Shifting Terraces — opening view

Residential / Kaunas, Lithuania

Shifting Terraces

Stepped riverfront housing linking Kaunas’ new bridge and city life.

Program
Residential Architecture, Urban Planning
Size
4,800 m2
Location
Kaunas, Lithuania
Client
SBA Urban
Team
Geoffrey Eberle, Magdalena Mróz, Elvan Zeynep Gürbüzürk
Collaborators
ENTROPIC
Year
2024

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The project

Located in Kaunas, the project combines housing with a waterfront promenade. Designed around a modular 8x8m grid, it ensures flexibility and efficient construction. The architecture’s varied façade and cascading form tie together industrial context, natural landscape, and contemporary living.

The design focuses on dual orientation, daylight, and ventilation for every apartment, creating homes that balance privacy and openness. The terraces act as extensions of living spaces, forming a continuous topography of gardens, balconies, and community areas overlooking the river.

A rhythmic façade composition adds depth and texture, reflecting the neighborhood’s industrial heritage while expressing lightness and modernity. The project reconnects residents with the waterfront, framing a new urban identity that values both human comfort and environmental performance.

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The idea

Stepped riverfront housing linking Kaunas’ new bridge and city life.

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Front Facade View
Aerial View
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Backside Street View
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Site Context
Floor Plan Levels -1-8

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