Gallery

Winner Donghua Chen Team

Dusk render of Donghua Chen Studio's cluster of curved, lantern-like glazed volumes on the riverbank, reflected in the water
Render of an interior gallery with sweeping timber lattice ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glazing overlooking a snowy landscape
Competition board 1, 'Science Loop': an aerial photo of the Kaunas site with the cluster-form building superimposed, a site plan, and a diagram explaining the scheme's interlocking 'loop' concepts
Competition board 2, 'Skyline Loop': daytime and night renders of the clustered lantern-form building beside the river, alongside a skyline analysis map of Kaunas landmarks and a roof plan
Competition board 3, 'Circulation Loop-1': a ground floor plan of interlocking circular volumes, a snowy night render of the building, and an interior view of the timber-latticed atrium
Competition board 4, 'Circulation Loop-2': a first floor plan and two building sections, alongside a render of an illuminated golden tree beneath a circular skylight and an interior gallery view
Competition board 5, 'Devolution Loop': diagrams of clustered cell-like structural modules inspired by buttercup seed patterns, a structural axonometric, and an aerial render of the completed building
Competition board 6, 'Recycling Loop': a spring-time render of the cluster-form building among blossoming trees, construction material studies, timber structural diagrams, and an interior atrium photo