Just like the millions of grains in the sand dunes, each strand of timber is one in a million. Arrayed to allow, (or not allow) the passage of light & air through the structure and into the voids created beneath its surface, this cross laminated timber structure is an abstraction of the formation of a sand dune over time. The form pays homage to Nida’s unique environment - where the symbiosis of f
orest and sand defines, shelters and physically shapes Nida. The forests of the Curonian Spit, which so critically holds the very dunes protecting Nida in place, are here translated into a more fluid form and allowed to dissolve into the dunes. DreamDune provides a series of social gathering space divided between the positive and negative dimensions of the structure. Capturing a route through the sand dunes, the external positive face acts as a timber amphitheatre to sit, play and gaze at the surrounding trees & stars. Underneath, in the negative plane, two seating booths sit diagonally opposed within the form, providing a more private social function and capturing two distinct views across the dunes. DreamDune is a workshop held in Nida, Lithuania in the summer of 2016 - part of the 36th European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA 2016)
Tutors:
Eoin McCooey / Ireland
Roibeárd Ó Máinín / Ireland
Dobrin Petkov / Bulgaria
Participants:
Anastasiya Hancharyk / Belarus
Chloë Reyda / Belgium
Dennis Tran / Netherlands
Dorien Tulp / Netherlands
Elena Dzinovic / Serbia
Elias Grip / Sweden
Fausta Diržytė / Lithuania
Julia Eliasson / Sweden
Karolina Kručelytė / Lithuania
Martina Callus / Malta
Matic Kocjan / Slovenia
Natalia Malejka / Scotland
Pénélope Mandlalle / France
Rasita Art / England
Samanta Lua / Italy
Yulea Moskalets / Moldova
