulnerable landscape, battered by constant winds, a small structure provides refuge in the dunes. Overlooking the sandy Baltic shoreline, this once brutally monofunctional and closed object has been delicately deconstructed into a light and inviting public gathering space - a unique sunset viewpoint on Lithuania?s Curonian Spit.
© Norbert Tukaj
Architects: DO ARCHITECTS
Location: Preila, Lithuania
Area: 320.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Norbert Tukaj
Reconstruction Project Architects: Gilma Teodora Gylyt?, Algimantas Neni?kis, Karolina ?iplyt?, Aurimas Bau?ys, Domantas Baltr?nas
Original Design: Algirdas Sviderskas (1984)
© Norbert Tukaj
Text description provided by the architects. In this wild and vulnerable landscape, battered by constant winds, a small structure provides refuge in the dunes. Overlooking the sandy Baltic shoreline, this once brutally monofunctional and closed object has been delicately deconstructed into a light and inviting public gathering space - a unique sunset viewpoint on Lithuania?s Curonian Spit.
Before. Image © Norbert Tukaj
The station?s newly perforated lower level frames an approaching eye?s view of the sea, a juxtaposition to the panoramic window sheltering lifesaving facilities on the upper floor of the structure. Below, a ground level cafe/bar spills out onto a timber amphitheater stepping down towards the...
© Norbert Tukaj
Architects: DO ARCHITECTS
Location: Preila, Lithuania
Area: 320.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Norbert Tukaj
Reconstruction Project Architects: Gilma Teodora Gylyt?, Algimantas Neni?kis, Karolina ?iplyt?, Aurimas Bau?ys, Domantas Baltr?nas
Original Design: Algirdas Sviderskas (1984)
© Norbert Tukaj
Text description provided by the architects. In this wild and vulnerable landscape, battered by constant winds, a small structure provides refuge in the dunes. Overlooking the sandy Baltic shoreline, this once brutally monofunctional and closed object has been delicately deconstructed into a light and inviting public gathering space - a unique sunset viewpoint on Lithuania?s Curonian Spit.
Before. Image © Norbert Tukaj
The station?s newly perforated lower level frames an approaching eye?s view of the sea, a juxtaposition to the panoramic window sheltering lifesaving facilities on the upper floor of the structure. Below, a ground level cafe/bar spills out onto a timber amphitheater stepping down towards the...
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