Vilnius, Lithuania
Tautos Namai is a new national symphonic concert hall in Vilnius, Lithuania created by Open Source Architecture (OSA). The complex is organized around its two performing spaces: the main hall and the small hall.
The project was awarded with the 2020 International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
These two spaces define a public piazza that assures continuity of the historical urban axis running from Vilnius Municipality Square and Lukiskiu Square to reach the top of Tauras Hill, where the newly conceived Concert Hall square offers a new destination.
Leading to this square along the axis is a grand stair that combines steps, ramps, and platforms for the citizen to organize informal concerts and community events while serving all the spaces of the concert hall.
The main square connects a series of public functions, including the concert hall restaurant, the exhibition space, and the shop. It also serves as an entrance to the two performing spaces.
The covered lobby is located under the main square and offers a view toward the archives, the administration, and rehearsal rooms as a form of architectural transparency.
The main lobby is accessible to all types of transport, including pedestrians and handicapped who may access it from the service road. With its crystal-like expression, the two main halls create a sign in the city.
Their geological formation offers a monolithic expression that is interrupted by large openings revealing the wooden and soft interior of the concert halls, a reminiscence of the Lithuanian tradition of wooden buildings.
The prevalent use of wood inside the concert hall spaces offers a unique acoustical quality. The wooden paneling of the small hall allows the acoustic tuning of that space according to the type of music that is experimented with.
Project: Tautos Namai Lithuanian National Concert Hall
Architects: OSA Open Source Architecture
Client: Vilnius City Municipal Administration
