Renewal-Zone：为UNESCO世界遗产建筑植入更新 | 500年底蕴的社区综合体

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Boksto Skveras由6座建筑组成，是一座占地13,000平方米的综合体，涵盖私人住宅、超3,000平方米的办公空间以及健身俱乐部和水疗中心（配有25米游泳池、餐厅和爵士酒吧、教堂和表演空间）。大型中央庭院和郁郁葱葱的绿色花园面向公众开放，为历史悠久的老城中心提供了一处活力空间。

该项目将一处联合国教科文组织世界文化遗产地，重新打造成一个充满活力的社区综合体，并以历史建筑为基础补充新的体量，使其契合现代的动态式使用。

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Boksto Skveras是设计、开发方及当地合作伙伴长达十余年的合作成果。向周围开放的下沉式餐厅利用哥特式拱形地窖打造而成，自然光涌入其中，并与访客可达的公共庭院相连。由于历史保护建筑的性质，地下酒窖的砖砌结构无法被改造或破坏，裸露的砖块作为地下健康水疗中心（设有 25 米游泳池）的一部分，营造了独特的游客体验。古老的钟楼被改造成办公空间，玻璃基底将旧建筑的元素融入到新的设计中。在屋顶的部分，SSA使用钢板条的布局结构将自然光引入建筑物，同时维持了屋顶的坚固外观，确保了建筑物与邻近建筑的一致性，符合规划许可。

材料的选择体现了新旧融合的概念及方式。外部电梯采用抛光不锈钢，将实用的附加设施变成雕塑作品，让空间反射出自身。餐厅的反光屋顶也是如此，模拟水面为空间增添了一种异想天开的感觉。这些新增内容并没有掩盖或隐藏古老的结构，而是予以补充，彰显出原始建筑的特质。建筑群围绕中央庭院布局，而庭院被重新构想成一个开放的公共空间。郁葱的绿色花园带来自然元素，平衡了建筑简洁的线条和体量。

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从哥特式到经典巴洛克式结构和设计的多层次建筑风格，原场地展现了立陶宛丰富的文化和历史。在近500年的历史更迭中，这些建筑被数次改变用途，曾作为医院和教堂使用。围墙内的遗址被维尔纽斯一些最古老的街道所环绕，拥有代表性的社会和文化历史价值，并被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。在1999年失修随后被闲置，经过SSA的重新构想，这里成为了一个充满活力、繁华的新空间，展现出欧洲城市的当代面貌。

SSA事务所由克里斯蒂娜·塞勒恩 (Christina Seilern) 领衔，过往的代表项目包括安德马特音乐厅、安纳伯格表演艺术中心和埃尔古纳节日广场。塞勒恩认为这座建筑颇具价值，应该得到修复和展示，而不是拆除和重建。SSA于2008年开展该项目，并进行了数年复杂的探索性研究和规划，同时处理后苏联时代立法的建筑许可。设计团队与当地的保护建筑机构密切合作，以尽力保护历史建筑。在确立混合用途概念之前，设计经历了多次迭代。

规划初期的重点是甄别原始建筑的哪些元素可以被拯救和恢复，以及哪些元素可以被拆除。极少的现代化结构植入，补充了既有结构并揭示出原始建筑最为优美和有趣的部分，以保留并使一部分建筑结构适宜新的用途。

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Boksto Skveras原址被知名的零售企业Oritz家族收购，他们希望保留该场所的历史完整性，并将其改造成面向整个城市的体验空间。由于位于老城区，项目自然成为了城市中新的遗产空间，在2022年9月竣工后引发了新一轮的城市更新热潮，周围的几条街道得到了城市投资和更新。

Boksto Skveras以最真实的形式展现了一处混合用途空间。设计考虑周全并高度珍视经典建筑，城市中曾被遗忘的部分已转变为充满生机的活力空间。项目是对古老的建筑遗产大胆而现代的诠释，致敬了立陶宛的历史同时保留了其建筑根源的精髓。

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Studio Seilern Architects (SSA) 创意实践事务所由Christina Seilern于2006年在伦敦创立，她将自己独特的风格应用于一系列不同类型、地理位置和规模的建筑作品中，从细致入微的思考到整体策略的制定，为每一个项目提供全面的解决思路。她的设计作品类型涉及大型城市总体规划到更细致的家具和灯具产品设计，地理分布广泛，涵盖新兴市场和发达地区。

在创立SSA事务所之前，Christina Seilern是Rafael Viñoly Architects(RVA)的创始董事，负责了包括伦敦Fenchurch街20、莱斯特Curve表演艺术中心、阿姆斯特丹Mahler 4塔和荷兰瓦赫宁根大学工厂研究中心等重点项目。

事务所设计范围广泛，并侧重文化建筑的设计，知名项目包括2019年由柏林爱乐乐团演出开场的瑞士安德马特音乐厅，以及2018年的G.W.安纳伯格表演艺术中心。作品所在区域广泛，许多项目在与伦敦截然不同的地理、自然和政治环境中呈现。克里斯蒂娜·塞勒恩 (Christina Seilern) 为在非凡的环境中成功建造令人兴奋的新空间和建筑而感到自豪，这些空间和建筑具有敏锐的可持续性，同时为当地的文化和经济多样性做出了重大贡献。

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Boksto Skveras comprises a 13,000 square metre complex of six buildings, featuring private residences, over 3,000 square metres of offices, a health club and spa complete with a 25-metre swimming pool, a restaurant and jazz bar, chapel, and performance space. Large central courtyards and lush green gardens are open to the public, providing an active space within the historic old town.

 

The project is a bold reimagining of a UNESCO world heritage site into a vibrant community complex, complementing the historic architectural foundations with new dimensions to make it fit for modern, dynamic use.

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Boksto Skveras is the culmination of over 10 years of design, development, and collaboration with local partners. The studio utilised the Gothic vaulted cellars for the sunken restaurant, opening up the surroundings so that natural light floods into the space and links to the public courtyard where visitors can dwell. Boksto Skveras’s status as a protected asset meant the brickwork of the underground cellars could not be broken up or modified. The exposed bricks now create part of the visitor experience to the subterranean health spa with a 25-metre swimming pool. The ancient clock tower is repurposed as office space, utilising glass foundations to weave elements of the old building into the new design. For the roof, SSA used an arrangement of steel slats to allow natural light into the building while maintaining the appearance of a solid roof, another condition of the planning permissions to keep the building in line with neighbouring architecture.

 

The choice of materials plays with the concept of merging the old and new and demonstrating how the two work together. Polished stainless steel is used for the external lift, turning a pragmatic addition into a sculptural piece that reflects the space back onto itself. Similarly for the reflective roof of the restaurant, invoking the surface of water and adding a whimsical feel to the space. Rather than obscuring or hiding its ancient components, these additions both complement and elevate the site’s original architecture. The buildings are organised around a central courtyard which is reimagined into an open, public space, with lush green gardens bringing a natural element in balanced contrast to the crisp lines and solidity of the buildings. 

The original site embodied the rich culture and history of Lithuania through the layers of architectural styles, from Gothic through to classic Baroque structures and designs. Over its almost 500-year history, the buildings were repurposed and reused several times including becoming a hospital and a chapel. Surrounded by some of the oldest streets in Vilnius, the walled site represented a significant amount of social and cultural history that it was designated a UNESCO world heritage site. After falling into disrepair in 1999 and subsequently being left unused, the space was reimagined by SSA as a dynamic and thriving new space that reflects a modern European city.

 

SSA, led by Christina Seilern, whose previous projects include the Andermatt Concert Hall, the Annenberg Performing Arts Centre, and the El Gouna Festival Plaza, felt the building was a natural asset that should be restored and showcased, rather than demolished and rebuilt. SSA began working on the project in 2008 and undertook several years of complex exploratory research and planning while navigating building permissions rooted in post-Soviet legislation. Working closely with a local conservation architecture practice to ensure as much of the original building was saved as possible, the design went through several iterations before deciding on a mixed-use concept.

 

The initial period of planning focussed on uncovering what elements of the original architecture could be salvaged and restored, and what would be stripped away. The addition of minimal contemporary insertions complement the existing structures, and expose their most beautiful and interesting parts to remain part of the fabric of the building while making them fit for use. 

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The original site of Boksto Skveras was acquired by the Oritz family; prominent retail entrepreneurs who wanted to preserve the historic integrity of the site and transform it into a space for the whole city to experience. Its location in the old town naturally lent itself to becoming a new legacy space in the city and, since its completion in September 2022, has sparked a new wave of urban regeneration as the city invested in the renewal of several surrounding streets.

 

Boksto Skveras embodies a mixed-use space in its truest form. Thoughtful design and a deep appreciation of classic architecture means a forgotten part of the city has been transformed into an active space that is full of life. The project is a bold, contemporary take on an ancient site that pays homage to its Lithuanian history and retains the essence of its architectural roots.

Christina Seilern established London-based creative practice Studio Seilern Architects (SSA) in 2006. Applying her unique style across a range of building typologies, geographies, and scales, she re-engages in an approach that carefully addresses each project from an in-depth consideration of the detail to the overall massing strategy. She tackles a range of projects from large-scale city masterplans, down to the more intricate scale of furniture and light fitting design, both in the emerging and developed markets.

 

Prior to establishing SSA, Christina Seilern was the founding director of Rafael Viñoly Architects (RVA) and was responsible for key projects such as 20 Fenchurch Street in London, the Curve Performing Arts Centre in Leicester, Mahler 4 tower in Amsterdam, and Wageningen University Plant Research Centre in the Netherlands.

 

The work of Christina Seilern’s London Studio is broad, but with a distinct focus on the design of cultural buildings. Her portfolio of celebrated projects includes Andermatt Concert Hall in Switzerland which opened in 2019 with a performance by the Berliner Philharmoniker, and G.W. Annenberg Performing Arts Centre in 2018. The ambition of the studio is unchallenged by location, with many projects being delivered within geographical, natural, and political climates extremely different to those found in London. Christina Seilern prides herself on the successful production of exciting new spaces and buildings in extraordinary settings that are sensitively sustainable, whilst fusing significant contributions to the cultural and economic diversity of their place.

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Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Scope: Mixed use: Spa, Offices, Residential, Chapel and Restaurant
Area: 13,265 m²

Architect: Studio Seilern Architects

Heritage and local/executive architect: Archinova

FF&E and SPA executive architect: Akiko Tutly – ArchDesign

General Contractor: PST

Consultants:

Elvora LT (Structural)

NIT Projektai (Building Services)

Contestus (Project management)

Studio IBU (Lighting)

Client: Oliver Ortiz, Ogvy

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