From February 27 to April 1 RISEBA H2O6 Architecture and Media Center will host an exhibition “Bauhaus and International Style Buildings in Tel Aviv: Maintenance and Renovation”
The exhibition presents the unique architectural heritage of the Bauhaus in Tel Aviv, which dates back to the 1930s.
The exhibition is authored by co-founder of Bauhaus center in Tel Aviv, Dr. Miha Gross, who explores Tel Aviv's modern cultural heritage with great enthusiasm and introduces it to those interested.
Opening of the exhibition on February 27 at 16.00 at the RISEBA H2O6 Center for Architecture and Media, Durbes Street 4, 1st floor lobby.
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Slice of Architecture at FAD on Thursday, Feb 13, 13.00 –>>> Kadri Kaljurand from Finnish institute in Estonia will present interdisciplinary project (Re)configuring Territories, which is a research program for emerging architects, artists, designers, programmers and urban planners. The program takes place at the Narva Art Residency, in Narva, eastern Estonia.
The lecture will be held @ H2O 6 kvartāls, Architecture and media centre, 4 Durbes Street, 3rd floor design studio. Welcome!
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Slice of Architecture at FAD on Friday, Feb 7, 13.00 –>>> open lecture from EASA Latvia members Gustavs Grasis and Andrejs Sokolovs "European Architecture Student Assembly - Afternoon storytime". The European Architecture Student Assembly, or EASA as it is more widely known, is a two week long summer event where more than 500 architecture students from all of Europe and the world come together to take part in 40 workshops. The next EASA event will be held in the border town of Valga/Valka between Estonia and Latvia at the end of July, and an EASA sister event called SESAM will be held in Slavutych, Ukraine at the end of May.
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January 30 and 31 The Bachelor and Master program final Thesis will be defended at the FAD! Altogether 14 upcoming graduates and emerging architects will defend their thesis projects on architecture and urban strategies in order to receive Bachelor degree of Engineering Sciences in Architecture and Professional Master’s degree in Architecture.
Projects will be reviewed by international juree comittee:
Mg.arch. Ole Wiig (NO) - Architectural Director and Chairman, NSW
Mg.arch. Toomas Tammis (EE) - Professor and former dean at Estonian Academy of Arts
Mg.arch. Gunta Grikmane (LV), architect,“Sarma&Norde arhitekti”
Mg.arch.,Andris Kronbergs (LV), RISEBA honorary professor, leading architect “ARHIS ARHITEKTI”
Mg.art. dipl.arch. Dina Suhanova (LV)
Mg.arch. Dainis Rūdolfs Šmits(LV), RISEBA guest lecturer
Dr.arc. Ilze Paklone (LV), RISEBA Associate Professor
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FAD Master's programme graduate Ruta Rinkule receives award for the best architecture graduation project in the annual BAUA Awards 2019 show held on Nov 9 in Riga. BAUA Awards is an exhibition and competition of the best projects of young Baltic architects happening already for the seventh time with the aim to present, compare and award the best graduation works of architecture students from the Baltic States.
The graduation works were evaluated by the jury, consisting of licensed architects who are not involved in teaching architecture at any of the participating schools in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania – the Union of International Architects Secretary General Serban Tiganas and representatives from each Baltic state – architects Ilze Mekša, Igns Ogints ("DO Architects") and Narva city chief architect Ivan Sergejev.
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In organising the temporary office “Mission: Gauja” within the project AUGMENTED URBANS, the municipality of Cēsis had the possibility to test a pattern of population involvement allowing everyone to visit the temporary office at a convenient time – both daily and during the events. In two weeks time thereby they managed to involve the widest and more diverse community and variety of interests. RISEBA architecture students Zanda Bojāre and Anete Biņķe participated in the events on September 20, 2019 by presenting their ideas of the development opportunities, scenarios and potential of developing the city of Cēsis as a resort. The task of the studio (Architecture design IV, tutors: V. Celmiņš, I. Paklone) project was to analyse what could be maintained in Gaujaslīči and Cīrulīši, also, how to attract more tourists, and how Cēsis could achieve resort status with the particular design scenarios.
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From Nov 14, 16.00 until Dec 31 H2O 6 Quarter will host paintings exhibition by architect, FAD tutor and guest lecturer Rudolfs Dainis Šmits. The exhibition titled "horizon" manifests transitions and beginnings.
The paintings exhibition will be on display on the ground floor foyer of 4 Durbes Street.
Rudolfs Dainis Smits, Dipl. Arch., is RISEBA guest lecturer and globally experienced architect, currently leading his own practice RDSA Studio based in Riga. He studied architecture, art history, and painting at the University of Illinois, Chicago and theology at Covenant Theological Seminary. St. Louis, U.S.A.
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Slice of Architecture at FAD on Thursday, Nov 14, 13.00 –>>> open lecture by architect Ivar Krasinski (UAE) "Doing it wrong: incorrect assumptions regarding the sustainability of highrise buildings". Ivar Krasinski is a design director and founding partner of EDGE, based in Dubai – https://www.edgedesign.ae. His expertise covers large scale projects related to masterplanning, hospitality, residential, commercial, mixed use and venues.
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CITY, CO-DESIGNING & AUGMENTED URBANITY: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
Case study: Green territories and public space in the city of Cēsis
By reason of the increasing nuber of environmental problems, nature as a resource obtains a crucial value. Due to globalisation and technological progress, many people return to their roots and seek unity with the nature. The concept of Cēsis as a resort was born to explore the potential of nature for development of the town. Student projects focuses on Cīrulīši and Gaujaslīči – two green neighbourhoods in Cēsis. How intact environment as a national treasure with contemporary services can blur borders of urban and rural lifestyles?
Study year – 2018/2019. Tutors: Ilze Paklone, Viesturs Celmiņš.
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Students of architecture, urban design, and related disciplines were invited to RISEBA Summer School on the Ephemeral Architecture and Urban Design “FestivaL’and 2.0” also in 2019. The summer school was organized as a cooperation between RISEBA Faculty of Architecture and Design and Valmiera Summer Theatre festival (VVTF) from July 25 to Aug 2 in Valmiera city, Latvia.
Concept of 2019 – Playful and living city. Social diversity and inclusivity are fundamental aspects of any thriving city. Architecture and urban design play key roles in nurturing these characteristics. Majority of urban spaces, however, are built on somewhat pragmatic principles and outdated understanding of social structures and therefore often fail to efficiently address the needs of today’s cities and their inhabitants.
The Playful city sets out to seek new directions for shaping future social spaces, focusing on children within the city and ways in which different age groups could mutually benefit from the interaction. The playful city would be an environment that encourages any person to engage in playful behavior. The Playful city allows anyone to freely find their own meanings and uses for the setting, and take an active part in forming the social space of the city.
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WELCOME TO RISEBA! The new academic year for architecture students at FAD will commence on September 2.
1st-year architecture students are invited to meet at the Architecture and Media Centre H2O 6 (Durbes Street 4, 3rd floor) on 2 September, 11.30 (UPDATED TIME!) for introduction with the head of the faculty Jānis Dripe and faculty staff. Later architecture students will be joining other students and following the remaining program – official address by RISEBA Rector, introduction to the University, culture, standards, teaching staff, and students from other programmes. The program of the introduction week is HERE.
Please note – in the evening of September 6, the Student Council is throwing a party in some cozy place in Riga to celebrate the New Academic Year! Follow the information, come and join!
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Congratulations! The group of experts evaluated the full cycle of bachelor's and professional master's programmes of architecture education at RISEBA. Obtained Master's Diploma and professional qualification at RISEBA has gained approval and is compliant with the EU Architects’ Directive 85/384/EEC and the New Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC. The diplomas received by our graduates will be recognised and approved within the rest of EU/EEZ.
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