Neringa Forest Architecture Tours 2022

 

Tours with forest growing specialist Gražina Banienė

Tour on seeds

Forester Gražina Banienė talks about the people working in forestry, why the mountain pine growth is controlled and shows how the restored forest looks like, how it is protected and grown. Flipping through the old Curonian Spit maps one can notice that a couple hundred years ago there weren't any forests on the Curonian Spit. It appeared only due to the hard work and care of people. Does the history and life of the forest end with it's planting, and does nature take over caring for it? Certainly not, but perhaps the willingness to get along with nature leads to the fact that the work of the foresters is not always noticed, and sometimes falls into the eye.

Saturday, 3 December, 12 pm
Saturday, 15 October, 12 pm
Saturday, 26 November, 12 pm

 

Growing the Forest: from Seed to Mature Woodland

During the tour Gražina Banienė focuses on the natural processes and human interactions connected to forest restoration. Participants will be able to find out about the genetic resources of Lithuanian forests, the ways how forests are restored and witness the maintenance of tree seedlings. Banienė answers questions regarding the human need to plant trees and how much effort it takes to grow a forest from a seed to mature woodland.

Saturday, 26 March, 12 pm
Saturday, 19 March, 12 pm

 

Tours with architect and educator Anton Shramkov

Forest as a Space

Anton Shramkov will explore the spatiality of the forest. The forest is understood here as a space with its laws and spatial compositions with immediate influence on humans.

Saturday, 31 December, 12 pm
Saturday, 29 October, 12 pm

 

Places for Meeting and Dialogue

In this tour Anton Shramkov discusses the typology of existing meeting places and spaces of public interest in Neringa. The tour focuses on the aspects of how and why we use public spaces and how we exploit them.

Saturday, 12 March, 12 pm
Saturday, 19 February, 12 pm
Saturday, 29 January, 12 pm

 

Shramkov was born in Moscow and graduated in architecture from the Moscow Institute of Architecture. He worked as a lecturer in Russia and Sweden. He has been living in Preila since 2007.

 

Tours with landscape specialist Gražina Žemaitienė
 
Hike to Giedružė Dune 
During this hike Gražina Žemaitienė takes participants to Giedružė Dune, a naturally formed viewing tower on the Curonian Spit. As the dune is not reachable by any touristic walkways Žemaitienė focuses the tour on the paths, their history and use for recreation in Neringa. 
Saturday, 8 October, 12 pm
Saturday, 8 January, 12 pm
 
Nida- a settlement located in the amphitheater of Parnidis, Urbas and Angys Dunes
During the tour Gražina Žemaitienė focuses on Nida, the settlement located in the amphitheater of Parnidis, Urbas and Angių dunes while discussing the Curonian Spit and the questions surrounding its existence today. Žematinė answers questions: what draws people here - the forest, dunes, sea or the settlements and a different way of living compared to mainland Lithuania. The tour will end in Nida center.
Saturday, 2 April, 12 pm
Saturday, 12 November, 11:30 am
 
Parnidis landscape reserve tour
The tour focuses on one of the Great Dunes in Nida. Nida is currently surrounded by three dunes ‒ Angis, Urbas and Parnidis. During the tour Žemaitienė discusses the stories and myths behind the Parnidis dune, why it still exists as a sand dune and hasn’t been planted as the rest of the dunes, whether we really improve the landscape with outdoor sculptures, and the five hills settlement.
Saturday, 17 December, 12 pm
Saturday, 5 March, 12 pm
 
Born in Šilutė, Žemaitienė studied at Kaunas University of Technology and moved to Neringa in 1989. Žemaitienė’s areas of work encompass the planning and realisation of landscape projects in the Curonian Spit and recreational objects in the forest as well as urban areas, and preventive work for visitors of the Curonian Spit.
 
 

Tours with forester Gediminas Virgilijus Dikšas

 

Walk in the Ancient Forest 

This tour explores the old woods of Nida- this unique part of the Curonian landscape. During the tour long-time forester Gediminas Virgilijus Dikšas takes participants to the surrounding area of Angis Hill and the Witch Pit to walk around and learn more about the ancient forest.
Saturday, 11 September, 12 pm
Saturday, 15 January, 12 pm 
 
Gediminas Virgilijus Dikšas was born in Biržai and grew up in Klaipėda. After graduating from Kaunas Agriculture Academy, he was assigned to work in Nida. Dikšas has been living in Nida for almost 50 years now - since the 1970s.