Alternate feeling of spaciousness and intimacy. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas Architects
16/09/2021.
[Kaunas] Lithuania
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The architecture studio Audrius Ambrasas Architects has designed an agro-industrial complex in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania. The project is the headquarters of a corporation that was relocated to a peripheral district. The biggest challenge was creating an environment that invited and attracted customers, guests, and employees to the building in the middle of the field.
The building has very different characteristics for the company being in the agricultural service. The main entrance is through a winter garden, from where visitors and those who work in the building are distributed to their destinations. In this wing are located the offices designed for the administrative staff and the leaders of the company. In the western wing are the premises of laboratories and repair of agricultural machinery.
The building has very different characteristics for the company being in the agricultural service. The main entrance is through a winter garden, from where visitors and those who work in the building are distributed to their destinations. In this wing are located the offices designed for the administrative staff and the leaders of the company. In the western wing are the premises of laboratories and repair of agricultural machinery.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj.
Site plan. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas.
Ground floor. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas.
First floor. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas.
Section. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas.
Axonometry. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas.
Exterior view. Agro Industrial Complex by Audrius Ambrasas.
The main features of the Audrius Ambrasas Architects project that stand out the most are the clear distinction between the main entrance and a "corral". The winter garden became the main element of the building, around which the entire lives of its residents began to revolve. The proposal invites us to enter the winter garden that dialogues fluently with the greens of the vegetation that occasionally appear along the way.
The facades are finished with natural veneer divided by aluminum panels creating a regular and sophisticated pattern. The winter garden and the conference room are designed with glued wood constructions.
The facades are finished with natural veneer divided by aluminum panels creating a regular and sophisticated pattern. The winter garden and the conference room are designed with glued wood constructions.
Description of project by Audrius Ambrasas Architects
Moving the Head Quarters for a corporation to an outlying district is a very bold move, even if the mentioned enterprise is in agriculture service. The biggest challenge was to create a certain environment that would invite and attract customers, guests, and employees to the building even in the middle of the countryside.
By analyzing the typology of agricultural buildings it becomes clear that these buildings have very distinct features, which are being formed by required function and programme. The main traits that stand out the most is a clear distinguishment between the front entrance and a „farmyard“. With this factor in mind, the idea of winter garden was developed in such a way, that it became a main element of the building, around which the whole life of its residents started to revolve.
Winter garden is the main entrance to the building, from where building visitors and empoyees are distributed to their destinations. Eastern wing of the building is the office quarters designed for administrative staff and company leaders. Western wing contains premises of laboratories and agricultural machinery repair.
Winter garden and conference hall are designed using glued wood consructions. Facades are finnished with natural veneer panels divided by aluminum profiles creating a regular and sophisticated pattern.
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Architects
Design team
Audrius Ambrasas, Rasa Ambrasienė.
Collaborators
Structure.- Adomas Sabaliauskas, Engineering.- Nit projektai.
Area
5,600 sqm.
Date
2019.
Location
Vėrupės str. 1, Babtai, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Photography
Audrius Ambrasas, Rasa Ambrasienė, Vilma Adomonytė, Olga Savickienė, Justas Jankauskas, Karolina Galvydytė. Audrius Ambrasas Architects
The Audrius Ambrasas Architects is an arquitecture practice based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The studio is composed by Audrius Ambrasas, Rasa Ambrasienė, Vilma Adomonytė, Olga Savickienė, Justas Jankauskas, Karolina Galvydytė.
They work with a vision of Architecture as a puzzle. Imagine an equation with many unknown variables and no formulas to solve it. Investors, public needs, architect’s ambitions, location, environment… Architecture is all about finding a solution. If all goes well, the architect controls those variables and condenses them into an artistic vision. Whereas the society probably understands architecture, first and foremost, in terms of its physical form. But from the inside, architecture is just like solving a puzzle.
Engineers strive to design cars that move. Likewise, architects seek to design buildings that are functional and alive.
They work with a vision of Architecture as a puzzle. Imagine an equation with many unknown variables and no formulas to solve it. Investors, public needs, architect’s ambitions, location, environment… Architecture is all about finding a solution. If all goes well, the architect controls those variables and condenses them into an artistic vision. Whereas the society probably understands architecture, first and foremost, in terms of its physical form. But from the inside, architecture is just like solving a puzzle.
Engineers strive to design cars that move. Likewise, architects seek to design buildings that are functional and alive.
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