Basanavičiaus St. 4A

Location

Vilnius

Size

3000 sq. m

Year

2020

Status

under construction

Team

Lukas Rekevičius, Milda Rekevičienė, Kristina Šimkūnaitė, Valdonė Mitkevičiūtė, Kazimieras Kasteckas, Samuel Mora

A project with an exceptional location – the site has never been built on, and the first building to appear here is the one we have reconstructed. It is also the site of the first Vilnius Planetarium, built in 1960. As this building did not exist then, the planetarium dome was visible from the street. When reconstructing this building, the idea was to mark this “cosmic past” with slightly extravagant, upward-looking volumes. The building has several layers of meaning – a thoroughly modern essence covered by a respectful façade composition that echoes the rhythms of the old town.