martynas sinkevičius ALL THE GRAPHICAL MATERIAL WAS PRODUCED BY OR IN COORDINATION WITH THE AUTHOR OF THIS PORTFOLIO © 2019
CONTENT
NATION’S HOUSE
MULTIALLEY
GREEN ZIPPER
URBAN VILLAGE
SNAVEN
RESTACK
NATION’S HOUSE
YEAR: 2019 JULY LOCATION: VILNIUS, LITHUANIA CLIENT: VILNIUS MUNICIPALITY TYPE: OPEN COMPETITION SIZE: 17 225 M2 PROGRAM: NATIONAL CONCERT HALL + ADDITIONAL MIXED-USE FUNCTIONS COLLABORATORS: FREDRIK FURRER (UNFOLDED STORY) RESPONSIBILITY: CONCEPT & PROJECT LEADER ON BEHALF OF UNFOLDED STORY The site location and the hill itself tell an important story and have a strong link to Lithuanian history and culture. It is important that the Nations House truly reflects the countries values and becomes a symbol for people of Lithuania and of an idea that was born more than a century ago. We believe it is important to envision the site as something that embraces people’s everyday life, and creates a well-functioning urban assembly with the other cultural and public spaces in the area around Tauras Hill. We believe it is important that everybody in the country and in Vilnius can relate to the Nations House and wants to experience Tauras Hill landscape: It is inviting, accessible and welcoming for all Lithuanians and interested visitors. The final design of the building is a result of pragmatic approach to the site which follows urban design strategies:
1.Strengthen ‘’Šnipiškės – Naujamiestis Axis’’. Different landscape solutions are incorporated into Tauras Hill to make it an attractive park with clusters of smaller spaces and various landscape qualities. The main connections in the park should lead the visitors towards the hill’s epicentre – the ‘’Nations House’’. 2.Develop ‘’ Senamiestis – Vingio Parkas Axis’’. The east- west connection leads people from the old town through the site and links to the Z. Sierakausko – V. Kudirkos street junction and VU Medical Faculty in the West. This axis can continue further to Vingis Park. 3.All-inclusive hill – access and programme. It is important that Tauras Hill together with the Nations House provide flexible and open multipurpose functions. These functions activate the hill and make it a new vibrant place in Vilnius.
Furthermore, the hill is welcoming and becomes accessible for everybody without excluding disabled or older people. 4.Work with water – make it visible. We believe rainwater can be problematic but also playful if used in the right way. In a rainy country like Lithuania it is important that the design incorporates a rainwater management strategy, which in our case is integrated into the landscape features of Tauras Hill. 5.Upcycle existing historical building of Trade Unions and reintroduce it into the landscape design. Currently the building consists of many impressive architectural features such as massive columns and the stained-glass windows. These components are incorporated into the hills landscape as seating places, playground features and iconic meeting points.
URBAN APPROACH
1. STRENGTHEN NORTH-SOUTH GREEN AXIS
2. DEVELOP EAST-WEST AXIS
3. ALL-INCLUSIVE HILL
SITE STRATEGY
1. INTEGRATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT & ALLOCATE PARKING
2. ADD PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE PATHS
3. WORK WITH WATER
4. UPCYCLE HISTORICAL BUILDING WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
1.DEMOLISH EXISTING BUILDING The existing Trade Union building will be demolished, so that its parts can be integrated in to the landscape design.
4.INTEGRATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT Split the mass into two pieces by the introduced public transport route. Place the bus stop at the heart of the building.
7.EXPOSE THE CONCERT HALLS The halls to be formed as two separate masses like Taurus horns penetrating and supporting the public building part.
2. THE QUALITIES OF THE PLOT The building plot offers the potential of a green corridor linking the evangelical cemetery to the Tauras Hill Park.
5.CONNECT THE GREENS Meet the height of the evangelical cemetery and maintain the visual connection to the Tauras Hill Park.
8.PARKING+SERVICE UNDERGROUND The required parking spaces and uses needed to service concert halls are placed underground.
3.MAXIMIZE THE FOOTPRINT Use maximal allowed outline of the site and use the maximum 25m height of the building.
6.MEET AND GREET Physically link the evangelical cemetery with the Tauras Hill Park by creating a public stair and central meeting plaza.
9.MAKE ROOF ACCESSIBLE The staircase from the service building reaches the roof garden and connects the two separated building masses.
ENTRANCE FROM THE SOUTH
ENTRANCE FROM THE NORTH
ISOMETRICS
UPPER FLOOR / LEVEL 2
ROOF / LEVEL 4
BASEMENT / LEVEL -1
GROUND FLOOR / LEVEL 0
PLANS
UPPER FLOOR / LEVEL 2
ROOF / LEVEL 4
BASEMENT / LEVEL -1
GROUND FLOOR / LEVEL 0
CONCERT HALL CONCEPT THUNDER HILL & CLAY HILL
OUTDOOR FUNCTIONS
INDOOR FUNCTIONS
MAIN ENTRANCE AND CIRCULATION IN THE LOBBY
ALLOCATE FUNCTIONS AND CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SHELLS
VISITOR ACCESS
STRUCTURAL CONCEPT
GLULAM CROSSBRACED SYSTEM
CONCRETE FRAME SYSTEM SERVICE BUILDING MAIN LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE VERTICAL STAIRS/SHAFTS
BASEMENT TO UPPER FLOOR
UPPER FLOOR TO ROOF
MULTIALLEY
YEAR: 2019 APRIL LOCATION: MANNHEIM, GERMANY CLIENT: THE MULIHALLE MANNHEIM E.V. ASSOCIATION TYPE: OPEN COMPETITION SIZE: 4.5 HA PROGRAM: MASTERPLAN / MIXED-USE COLLABORATORS: FREDRIK FURRER (UNFOLDED STORY) RESPONSIBILITY: CONCEPT & DESIGN LEADER ON BEHALF OF UNFOLDED STORY Multialley project is based on holistic design approach, which incorporates urban strategy, landscaping, architectural & interior solutions. We see multihalle as an iconic object of the past, which lacks its purpose in the present. The key goal of Multialley concept is to bring back multihalle’s importance in the city and to reintroduce it back to the people of Mannheim with a new purpose and new qualities. Multialley project incorporates 4 important parts (tools), that bring multihalle back to life: Create EastWest Connection, Develop The Main Entrances, Enhanced Landscape, Reprogramming. With this toolbox we aim to create robust strategy and solutions for multihalle regeneration process. Create East-West Connection. Since currently the connection is non-existing and park works as a barrier between different parts of the city, we suggest to create a pedestrian/bicycle path through the multihalle building itself. This means that all the secondary
paths inside and around the park should lead to Eastern and Western sides to the building. Develop The Main Entrances. The entrance from the West should become a central meeting point enriched with people gathering places and enhancing the existing landscape. The main entrance from the West and the entrance plaza from East will create an alley that will channel people to multihalle. Enhanced Landscape. In order the connecting alley not to become only used for people transition, it is important to enhance the existing landscape around the building as well. The central alley divides the site into southern part which has the best views to the park and best solar properties. The southern side should be more urban, include some hard surfaces and encourage people playing, meeting, hanging out. The northern part which is more secluded and has existing water basin
is perceived as more rural, natural, wild part of the site. We believe that as well as multihalle dynamic shape the landscape around it should be inspiring, educational and diverse, therefore we suggest a secondary path around multihalle that introduces activities based on the exiting landscape qualities: forest, lake, mountain, playground, sun terrace. Reprogramming. The building itself consists of 2 shells connected with a central corridor. The small shell will consist of permanent functions: restaurant facilities on the ground floor and offices on the upper floor. The big shell will consist of more flexible/temporary uses: workshop rooms, catering area, multimedia rooms, transformable central space with dedicated storage. The shells are transformed with respect to the existing structural logic and enable to have gathering places for all people to meet and encourage them to play.
MULITHALLE HAS LOST IT’S IMPORTANCE
REINTRODUCE MULTIHALLE BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF MANNHEIM!
TOOLBOX
EAST-WEST CONNECTION
MAIN ENTRANCES
The very first thing we aim to do is to create the connection through the park along East to West axis. Since currently the connection is nonexisting and park works as a barrier between different parts of the city, we suggest to create that connection through the multihalle building itself. This means that all the secondary paths inside and around the park should lead to eastern and western sides to the building.
Because of East to West connection, both entrances become of huge importance. The current entrance to the park from the eastern side should be relocated to lead people directly to Multihalle building, which would be a strong urban gesture for people to notice and be invited to. The western entrance is located in the lush park area surrounded with greenery and water features and should include the ticket booth for the park. The entrance from the west should become a central meeting point enriched with people gathering places and enhancing the existing landscape. The main entrance from the west and the entrance plaza from east will create an alley that reintroduced multihalle to the people.
ENHANCED LANDSCAPE
REPROGRAMMING
Forest - located in the central part of the building. The area consists of different types of vegetation encouraging increase of biodiversity. People will be able to learn about different plant types, insects and small animals. Lake - located in the existing water basin. The area is to be redesigned to incorporate water remediation solutions (i.e. living machines) and supply clean water to the multihalle building for different uses. People will be able to learn about sustainable water systems, damages caused by impermeable surfaces and how to recycle water. Mountain - located on the north-west side of the site at the existing hill. This area is to be design including activities you could do on mountains/ hills (i.e. hiking games, sledge in winter time and etc.) Playground - located at the existing western entrance area. The area including existing structures is to be repurposed for urban playground uses including tree climbing, climbing walls, ziplines, active ground level zones. The area should be inviting young and old and encourage active health style. Sun Terrace - located on the southern side of the existing restaurant. The area should provide seating and lounge areas in close connection with restaurant spaces.
The building itself consists of 2 shells connected with a central corridor. The small shell will consist of permanent functions: restaurant facilities on the ground floor and offices on the upper floor. The big shell will consist of more flexible/temporary uses: workshop rooms, catering area, multimedia rooms, transformable central space with dedicated storage. The shells are transformed with respect to the existing structural logic and enable to have gathering places for all people to meet and encourage them to play.
BIG SHELL
SANITARY ROOM SANITARY ROOM MUSIC STUDIO
FLEXIBLE SPACE STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS TECHNICAL & STORAGE ROOMS SECONDARY KITCHEN FOYER & CATERING
SMALL SHELL
SANITARY ROOMS MEETING ROOMS RESTAURANT OFFICE GROUP WORK OFFICE MEETING ROOMS SANITARY ROOMS STORAGE
GROUND LEVEL
UPPER LEVEL
SECTION AA
SECTION BB
GREEN ZIPPER
YEAR: 2019 JANUARY LOCATION: BJÄRRED, SWEDEN CLIENT: LOMMA MUNICIPALITY TYPE: OPEN COMPETITION SIZE: 72 HA PROGRAM: MASTERPLAN / MIXED-USE COLLABORATORS: FREDRIK FURRER (UNFOLDED STORY) RESPONSIBILITY: CONCEPT & DESIGN LEADER ON BEHALF OF UNFOLDED STORY Bjärred is a small community situated at the Swedish west coast and is part of the lively Öresundsregion. The inhabitants like the place: Its calm, green and the ocean is right there. More people want to live here and the new neighbourhood opens up possibilities not only for new residents but also to strengthen and add qualities to the village. With the Green Zipper we introduce an extensive and continuous park that links to the existing green spaces “Domedejla mosse”, “Plommonskogen” and “Otto Pers gård”. It offers a variety of different green qualities like forest, meadows and fields and is directly connected to green spaces outside of the project area. The topography allows for a continuous blue spine including streams, marshes and ponds finding its way through the Green Zipper. The green corridor offers ecological services (for example storm water management), is a habitat
for animals and a recreational space for people. The adjoining farmland towards the east and northwest is visually separated from the park through a colonnade of trees which also helps to define the outline of the settlement and protects from strong winds. The main path for bikes and pedestrians follows the blue spine though the park. Secondary bike and pedestrian ways cross the main path and connect Borgeby to Bjärred. Additional paths will be established from the gates to the centre and the future train station. This new ways link to the existing bike and pedestrian system. Pedestrian and bikeways will also be given priority when crossing trafficked roads to make it more comfortable to use those modes of transport. Additionally this will help to reduce the barrier feeling at big roads like Österleden or Fjelievägen. The new neighbourhoods can be reached by motorized traffic but most of the roads will be
one direction to leave more space for bikes and pedestrians. Within the residential block areas street parking is provided while parking is solved on each plot in the villa neighbourhoods. The school, the elderly home and the gates get separate parking lots. In regard to public transport new bus stops will be established at the gates on the way into/from Bjärred and a new bus stop will be placed at the “Domedejla”neighbourhood. The project focuses on clear entrances to the settlement to ease orientation and to offer easier access to different modes of transport. Improving bike and pedestrian movements toward the centre and throughout the village is important to make those modes of transport more enjoyable. The most important feature though is the continuous green space which benefits the people and nature. One should enjoy living in Bjärred!
URBAN APPROACH
URBAN APPROACH
URBAN APPROACH
PERFORMATIVE PLAN
URBAN VILLAGE
YEAR: 2019 MARCH LOCATION: SVEDALA, SWEDEN CLIENT: PRIVATE TYPE: COMMISSION SIZE: 2.1 HA PROGRAM: MASTERPLAN / MIXED-USE RESPONSIBILITY: CONCEPT & DESIGN LEADER FOR A SKETCH PHASE ON BEHALF OF LANDEN+KRANTZ ARKITEKTER
The project site is located on the North-Eastern part of Svedala. The site is surrounded by the residential housing from the South and West. However, across the highways on the North and East the areas are mostly used for industrial purposes. The highways currently work as physical and mental barriers between residential and industrial areas. They also define the city centre boarders with the project site at the corner of it. The project site itself is 2.1 HA brownfield divided into 4 areas by the underground service piping. The site also accommodates a gradual slope from North to South, which plays an important role in terms of rainwater management. Urban Village project aims to accommodate building typologies and in-between spaces that represent Svedala’s characteristics of a small town, yet also providing a vibrant city feeling.
The project scheme consists of 3 layers of different building typologies: 1. Row housing on the Southern side. The row housing consists of 2-3-level dwellings that are targeted to families. The housing units occupy the same footprint; however, their architecture is diverse to accommodate tenants with different needs and budget. 2. Rentable apartment buildings of 3-5 stories. The housing consists of 4-5-bedroom apartments located on the ground floors facing the open courtyard, in order to create a villalike experience while living in an apartment. Upper floors consist of smaller - 1-3-bedroom apartments. 3. Rentable 6-story apartments building with a commercial ground floor on the North-Western side of the site and a 3-story commercial building on the North-Eastern side of the site. These buildings represent the transition between residential part of the city and industrial zones.
The in-between spaces of the site are linked with existing residential surroundings on the South and West. The site provides 2 main public zones: 1. A central plaza located at the heart of the site. The starts as a shared surface facing the North-East commercial building and continues as a green park towards the North-Western mixed-use building. 2. The green courtyard shared by all the residences of the site. The green courtyard does not only provide a space that encourage people meeting, but also provides a natural permeable surface for rainwater management and solid remediation of the brownfield. The plaza and a shared courtyard also consist of sequence of gathering places with water features, seating areas, playgrounds and outdoor gyms in order to encourage people to spend time outdoors, meet each other and play.
URBAN APPROACH
SITE 21 000m2
N Site and its existing conditions
Actual buildable area
Creating central entrance to the site, that will service developments on the northern and the southern sides. The central street should lead to a public space that is located next to commercial functions.
URBAN APPROACH
Inviting green infrastructure from the south that divides southern area of the site into two courtyard-typology developments and creates a greenery next to a public plaza. Nilssons in Svedala showroom and cafe is located at the north-eastern of the site together with a potential commercial uses on the ground floor on the North-western side.
Connecting the central street with road infra Introducing a pedestrian-recreational path t connect neighbourhoods and greenery toge Additional connections allow courtyard build
astructure from the south. that will ether. dings to be divided into smaller scale units.
Connections become streets and paths. The courtyards introduce semi public spaces with water features where people can meet, play and socialize. The building structures shift in scale from south to north: South developments - 1-2 story row houses. Central developments 3-5 story residential apartments. North-west development - 5 story mixed-use with commercial ground floor. North-east development - Nilssons I Svedala showroom.
GROUND LEVEL SCHEME
UPPER LEVEL SCHEME
SNAVEN
YEAR: 2019 JANUARY LOCATION: SJÖBO, SWEDEN CLIENT: PRIVATE TYPE: COMMISSION SIZE: 280 M2 PROGRAM: SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE COLLABORATORS: FREDRIK FURRER (UNFOLDED STORY) RESPONSIBILITY: CONCEPT & PROJECT LEADER FOR A SKETCH PHASE ON BEHALF OF UNFOLDED STORY The project is set within the picturesque rural landscape of southern Sweden. “Snaven” is the local name of the site and became the name of the project itself. Although the meaning of the word remained hidden, the qualities of the surroundings are obvious: Two old buildings in the traditional building style (“skånelänga”: long small houses with a gabble-roof, typical for southern Sweden), an open forest landscape sloping down towards an agricultural field which is cut by a river, surrounding pine forest and meadows characterize the place. The new house is set behind the existing buildings at the end of the street leading to the site. Partially hidden within the trees, Snaven orients itself along the edge of the slope. This allows the long sides of the house to face either towards southwest for the best evening/ afternoon sunlight or face northeast with views towards the river and agricultural field.
Reacting to the surrounding trees the house meanders through them which opens up for different views from inside to the surrounding landscape. The basic shape of the house relates to the traditional “skånelänga” with its long and small volume but is angled according to the trees. The length is defined by the program. The interior is divided in distinct zones. A central core where one enters the building and which is the heart of Snaven. Entrance, living room with fireplace and kitchen are set here. This part of the building is open and transparent. Left from the entrance is a studio/ working space while a corridor leads from the core through the passive zone to the eastern part of Snaven. The passive zone inherits bedrooms, toilets and guest rooms while the east part offers space for a sauna and a gym.
There is a terrace along the whole northeastern façade overlooking the river-valley and connecting to the outdoor pool. The studio/workplace volume is over-height and the roof is shaped in relation to the two existing buildings on the site while the rest of the house is low-key with a flat roof that almost disappears among the trees. Snaven does not want to stick out but rather relates to the surroundings and becomes part of the landscape. The flat roof is accessible from the studio space and skylights offer light to the rooms. Another more prominent skylight is place on top of the studio roof and oriented towards north. This allows for neutral light to fill the space. Snaven offers modern living in close relation to the surrounding landscape and its history.
SITE APPROACH
ALLOCATING BUILDING ALONG THE SLOPE LINE FACING BEST SOLAR CONDITIONS FROM SOUTH-WEST. AND FACING BEST VIEWS TOWARDS NORTH-EAST.
ADJUST THE FOOTPRINT IN RESPECT TO THE EX TOWARDS NORTH-EAST.
XISTING TEES AND DIFFERENTIATE VIEWS
ADJUST BUILDING FOOTPRINT TO ALLOCATE REQUIRED PROGRAMME.
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
ZONING OF SPACES
ALLOCATING USES
ADJUSTING WALLS AND WINDOWS TO MEET PREFABRICATED WOODEN MODULAR FACADE REQUIREMENTS
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
ACCESSIBLE SEDUM ROOF/SUN TERRACE
PITCH ROOF TO RESEMBLE EXISTING BARN BUI
ILDINGS
BRING THE LIGHT IN!
RESTACK
YEAR: 2019 JANUARY LOCATION: LUND, SWEDEN CLIENT: PRIVATE TYPE: COMMISSION SIZE: 6 000 M2 PROGRAM: LOGISTICAL CENTRE + OFFICES COLLABORATORS: LOTTA LANDEN (LANDEN+KRANTZ ARKITEKTER) RESPONSIBILITY: CONCEPT & DESIGN LEADER FOR A SKETCH PHASE ON BEHALF OF LANDEN+KRANTZ ARKITEKTER Restack project is located in the northern part of Lund. The site is currently a lush green field with rich biodiversity bordering a busy highway which works as a northern gateway to Lund. The building main function is logistical centre with administrative offices on top.The surrounding area will be developed in the near future resulting in Lund City expansion. It is important that logistical centre does not creative a negative industrial impact to the surrounding urban developments and that it does encourage diversity of architectural programmes in the area. We approached the site by defining the back side where industrial uses would have the least impact on surrounding future developments and still have an easy vehicle access. We also believe that whatever qualities are there on the site, they should be represented back in the building. Therefore, we decided to compensate the greenery taken by the footprint of the building back on its roof. The footprint of the logistical
centre provides a large roof area, which we believe could be utilized by creating additional possibilities for allocating offices on top of it. Essentially the building becomes livelier and dynamic throughout time giving more and more value from the same footprint its occupying on the site.
the central shared green spaces, which will work as a meeting and recreational space for those working in the building. The stacked boxes on top of the industrial building part also creates a strong characteristic to the building which helps to promote the surrounding area and the Northern gateway to Lund.
Phase 1 consists of 5 200 m2 logistical centre with the docking zone on the North side. In addition to that the 800 m2 administration office part and canteen is placed on top of the logistical plinth facing south-east and indicating the main entrance to the building from the East The phase 1 building structure, MEP systems and fire escape cores are set to comply with the requirements for Phase 2 building. Phase 2 consists of additional 4 000 m2 of office spaces around the remaining boarder of the logistical centre. The offices are to be stacked like boxes in a way to provide best views to the surroundings and not to cast shadow on
The building structure consists of mainly glulam and cross-laminated timber components. The outer walls for the logistical centre are made of prefabricated timber sandwich panels. The use of prefab timber components reduces the building carbon footprint and also create a pleasant natural environment for those working inside. The outer layer of external walls is made of recycled semi-transparent polycarbonate panels, that provide diffuse light to the industrial part of the building where the light is needed. The office facades consist of curtain walling systems incorporating tilted vertical lamellas to provide solar shading.
GREENERY
BIODIVERSITY
DESIGN APPROACH
BACK SIDE RECYCLING FRONT SIDE PUBLIC
5200 m2 FRONT SIDE HIGHWAY
SITE CONDITIONS
FRONT SIDE FUTURE OFFICES
SUGGESTED VEHICLE & PEDESTRIAN FLOWS
S
COMPENSATING THE GREEN TO THE ROOF
DESIGN APPROACH
THINKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE BY ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACES & A SHARED GREEN SPACE
STEP THE OFFICES TO CREATE BEST VIEWS A
AND SOLAR PROPERTIES FOR THE BUILDING
SINK IN THE STACKED BOXES TO CREATE A NEW LANGUAGE FOR THE FACADE AND IDENTITY FOR THE BUILDING
FACADE PRINCIPALS
LIGHT LIGHT
HEAVY HEAVY
TRANSITION
LANGUAGE
© 2019 Martynas Sinkevičius ALL RIGHTS RESERVED