WHO?
Public enterprise „ARCHITEKTUROS
FONDAS“ (Architecture Fund) is non-governmental, non-profit organization
working in fields of architecture, architectural education and culture. All its
activities are voluntary based, flexible and directly depending on initiatives
of volunteers (http://www.archfondas.lt/en).
HOW?
All events and
activities are free and open to the public. Team work methods and database are
created to ensure that all responsibilities and skills could be easily passed
on / taken over when people are changing. So anyone can join the volunteer team
and engage themselves to ongoing projects at any stage.
Architects
(professionals and students) and everyone interested in architecture, culture
and other related subjects is target audience.
SOME OF MAIN
ACTIVITIES:
ARCHITECTURE
[discussion] FUND - inspiring continuous project of talk series with exclusive,
both Lithuanian and foreign interlocutors. It aims at educating a humane,
sensitive, thinking and insightful personality. It is based on completely
voluntary activities and non-commercial goals.
The lectures are
presented in series at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius , Lithuania
One series consists of
5 lectures analyzing at different angles one subject chosen by curators. After
the lecture, discussions are continued in the National Gallery’s cafe and they
are not less important than the lecture itself. Every lecture is filmed and its video material
is placed on the website. Videos are translated and
subtitled in English or Lithuanian.
ARCHITECTURE [excursion]
FUND - architectural excursions
following the talk series topics. The aim is to enrich the talk series with new
perceptions on analyzed topic, to encourage architects, students and public
society to explore their own (or visited) city or well known buildings from
architectural point of view, to get familiar and at the same time more engaged
with their surroundings and environment.
ARCHITECTURE [children]
FUND - architectural education programme for schools. Since future belongs to
and at the same time depends on rising generations this initiative aims to
evoke kids’ sensibility to their surroundings and environmental aesthetics, to
encourage personal responsibility for quality of built environment and spaces, to
develope critical thinking.
http://www.archfondas.lt/aktualijos/vaikai/kurybines-dirbtuveles-seimoms-vieta-kurioje-gera-mokytis/
SOME OF EVENTS:
Talk series: “Modernism.lt:
influences, ideologies, heritage” in September 2010, “Show off: architecture on
display” in January 2011 ,“Education” in April 2011, “The City. Breakpoints” in
October 2011.
Architectural excursions: “Modernism.Vilnius”, “Architecture of Vilnius National Art Gallery”, “Bedroom
communities in Vilnius
Workshops for families and
children: “A place where it is nice to learn”, “Paper”, “My house”, etc.
OPENNESS OF THE BUBBLE?
Initiative organises a lot of different events from lectures to excursions, from round table discussions to workshops for children and even though all events are oriented to architectural community (architectural bubble) and unifying it, all people who are interested are invited to take part in. Organisation is absolutely voluntary - anybody can step in to share his ideas and contribute.
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