VARIO BURNOS

The Ashyard is dead now. This settlement was first mentioned in the 16th century. Up to the fire in 1854, it had a potash plant that processed ashes. After the war, there emerged a factory processed grain, and a tobacco factory. Railways were established. There was also a Flourmill hill, accenting the flat bank of the Dangė. After some fifteen years, the relicts of the Soviet industry at this place will turn into ashes.
Now the new Ashyard continues the unique pattern of urban units: the castle, the island city, the eastern foss, and finishes the southern river evolvent of the Dangė (the city center finishes beside the overpass). On the other hand, the multifunctional complex ties together two biostructures: the lungs of the city. It is seen as a green connection between the southern (Trinyčių pond) and the northern (sculpture park) system of parks in Klaipėda. It’s a post-industrial park covering 57 hectares. The multifunctional complex includes a recreational centre (the amorphous rave halls), a stadium (for observation balloons), exhibition halls and, certainly, parking lots. They are intergrated among buildings in a way that makes the different coloured cars look like a phoenix at rest.

Tomas S. Butkus ASHYARD Polyfunctional building complex in urban structure of Klaipėda (VGTU, Master‘s studies project. Advisor Dr. Zigmas Daunora. Vilnius, Lithuania. 1998)
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The Ashyard is dead now. This settlement was first mentioned in the 16th century. Up to the fire in 1854, it had a potash plant that processed ashes. After the war, there emerged a factory processed grain, and a tobacco factory. Railways were established. There was also a Flourmill hill, accenting the flat bank of the Dangė. After some fifteen years, the relicts of the Soviet industry at this place will turn into ashes. Now the new Ashyard continues the unique pattern of urban units: the castle, the island city, the eastern foss, and finishes the southern river evolvent of the Dangė (the city center finishes beside the overpass). On the other hand, the multifunctional complex ties together two biostructures: the lungs of the city. It is seen as a green connection between the southern (Trinyčių pond) and the northern (sculpture park) system of parks in Klaipėda. It’s a post-industrial park covering 57 hectares. The multifunctional complex includes a recreational centre (the amorphous rave halls), a stadium (for observation balloons), exhibition halls and, certainly, parking lots. They are intergrated among buildings in a way that makes the different coloured cars look like a phoenix at rest.




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