Science and innovation center “Vizium“

Ventspils, Lettonie
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Site plan
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Architectes
Audrius Ambrasas Architects
Lieu
Rupniecibas iela 2, LV-3601 Ventspils, Lettonie
Année
2022
Client
Ventspils City
Équipe
Audrius Ambrasas, Vilma Adomonyte, Jonas Motiejunas, Viktorija Rimkute
Local Architects
Juris Pogas birojs

Science and Innovation Centre in Ventspils was designed as a union of architecture and landscape. Instead of proposing a landmark on the bridge axis, we leave it open and inviting. The silhouettes of the building and the hill osculate here. New public spaces such as the science hill mounting up from the plain, an open-air roof terrace and an overlook spot are designed for both the locals and city guests. The building designed divides the site in two. The Western part accommodates the vehicle access and parking, while the technical transport access is separated from the arrival of visitors – it gets to the building from the South. The Eastern part of the site is shaped by the hill, which is a place for picnics and openair events, providing views on the river. The hill leads to the roof terrace with access to the public facilities (café, conference hall and the access to the main lobby) zone on the first floor. The further cognition of both the building and the city is continuing along the sloping roof towards the overlook opening panoramic views. The building is divided in two for the functional reasons – the Science centre makes the low part of the volume, whilst the Innovation centre takes the 6 floors of the rising part.

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