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    Street Mosaic Workshop

    Street Mosaic workshop is one of the community’s art initiatives, developed and launched by Laimikis.lt in the wooden neighbourhood of Šnipiškės (Vilnius) in May 2013. It’s an open initiative, which is supported by residents of the neighbourhood, who donate ceramic tiles and take part in creating mosaic artworks. In just a month, two streets of…

    Urban villages at Bi-city biennale of urbanism / architecture

    Laimikis Lab is taking part in Bi-City Biennale on Urbanism / Architecture in Shenzhen / Hong Kong which opened at the end of December 2017. This time the topic of the Biennale is “Cities Grow in Difference”, and one of the fields is “Urban Villages”. By the invitation of the curatorial team, we presented an…

  • Urbingo – urban game

    URBINGO is an urban orientation game and alternative guide to the changing neighbourhoods. It consists of: • illustrated map • visual cards with the neighbourhood’s elements • text cards with the historical facts and notes. This game was developed as a matrix for collecting and arranging neighbourhood stories and changing material culture, turning it into…

  • Arts-based research and placemaking in Šnipiškės (timeline)

    Our placemaking program for the historic Šnipiškės neighbourhood started in 2012. The arts-based approach is our main method, which means that during the research stage, we start involving local residents in cooperative actions that contribute to the local well-being. We foster networks of mutual help by providing and administrating local communication tools, platforms and formats.…