The Vilnius University building complex expansion – VU LINK

Status: competition, 2nd place
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Program: VU complex expansion
Space: 119 026 m²
Team: Vytautas Biekša, Justė Stefanovič, Gedas Žiemelis, Rūta Aleksejienė, Valdas Razma, Eglė Matulaitytė, Aistė Galaunytė, Dorotėja Žiugždaitė, Adelė Dovidavičiūtė
Collaboration: PUPA: life over space: T. Jonauskis, J. Muliuolytė, G. Aglinskas, R. Jonušas, V. Kulikauskaitė, P. Malinauskas
Visualization: Visual Phenomena Studies

The architectural solution of the VU LINK complex is designed to be as compact as possible and is based on four key principles:

• Activation of the ground level by concentrating open public functions, creating an urban-type structure, and fully replacing the existing Connecting Building with a more dynamic space.

• Preservation of the original composition and architectural elements of the modernist faculty buildings, while introducing contextual new elements to enhance their functionality and quality.

• Continuity of modernist architectural principles, shaping elegant new extensions to the existing faculty buildings to improve the integration of faculty and administrative spaces while maintaining the transparency of the complex along the north-south axis and emphasizing the contrast between horizontal and vertical composition elements.

• A new Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (MIF) designed to highlight openness and strong horizontal internal functional connections, fostering collaboration and interaction.