Kimmel Quarter Architectural Competition: | Honourable mention |
Year | 2018 |
Competition Team: | |
Lauder Architects: | Kārlis Lauders, Rita Laudere, Daila Sloka, Harijs Vucens, Anna Līva Traumane, Valdis Linde, Betija Balode, Viesturs Dille, Ansis Zītars |
Sarma & Norde: | Jānis Norde, Ints Meņģelis and others |
ALPS: | Ilze Rukšāne, Marc Geldof, Māris Bušs, Mētra Augškāpa |
Edijs Vucens, Ernests Austriņš | |
CMB: | CMB: Maija Krizmane |
The Kimmel Quarter as a new, innovative landmark in urban environment, creating for inhabitants an extensively accessible, high quality public outdoor space linked to the surrounding historical city of Riga.
To preserve the patina of historic constructions and to integrate it into contemporary, sustainable architecture.
To Create a functionally effective and semantically appropriate office centre, respecting the context of the surrounding environment.
To ensure an optimum core of the office centre's main entrance and to create convenient functional connections to the other functions envisaged in the quarter.
To create infrastructure, that responds to the new working patterns.