FORUM




Authors: AFTER PARTY architecture in collaboration with
About Architecture and Dominykas Daunys
Consultants: Structure - ARUP (Aidas Juodzevičius)
Site: 31 950 m2
Size: 28 310 m2
Program: National radio and television headquarters    
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Status: Competition
Year: 2021











Throughout its operation
LRT (Lithuanian Radio and
Television) was located in
an anonymous to public,
gated territory, and
performing its functions in an
outdated building complex
that was not originally
designed for this purpose.
The competition posed a
complex task to reorganize
the current site with preserved
historical radio building to fit
the new headquarters with
the new image of the institution.

















In the current age of information
overflow, the traditional radio and
television is on the verge of
inevitable transformation. In order
to maintain its relevance, the
institution needs to turn into a
multipurpose media centre, built
upon the fundamental values of
transparency, trust and openness
to public.

This resulted in a concept of
Forum – the platform for
democratic society, where different
members indirectly meet and
intertwine within a constant
exchange of ideas and information.















The future LRT headquarters
is not simply the new exterior
skin, but rather its content,
broadcasting creativity,
innovation and openness.

The campus is combined of 4
volumes, representing the 4
program blocks, that pick up
the scale from the protected
building to form a united
complex of past and future,
public and private. 

















The elevated administration block
creates an indoor public space
that ensures a fluent connection
between the two public squares
in opposite sides of the site.
The volumes are stepping down
towards the adjacent park finishing
with a spacious roof terrace
overlooking the city.  















The large program demanded
in the brief is consciously
compressed into a compact
building by utilising the height
difference of the site and placing
most of the storage and service
areas to the lower terrain. This
allowed to liberate the space on
the ground floor for private and
public activities and resulted in
a rational volume with minimum
ecological footprint, putting an
emphasis on the responsible use
of resources in the context of
climate crisis.
























































Throughout its operation, LRT (Lithuanian Radio and Television) was located in an anonymous to public, gated territory, and performing its functions in an outdated building complex that was not originally designed for this purpose. The competition posed a complex task to reorganize the current site with preserved historical radio building to fit the new headquarters with the new image of the institution.

In the current age of information overflow, the traditional radio and television is on the verge of inevitable transformation. In order to maintain its relevance, the institution needs to turn into a multipurpose media centre, built upon the fundamental values of transparency, trust and openness to public. This resulted in a concept of Forum – the platform for democratic society, where different members indirectly meet and intertwine within a constant exchange of ideas and information.

The future LRT headquarters is not simply the new exterior skin, but rather its content, broadcasting creativity, innovation and openness. The campus is combined of 4 volumes, representing the 4 program blocks, that pick up the scale from the protected building to form a united complex of past and future, public and private. The elevated administration block creates an indoor public space that ensures a fluent connection between the two public squares in opposite sides of the site. The volumes are stepping down towards the adjacent park finishing with a spacious roof terrace overlooking the city.  

The large program demanded in the brief is consciously compressed into a compact building by utilising the height difference of the site and placing most of the storage and service areas to the lower terrain. This allowed to liberate the space on the ground floor for private and public activities and resulted in a rational volume with minimum ecological footprint, putting an emphasis on the responsible use of resources in the context of climate crisis.