DO architects, UAB

Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater

Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj

LIFEGUARD STATION WITH AMPHITHEATER

Do Architects

ARCHITECTS
Do Architects

LOCATION
Preila, Lithuania

PHOTOGRAPHS
Norbert Tukaj

ORIGINAL DESIGN
Algirdas Sviderskas (1984)

AREA
320.0 m2

MANUFACTURERS
Lunawood

PROJECT YEAR
2016

RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ARCHITECTS
Gilma Teodora Gylytė, Algimantas Neniškis, Karolina Čiplytė, Aurimas Baužys, Domantas Baltrūnas

Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj
Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj

Text description provided by architect.

In this wild and vulnerable landscape, battered by constant winds, a small structure provides refuge in the dunes.

Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj
Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj

Overlooking the sandy Baltic shoreline, this once brutally monofunctional and closed object has been delicately deconstructed into a light and inviting public gathering space - a unique sunset viewpoint on Lithuania’s Curonian Spit.

The station’s newly perforated lower level frames an approaching eye’s view of the sea, a juxtaposition to the panoramic window sheltering lifesaving facilities on the upper floor of the structure.

Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj
Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj

Below, a ground level cafe/bar spills out onto a timber amphitheater stepping down towards the shore.

This new public space blurs the line between inside and outside, open and closed, locals and visitors and expands the possibilities for enjoying the stunning surroundings of the beach.

The station has been stripped, revealing its honest, concrete structural surface.

Its crisp faces and sharp corners strike a distinct contrast between the station’s clean white lines and the grass covered dunes and ever changing sky, reflecting the constantly shifting atmosphere and light of the Curonian Spit.

Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj


Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj
Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj
Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj
Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
© Norbert Tukaj


Lifeguard Station With Amphitheater
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DO architects, UAB
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