In October, an exhibition of projects by third-year students of Architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) was opened in Kazlų Rūda Municipality, presenting their ideas for the town of Kazlų Rūda.

The Faculty of Architecture community actively cooperates with the municipalities and every year shares ideas for various towns and cities. In the module "Urban Structures", curated by the Department of Urban Design, third-year students prepare proposals for various regions.

This autumn, the students' spring projects invited all to meet at the Kazlų Rūda municipality to discuss various possible urban scenarios, taking into account the potentially significant impact of the Rail Baltica project on the town. 

The projects explore the overall development potential of the town and elaborate on ideas for individual parts of the Kazlų Rūda: the conversion of industrial areas through the concept of a forest museum; the potential of the railway station and the market to create an attractive area for locals and visitors; the idea of a multifunctional complex - an industrial garden; the development of the town's stadium and its approaches; the potential of the adjacencies of the the Church for qualitative changes in the town and other discoveries that can create added value in Kazlų Rūda.

The exhibition includes projects by Greta Uldukytė, Kornelia Matutytė, Andrius Pucėta, Adriana Meilūnaitė and Liepa Tauginaitė. The mentors of the projects are the lecturers of the Department of Urban Design, assoc. prof. dr. Inesa Alistratovaitė-Kurtinaitienė, assoc. prof. dr. Matas Cirtautas, assoc. prof. Giedrė Ratkutė-Skačkauskienė and lect. Milda Žekonytė.

More information: Municipality of Kazlų Rūda
News photo: Project fragment of Adriana Meilūnaitė