Reviving Station neighborhood in Vilnius, Raugykla street, a former deprived warehouse today is transformed into an apartment building with an architects’ studio on the ground floor. The project became an instance of how the low-value architecture may be transformed and inspire the process of revitalizing the street.

DO ARCHITECTS has abandoned the costly and inefficient decision to demolish the old building and build a brand-new residential house in its place. Architects looked at this project from a different angle and chose the conversion of existing buildings – to reconstruct and adapt abandoned spaces to the modern needs of ambitious townspeople. Young, progressive-minded people are attracted by this upcoming urban Newtown area and a new type of residential buildings to live in. They are gathering in communities, opening new cozy shops, bars, cafes, businesses.