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Tautos Namai

National Concert Hall

TOWN-PLANNING CONCEPT

The building location of the concert hall “TAUTOS NAMAI” on the hill of Aurochs mountain park is a landmark for the city, which has its centuries-old history and nevertheless continues to evolve and follows the modern trends. Instead of a thousand words, it’s enough to see a breathtaking panoramic opening – a view of the downtown with challenging modern architecture of strict steel and concrete skyscrapers, against the background of historical quarters with terracotta tiled roofs. The top of the hill rises above the surrounding space beyond the Vilia River, is open from three sides by more than 180 degrees, and, in case of suggested concept construction, this district of the city will get its dominant, which will be part of a single visual system in the perception of the surrounding urban environment. In the evening, during public events, holidays, festivals etc. Тhe Concert Hall will be the King of Vilnius, having such wide visibility!

TRANSPORT CONCEPT

Taking into account the recommendations of the competition, from the street Vinco Kudirkos – arranging a stop at the intersection with Pamėnkalnio street – at the foot of the hill. From the bottom, along the edge of the Aurochs mountain park, from the V. Kudirkos – Pamėnkalnio intersection a flat gradient is organized further up the hill to the National Concert Hall building, then along the top and further down to the Pamėnkalnio – Tauro intersection. Cycle paths (a tribute to the ideas of Jan Gale) are running through landscape routes along the hillside. Additionally, access to the National Concert Hall Building, access to the underground parking and technical premises is available from the Tauro street side – the higher part of the hill. Pedestrian access is available from        K. Kalinausko Street, from the old Protestant cemetery.

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT

In the world of modern architecture, which is developing so dynamically, saturated and overflowing with varieties of forms, volumes, colors and light, in an attempt to streamline and find the only true system of information model of environmental management, our team is very close in spirit to the direction that its author Helmut Jahn calls “Archi-Neering” – its features, according to Mr.Jahn, are responsibility, rationality and environmental friendliness. He does not accept modern attitude to architecture as an object of art – for him architecture’s functional and ecological understanding is much closer: “Architecture is not only an aesthetic perception – if it is, it becomes individualistic. Now architecture is positioning itself as some kind of work of art and often its essence is to differ from something else. But this does not mean to be the best. The new in modern architecture assumes responsibility much more than just the decision of form and aesthetics. At the same time, the responsible architecture is linked with the environment through design, and not only through additional engineering and mechanical systems. Otherwise, technology becomes an end in itself.”  Following this ideology, considered the original data and realizing the goal, we tried to create the harmony of content and form, taking into account historical aspects and contemporary trends, with a view to predict the future… Did we succeed? We hope for the decision of the honorable jury.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPT

According to the concept of “Archi-Neering” – the environmental component becomes just an integral part of the project of the National Concert Hall. The surrounding structures of the building – its facades – is a complex of systems that regulate the atmosphere inside the building and interact with the daylight, natural ventilation, solar energy and their interaction with the engineering support. We tried to express the attitude to the environment in the form of the structure itself – by organizing a passage from the square of the old Protestant cemetery to the park on the hill.

FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT

The building consists of 4 floors and 3 underground floors. The total height from ground level is about 25 meters. The composition of the building fits into a square, the diagonal of which is the longitudinal axis of the main concert hall. One of the sides of the square faces the main panoramic view – along the hillside to the north, to the river and then downtown. This side is the main scenery spot, and takes into account the placement of restaurants, small and rehearsal concert halls. The western side (essentially the facade) is the focal point of the office space. The eastern facade is turned not at a right angle to the base of the square, its front edge is sloping – here is the main entrance to the building. From the southern facade, looking at the park of the old Protestant cemetery, there are technical entrances and loads. Here, a through passage begins between the semicircular eastern façade and the block of cash desks, rendered separately by 5.3 meters.

The ground floor is made in the level of the elevation of the land, continuing the surrounding space inside the building. Carrying out the cash block separately will allow splitting the streams and not creating a crowd at the main entrance. Through the main entrance you can get to the lobby – a spacious multi-level space more than 15 meters high. Here are the main spiral staircase, reception (from the eastern facade) and a restaurant – along the northern facade, with a view of the hillside and the panorama of the city. At the back of the lobby, along the arena wall of the main concert hall, there are 2 staircases leading to the -1 underground floor in the wardrobes. In the side galleries there are elevator halls, bathrooms and entrances to the service part of the building. There are also side entrances to the main hall.

1st floor. Here are the main entrances to the concert hall, a large lobby with two-light space in the lobby, back rooms on both sides of the hall along its axis, another restaurant on the north facade (restaurants can be combined with their own double-light space with stairs), shops of musical instruments, souvenirs, items of theatrical paraphernalia, bathrooms, stairs, lift halls. In the center of the axis of the main hall, closer to the entrance, is the sound control room.
2nd floor. Top floor with entrances to the balconies in the main hall. Here, from the main lobby with a central staircase, entrances to the small concert hall located along the northern specific facade are organized. The composition of the small hall assumes that the seats are arranged in straight rows with orientation to the stage adjacent directly to the facade. By decorating it is supposed to create the effect of “appearing against the window” from which a magnificent view of the city from the height of the hill, increased by the height of the building, opens. On the east side there is a small bar and a shop. The administration is located on the same floor.

3rd floor. The central staircase, which began on the ground floor and passes through two two-story floors, ends here – in a huge lobby of about 770 m2, located along the northern facade, with a beautiful view of the city. It is possible to organize exhibitions. From the lobby there is an entrance to the balcony of the small concert hall and access to the open space – a terrace above the main entrance area and further along the eastern facade. Here are small ornamental trees in tubs and small bushes and grass in specially prepared areas of the roof. Here are paved paths and benches for quiet rest and meditation. -B1 underground floor. Returning to the lobby on the ground floor, stairs leading down to wardrobes were already mentioned. Here are the stairs and elevators, bathrooms, a powerful block of technical facilities management transformable stage and equipment lifts. In addition, this is the top floor of a three-storey car park, which has 126 parking spaces for cars, plus parking for bicycles. On this floor there are 2 circular ramps in the parking lot. -B2 underground parking floor is designed for 171 parking spaces. Due to the geometry of the hill, an additional ramp is organized here for the lowest floor. -B3 underground floor is also designed for 171 parking places. Also here, as well as on the -2 floor are loading for television and video equipment, unloading for restaurants and bars.

All the floors (except for-B2 and -B3) are equipped with bathrooms for staff and separately for visitors, including disabled people. All corridors, lobbies, aisles, elevators, seats in the auditorium and parking were designed with the possibility of access to them by persons with disabilities. By organizing the space using various technical means, we tried to create a comfortable and safe environment for all people without exception

AVG Group Tautos Namai концертний хол ВільнюсACOUSTIC SOLUTIONS

When we designed the main Concert Hall of the National Concert Hall, the “vineyard” form factor model was adopted as the most rational form for creating a uniform perception of sound waves. Rows of easy chairs, located around the stage, rise in tiers up, picked up by balconies, divide, catch the sound, and extinguish unnecessary waves of reflections. Multiple calculations of reverberation time allow you to achieve perfect results of acoustics of the hall without compromise, because the concert hall is the heart of the whole building, its essence and purpose! The combined use of materials in the decoration with different acoustic characteristics allows you to “align” perception, where it can’t be done by the very form of the hall. A large concert hall is crowned with an organ – “heart in heart”, “lens in eye” – because it is difficult to imagine a city with a great history, in the heart of Europe, with established traditions, including music, without this “Emperor in the world of musical instruments”. The construction and adjustment of an organ will be a separate grand project, which will involve complex acoustic-engineering systems.

The small concert hall is made in the “shoe box” form factor, as it is the most successful form for small rooms. In the calculation of the acoustic model, the same principles were used as for the large hall – the use of materials of various acoustic properties, decorative elements, engineering systems allowing to regulate and re-reflect the sound depending on the type of concert – whether it be a piano or a harp, a string or a brass band – allow us to achieve the ideal, once again – uncompromising results.

 

 

 

ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS

The project involves various engineering systems. There are systems for transforming the scenes in the main and additional concert halls: the system involves the use of lifting platforms and hidden elevators for quick change of instruments on the stage. The rapid transformation of the back rows in front of an organ will further expand the hall during intermissions. The kinetically transformable system of acoustic panels in the center and around the perimeter of the concert hall allows you to “align the sound”, to achieve the perfect sound, taking into account the types of concerts – organ concert, acapella, instrumental concerts, or a solo performer. When designing air exchange, heat regulation, lighting and artificial lighting in the dark time of day, as mentioned earlier, we adhered to the idea of “Archi-Neering”, i.e. most effectively use the principles of energy efficiency and energy resource recovery.

BUILDING FINISH MATERIALS

Below zero is assumed to use solid concrete. Above – monolithic columns, floors, shells. The facade system assumes the combined use of classic stained glass facade systems as well as more modern systems like “texlon”. Interior decoration involves the use of high-quality materials that are certified accordingly, not endangering human life and the environment.

STRUCTURAL CONCEPT

The project assumes a combined use of constructive schemes: in the underground floors, in the parking lot – a monolithic rack-and-beam layout, above – in the structure of the vestibule and the main hall – a monolithic shell system for achieving large spans. In the roofing is supposed to use the cable system, with a combination of translucent and opaque materials.

 

 

Facts and figures

AVG TEAM

Amelchenko R., Amelchenko K., Mian M., Kozolii Z., Sunko S., Stoliarov D., Drobotun D., Bulavska T., Borodyn V., Berest K., Ilnytskyi K.

GBA

32 200 sq. m

LOCATION

Vilnius, Lithuania

STATUS

Concept

YEAR

2019

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