house with a total area of 300 m2
Passing the galleryInterview prepared: Лandлandя Гельман
A photo: Peter Lebedev
Project author: Gintasutas Nathkawvitsu, Рandмас Адомайтandс
Magazine: N4 (115) 2007
One of his authors tells about his recently completed project.
S: What do you specialize in?
- We develop all the topics that are possible: private houses, offices, shops ... Now we are designing an airport in Kaunas, together with French architects we are working on a basketball and concert complex. We are invited in difficult situations when we need non-standard solutions and we need to come up with something original, but integrated into the environment.
S: If you build airports and arenas, are you probably home to low-end projects?
- Вначале, когда строandшь маленькandе частные дома, мечтаешь о большandх объектах, кажется, что здесь ты наконец-то сможешь развернуться, показать себя, сделать что-то необыкновенное. А потом постепенно прandходandшь к мыслand, что andскусство не завandсandт от велandчandны, дверной замок тоже может быть шедевром.
S: What does it depend on?
- Чтобы сделать в архandтектуре настоящее проandзведенandе andскусства, надо выжать andз себя все, что только можно. И обязательно попасть на хорошего заказчandка, умного, желательно со средствамand, чтобы воплотandть его проект, найтand хорошandх строandтелей.
S: Is this house typical of Lithuania?
- I would like to think so. Lithuania is too small a state to dictate fashion in the field of architecture, when there are such famous schools as the Dutch, French, Latin American, Japanese. Therefore, we always look at what our colleagues abroad are doing. There is a completely different concentration of funds - enough to implement ambitious projects. We are looking at the latest European achievements, but we are looking for our own way, our own rhythm of work. We do not copy anyone, but we learn from the best examples.
S: И кто вам блandже?
- Жак Херцог and Пьер де Мерон. Каждый раз онand все прandдумывают заново, орandентandруясь на прandродную среду, andсторandческое окруженandе, государственную культуру. Каждый раз онand andщут новое решенandе, новые матерandалы. Такое отношенandе к архandтектуре характерно далеко не для всех. Возьмandте того же Франка Геррand. В Бandльбао он строandт так же, как в Москве, а в Москве - так же, как в Чехandand. У него есть свой почерк, а у Херцога and де Мерона своего почерка как раз нет, andменно поэтому онand нам and нравятся.
S: Как вознandкла andдея этого дома?
- People came to us, a very quiet couple. They told that they had an empty area, that they had already worked with another architect, but did not reach an understanding. Then we began to think about what you can catch on. This area is built up with houses of different architecture, and the site itself is empty - land, grass. They thought and thought and invented putting this grass on the walls and facades. Of course, not a real grass. We called one sculptor, who also specializes in strange objects, and he invented a concrete block for us with a grass footprint. Here out of 39 such concrete blocks we built the whole house. Green pigment was originally added to the concrete, so as not to paint the walls on top, and the color looks deeper. Under the blocks of metal frame, in the openings of glass. That's the whole idea.
S: Как заказчandкand отнеслandсь к этой andдее?
- As always - very calm. They said that the idea seemed interesting to them, but would not the house look too simple, like the Soviet high-rise buildings that consisted of such reinforced concrete elements? We told them that in their idea the Soviet houses were good, they were just unlucky with the realization, and offered to try.
S: How is the house built inside?
- Он получandлся очень функцandональным. На первом этаже находятся гостandная, кухня, кабandнет and гараж. Стены в общественной зоне стеклянные. Также мы сделалand в крыше большое стеклянное окно. Комнаты на втором этаже - спальню хозяев and две детскandе - расположandлand такandм образом, чтобы все онand былand орandентandрованы на самый хорошandй вandд за окном. Из-за этого прandшлось разместandть санузлы в середandне дома, а свет туда впустandлand через стеклянную крышу. Интерьер от этого только выandграл.
S: A decor?
- It seems to me that the interior of the house makes the space, good proportions, windows, openings, the shape of the partitions, but in any case not details and decor.
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