Kalvariju str. 1
Vilnius
Lithuania
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The mission of the Creative Industrial Park 'Architecture Centre' - to raise the understanding of the importance of architecture, culture, and surroundings among the Lithuanian, European public, to encourage its participation in the transformation of European cities.
The main purpose of The Centre - to foster the innovation and integration of the culture, science, and technology, to promote the cooperation of the domestic and foreign creative, business and art centers, to educate the public in the fields of architecture, and other arts-related business, to maintain people's interest in sustainable urban development.
Since 2011 the Centre develops important web-sites of Lithuanian contemporary architecture: www.archmap.lt and www.archmuziejus.lt
In 2013 an Travelling exhibition "Architecture close to Us" was prepared and starte to travel through the country.
In 2014 the Centre has published a photo album "Contemporary architecture of Lithuanian resorts".
In 2014 accompilshed a scientific research on the conversion of former industrial sites in Lithuania.
The Centre can contribute to the Network through participation in various programs concerning culture fields, as well as by taking the initiative on actual projects in the architecture field, representing the activity of the Network in Lithuania.
The Centre aims to contribute to the international, inter-regional development programs in architecture, cultural areas, the main reason - because of the predatory, mercantilist activities of the real estate developers and stakeholders, architectural, urban quality is threatened. To overcome it, we can only united fellows from different countries.
According to H. Morgenthau, through the culture, imperialism sweeps and controls the souls of people; thus, after the collapse of culture, there is a risk of losing humanity.