A room with a view

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Modern housing inspired by the historical heritage of Vilnius’ city center

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Status: 2nd place competition
Team: Johan de Wachter, Liene Medniece, Maciej Konik, Patricia Mata, Shamila Gostelow
Collaboration: Mash studio, Case Study homes
Client: Releven
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Program: 57 appartments, commercial plinth and an underground parking

A room with a view

‘A room with a view’ offers high quality housing combined with commercial functions for a location in the historical center of Vilnius. With maximum respect for its surroundings, the project aims to be a contemporary, but contextual addition to the city. The building presents itself as an intricate volume and a roof. Two courtyards shape the transition between the public space and the privacy of the building. The patio’s give entrances to both buildings and provide green public space and terraces for the commercial plinth.

Because of its shape, the building is almost never perceived as a whole and always has a new “face”. The roof gets a special treatment. Through precise transformations on the archetypal shape, the roofscape becomes an exciting place to live and becomes the special feature to the building’s architecture. The roof is detached from its base through continuous windows, floating over the brick plinth. The apartments under the roof offer amazing views over the old city.

The building becomes another red roof in Vilnius’ Old city, blending smoothly into the historical cityscape and offering fresh and contemporary architecture on this special location.

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Patricia Mata Mayrand

I have always been an aesthete, critical and curious person, which led me to the interest of how Architecture impacts on people’s daily lives. The obsession with simplifying complex processes in order to achieve a recognizable solution that applies naturally across the different scales of a project, has come to define my practice. These solutions weave together efficiency, sustainability, comfort, and identity for the end user. After completing my university studies, I moved to the Netherlands with a scholarship from Fundación Arquia to work at MVRDV. I later returned to Spain, where I worked as an independent architect and contributed to a project on the coast. Back in the Netherlands, I worked on large-scale projects at EEA; and with a clearer vision of my professional goals, I decided to join Woonwerk Architecten, where I continue to develop my career. In addition to my professional work, I participate in volunteer activities that allow me to experience firsthand life in residential care centres that offer rehabilitation services, cognitive stimulation, and medical care. I am committed to sharing and promoting my experience at both a local and international level.

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