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Exposition Lab City in Ventspils, Latvia by DJA

Friday, September 30th, 2022

Article source: DJA

Science center’s VIZIUM exposition Lab City is made as a combination of science and contemporary design with its own strong identity. White space creates associations with the laboratory or spacecraft of the future and is an equally attractive environment for discovering the magic of science for both children and adults. At the same time, the space created in one style differs in each gallery with the spatial experience and the shape of the volumes. The proposed color of the walls and exhibits is mainly black and white to allow the light, multimedia technologies and their colorful content to stand out.

Image Courtesy © Baiba Berzina, Eriks Bozis

Architects: DJA
Project: Exposition Lab City
Location: Ventspils, Latvia
Photography: Baiba Berzina, Eriks Bozis
Technologies and management: SOLAVI
Production and technical design: AD PRODUCTION
Programming and technologies: OVERLY
Client: Ventspils Digital Centre, Ventspils City Council
Area: 1600 m2
Year: 2022

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Samrode Building in Ventspils, Latvia by Krists Karklins Design and Arhitektūras Birojs FORMA

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Article source: Krists Karklins Design

The design of addition to the Samrode, SIA construction company headquarters in Ventspils is based on the desire of the client and the project team to create a compact and contemporary architectural volume that maintains a harmonious and complimentary relationship with its historic city center context. The conceptual narrative for this building is based on three scales of purposeful design operations in response to opportunities/limitations offered by the site. From the urban design perspective, the massing of this building is determined by the precedent outlines of a munitions warehouse and a wooden shed, previously present on the site.

Architects: Krists Karklins Design, LLC and Arhitektūras Birojs FORMA, SIA
Project: Samrode Building
Location: Zvana Street 2, Ventspils, Latvia
Project Team: Krists Kārkliņš, Ināra Kārkliņa, Jānis Zaharāns, Lauris Zaharāns, Juris Križanovskis
Client/Contractor: Samrode, SIA
Engineering: Samrode, SIA
Year of completion: 2012
Size: 600 square meters (400 square meters of new construction and 200 square meters of existing building renovation)
Photographer: Indriķis Stūrmanis
Software used:
- A/CAD for drafting
- 3D Studio Max for 3D modeling and visualizations
- Photoshop for raster image touch-ups and editing
- InDesign for booklet and presentation layouts
- Adobe Acrobat for file presentation, communication, and transfer.