Year: 2014 (5th semester)
Project type: Design of Public Building
Location: Zirmunai st. 119, Vilnius 09119, Lithuania
Tutors: Prof. Rolandas Palekas, Doc. Lada Markejevaite
Project type: Design of Public Building
Location: Zirmunai st. 119, Vilnius 09119, Lithuania
Tutors: Prof. Rolandas Palekas, Doc. Lada Markejevaite
The project aims to design a primary school where children would genuinely want to spend their time - a place that invites curiosity, play, and learning in equal measure.
It is located within a residential district of Vilnius, surrounded by Soviet-era apartment blocks yet softened by mature greenery and the River Neris flowing along its eastern edge. A neighboring secondary school anchors the area's existing educational presence.
The project proposal takes shape as a two-storey composition of intersecting circles. By rejecting the rigid geometry of the conventional schoolhouse, "A School Without Corners" opens space for children's imagination to wander. The main classrooms sit at the southeast wing, capturing morning light, while secondary classrooms and staff areas balance the plan. The outdoor areas are organised into three zones: an entry forecourt, an outdoor sports area, and an inner courtyard for potential extension of the cafeteria, that opens toward the river.
Three green pockets are carved into the volume - two enclosed between classroom wings, and a third extending from the biology room. These pockets are designed to bring nature within reach, offering spaces for outdoor lessons and safe enclosed playgrounds for the young ones. Combined with circular voids cut into the ceilings, the patios draw daylight deep into the corridors, blurring the line between interior and exterior.
