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In lieu of Mercury in the planned building, architecture experts propose cutting the glass, with a greater emphasis on the masonry section, leaving only one story instead of two.
“The total value of this project is the reason for the curved part of the brick with the curves,” said architect Jurgis Rimvydas Palys.
According to him, the brick part now appears to be placed on the glass, and he suggested that it “land” and “remain firm on the ground” in at least some places.
Both he and other members of the Kaunas Council of Experts on Architecture and Urbanism (KAUET) suggested managing the proportions of the brick and glass parts, looking for more pronounced accents on the facade, which echoes the motif of the Dairy Center building on the front and the brick part of the building.
Litvalda display
“Something has fallen into that house, it has become smaller, more modest, and this is exactly where the metropolitan building has to be,” said Vygintas Merkevičius.
The architects were also hit by corrugated glass on the first floors of the display cases, which were offered to be thinned or replaced.
A hotel, apartments, offices and shops will be built in Laisvės alley on the site of the former Kaunas Merkurijus store, and the Litvalda company, managed by the family of businessman Augustinas Rakauskas, plans to invest LTL 40-50 million in this complex in the Laisvės alley. euros
Photo by Eitvydas Kinaitis
Construction is planned according to the project prepared by the architect Algimantas Kančas in 2008, adapting it to current requirements and market needs.
It was also decided to reduce the total area of the complex from 35 thousand. just over 30 thousand. kv. meters, instead of the apartments on the top four floors by installing luxury apartments with terraces only on the top floor, with offices below.
Construction of the complex is planned to be completed in 2022.
The former Apranga store will connect to the Merkurijus building, which was demolished in 2009. The underground parking is expected to have nearly 300 spaces.
Litvalda acquired the buildings in 2018 for 5.5 million. euros Then he planned to invest $ 20 million. euros
In 2011, the now bankrupt real estate development company Homburg Mercury was planning a residential and commercial complex here, and in 2012 a four-star Hilton Group hotel, but in 2013 construction work stopped in Kaunas.
The Litvalda group of companies owns the Mega shopping center in Kaunas, Banginis in Vilnius and other commercial real estate.
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