Make
Friends
Space
Relationships
Mistakes
Piece
a Habitat
a Community
a Society
a Difference
a Chair
a City
Make
Making as opposed to designing.
Making that takes in consideration
the many implications of urbanity,
community building, reusability,
economics, and risk taking.
Making as opposed to designing. Making that
takes in consideration the many implications of urbanity, community building, reusability, economics, and risk taking.
Making for humanity.
Making for humanity.
Zuzeum, Art Center, Riga (LV)
Zuzeum, a new, multifunctional art centre in Riga that is a significant contribution to the Baltic`s art infrastructure. Zuzeum's development is a significant investment in the physical, social, economic, symbolic and aesthetic development of the city.
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Inception Exhibition, New York (USA)
An exhibition of artworks by 111 architects inspired by one another during a four year long experimental study on collective creation.
G(U)ARDEN, Riga (LV)
A thought and discussion-provoking project that addresses the future of urban spaces and the relationship between humans and nature.
Video by Vilhelm Christensen
Ruten, Sandnes (NO)
A paradigm shift project by removing all car parking and traffic through a 9-year process of locally implemented research, diplomacy and activism to reestablish RUTEN as both a center and pivoting point of Sandnes future that puts its people first.
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Baznicas Street, Riga (LV)
The residence of a designer and architect, located in an apartment house built in 1883 is real evidence that layouts of the 19th century are still functional and meet requirements of 21th century lifestyle.
Radisson Blu Polar Hotel, Svalbard (NO)
Radisson Blu Polar Hotel Svalbard is the northernmost hotel in the world, located only 1000 km from the North Pole. Considering the specific climate and relief of Svalbard island, the design of the hotel emphasizes the dark and bright sides of Svalbard — its polar nights and polar sunshine. The part of the hotel’s building has been transported from the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Hallo! office building, Riga (LV)
Built in 1928 for the state telegraph services, the Art Deco style house has been transformed into a modern office building in Riga City center, where parking lots in the courtyard are replacing with a multifunctional, publicly accessible yard for every visitor to Riga. The yard simultaneously functions as a meeting spot, leisure place, and HALLO office space extension.
Michaels, Oslo (NO)
Michaels restaurant and nightclub, located in a former Fire Station in Briskeby, a stunning gathering place in Oslo where stories, flavors, people and entertainment all come together in a three-floor concept that includes 'dine and wine' restaurant, ‘brasserie’ and a nightclub.
Aker Brygge, Oslo (NO), SPACEGROUP
Bult in the late 1800’s as one of the mail production facilities for maritime diesel engines, the buildings went through several extensions becoming a chaotic space for shopping mall and office building in 2000s. The new project reorganized the program, pushing the shopping to the ground level and exteriorizing the shops and corporate lobbies in order to activate the streets.
Ankeret, Sandnes (NO)
By aligning the buildings along two axis’ — the city’s entryway, and the harbor promenade plus shifting them to misalign for shared views, an unexpected intermediate zone for recreation is created. Additionally — continuing the strategy from Ruten, the planned car traffic was diverted around the property, replaced by a continuous landscape of activities.
L’avenue, Baku (AZ)
L’Avenue restaurant on the main Baku boulevard has become a favorite destination for French cuisine enthusiasts. The interior has been designed as a postcard that gives a clear vision – it must be taken in France. The content of the postcard – a carefree breeze of the holidays with a strong tradition for design.
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Tromso Terminal, Tromso (NO), SPACEGROUP
Resisting the hermetic tendency of terminal as infrastructural machines the determinacy of inside and out, private and public, controlled and free is liberated. To charge the project with spaces and programs for the non-peaks - to bring the city to the terminal and the ‘guests’ to the city - an atomized terminal.
Designers, builders,
makers, humans.
Designers, builders,
makers, humans.
