ignas lukauskas turns a soviet garage in vilnius into a luminous waterfall

architect ignas lukauskas has turned a former soviet garage in lithuania’s capital city into a monumental waterfall. the project considers the ways in which street art can be integrated into an urban landscape, and, in turn, use architecture to positively affect its citizens. on the façade of an ‘eye-sore’ building by the river — a site that functions as a garage for parliament cars to be stored and maintained — lukauskas has re-ignited the structure to feature a dynamic display of color and light. 

all images courtesy of @studio_vieta

curated by studio vieta in collaboration with the vilnius street art festival, ‘waterfall’ blends art and architecture to create a welcome disruption to the urban landscape. lukauskas’ installation turns the concrete structure into a dynamic flow of water and light, bringing a refreshing sense of greenery and nature to the city. the more than 2,000 square meter photorealistic image proved a major challenge for everyone involved, as a project at this scale had never before been executed in lithuania. in its finality, ‘waterfall’ ventures beyond the temporal interventions ordinarily imagined for street art festivals, but rather a heightened sense of spacial and architectural discovery for both residents and visitors alike. 

earlier this month, designboom featured another intervention realized for the vilnius street art festival: liudas parulskis’ vanishing trolleybus, which formed an optical illusion on the city’s streets.

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