{"id":63212,"date":"2026-04-17T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/63212\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:35:05","slug":"spatial-design-ma-at-vilnius-academy-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/63212\/","title":{"rendered":"Spatial Design MA at Vilnius Academy of Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spatial Design MA at The Vilnius Academy of Arts<\/a> encourages students to explore spatial design through theoretical research, while also considering ethical and ecological factors.<\/p>\n

The Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania) has recently launched an international Master’s programme in Spatial Design. The programme responds to ecological, technological and socio-political urgencies by positioning design as both inquiry and transformation.<\/p>\n

The programme approaches spatial design as an expanded field, intersecting theory, activism and site-specific practices, while engaging with environmental forces, material processes and cultural narratives.<\/p>\n

Through experiments across scales, situated observation and critical reflection, students are encouraged to challenge spatial norms and propose new ways of inhabiting the world. Outcomes range from installations and spatial prototypes to films, mappings and narrative environments.<\/p>\n

Based in Vilnius, a city shaped by layered histories and rapid transformation, the programme uses its context as a testing ground for spatial experimentation and as a point of departure for students’ graduation projects.<\/p>\n

Spanning two years, the full-time programme unfolds through research platforms and studio-based practices, including methods such as sensory mapping, speculative design and collaborative fieldwork.<\/p>\n

The programme is developed by architects and researchers Laura Malcait\u0117, Egl\u0117 Bazarait\u0117, Rokas Kil\u010diauskas and Andreia Garcia, and taught by a diverse team of international practitioners working across architecture, art, technology and social innovation. It is intended for those who seek to reimagine spatial design as an ethical, ecological and transformative practice.<\/p>\n

School: Vilnius Academy of Arts<\/a>
Course: Spatial Design MA<\/a>
Type: Postgraduate
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Course dates: September 2026 to June 2028
Application deadline: 30 June 2026<\/p>\n

Find out more about the course and apply \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"aStudent work ranges from installations and spatial prototypes to films, mappings and narrative environments<\/p>\n

What will I learn during this course?<\/p>\n

\u2013 Explorative design
\u2013 Speculative interventions
\u2013 Visual storytelling
\u2013 Critical design
\u2013 Spatial politics
\u2013 Individual and collective work
\u2013 Artistic and scientific research methods and skills<\/p>\n

What are the requirements?<\/p>\n

\u2013 University-level bachelor’s degree in design or a related field (architecture or scenography)
\u2013 Submission of a master’s thesis proposal in ecology, strategies or technology
\u2013 Submission of a portfolio<\/p>\n

What facilities and resources are available?<\/p>\n

\u2013 Experimental platforms, media labs and studios for prototyping, visual communication and spatial narrative development
\u2013 Visiting lecturers and thematic seminars<\/p>\n

\"aThe course is taught by a team of international practitioners\u00a0<\/p>\n

What career prospects can I expect upon graduating?<\/p>\n

Graduates of the Spatial Design MA programme are prepared for diverse careers in spatial design, exhibition design and scenography, as well as in design research and interdisciplinary creative practice.<\/p>\n

The programme also equips students to take on administrative or curatorial roles, apply strategic thinking in spatial policy or planning, invent new forms of spatial practice and initiate their own research-based or community-oriented projects.<\/p>\n

Additionally, it offers a strong foundation for those wishing to pursue further academic paths, such as a PhD or third-cycle artistic research (doctor of arts) studies.<\/p>\n

Who teaches this course?<\/p>\n

\u2013 Andreia Garcia, professor
\u2013 Rokas Kil\u010diauskas, professor
\u2013 Liene J\u0101kobsone, associate professor
\u2013 Egl\u0117 Bazarait\u0117, associate professor
\u2013 Laura Malcait\u0117, associate professor
\u2013 Gintar\u0117 Kapo\u010di\u016bt\u0117, associate professor
\u2013 Fernando P Ferreira, associate professor
\u2013 Daniel Duarte Pereira, lecturer
\u2013 Karolina Ryba\u010diauskait\u0117, associate professor
\u2013 Julijonas Urbonas, associate professor
\u2013 Povilas Marozas, lecturer
\u2013 Liene J\u0101kobsone, lecturer
\u2013 Mantas Lesauskas, associate professor
\u2013 Julija R\u0117klait\u0117, lecturer<\/p>\n

\"aMA student work is presented in the student work exhibition at the end of every semester<\/p>\n

Imagery is by Giedrius Stonkus and Egl\u0117 Bazarait\u0117<\/p>\n

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