NERINGA FOREST CLASSROOM LOCATION AT JUODKRANTĖ DENDROLOGICAL TRAIL

FOREST CONTINUUM WORKBOOK

Forest Continuum Workbook is composed of multilayered stories, workshops, and activities created in collaboration with local children in the Kainuu area of Finland. It has grown from a series of workshops held by members of the Mustarinda Association in the notably large but threatened areas of old-growth forest in the northern boreal zone. In the workbook you can read about the forest, its ecosystem and communities, and explore your own environments through the multisensory activities within.

The publication is available as PDF here

THE FOREST WORKSHOPS
Film by Mustarinda Association and Neringa Forest Architecture
Workshops with children at Paljakanvaara Forest, Finland and Neringa Forest, Lithuania
Text and narration: Riitta (Nyyskä) Nykänen
2023

NERINGA FOREST CLASSROOM

As part of the Neringa Municipality initiative to promote the development of an Educational Cluster that connects Neringa Gymnasium with art and cultural organisations in the Neringa and Klaipėda regions, Neringa Forest Architecture in collaboration with Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts, the Curonian Spit National Park and the Old Growth Forest Foundation, is conducting the FIELD PROGRAMME centered around the Neringa Forest Classroom, a structure with a roof and seating platforms nestled within Juodkrantė’s old-growth forest, along the dendrological path near the ‘Sound Catcher’ installation. This classroom serves as both a continuation and the final phase of the Children’s Forest Pavilion, initially presented as Lithuania’s pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2023. Constructed entirely from timber sourced from the Curonian Spit, the pavilion was originally designed as an educational playscape for the biennale, with the aim of relocating it to the Neringa forests as a permanent, publicly accessible installation. This transformation allows the classroom to continue its purpose as a site for ecological and cultural education, welcoming all who wish to explore and learn from the surrounding natural landscape.

More about NERINGA FOREST CLASSROOM

Educators: Aistė Ambrazevičiūtė, Aurelija Pluke and Vilma Gudynienė (Sengirės Fondas), Gvidas Laukaitis (Curonian Spit National Park), Riita (Nyyskä) Nykänen (Mustarinda Association)  
Curators: Jurga Daubaraitė, Egija Inzule, Jonas Žukauskas
Educational programme coordinator: Dovilė Lapinskaitė

Neringa Forest Classroom architecture: Jonas Žukauskas in collaboration with Antanas Gerlikas, Jurgis Paškevičius, Anton Shramkov

Produced and created by: Neringa Forest Architecture
Implemented by: Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts

Partners: Curonian Spit National Park, Lithuanian National Forestry, Mustarinda Association, Neringa Gymnasium, Neringa Municipality, Sengires Fondas

Project financed by: Lithuanian Council For Culture, Neringa Municipality