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View from the north
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Bird's eye view
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Hill entrance
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View from the south
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Interior view of the foyer
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Site plan
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Ground floor, section
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First floor, elevation
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Second floor, section
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Model
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A2 panel
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Science center VIZIUM
Audrius Ambrasas Architects, Arhitekta J. Pogas birojs. Ventspils, Latvia
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Name of work in English
Science center VIZIUM
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Name of work in original language
Zinatnes centrs VIZIUM
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2024
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Work Location
Ventspils, Latvia
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Studio
Audrius Ambrasas Architects, Arhitekta J. Pogas birojs
EUmies Awards 2024 Nominees
Science Centre in Ventspils was designed as a union of architecture and landscape.
Collaborators
Structural engineering: Aldis Grasmanis
Program
Culture
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Labels
Children & Youth · Exhibition
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Client
Municipal Authority of Ventspils City
Completion
2022
Cost
1731 €/m²
The hill leads to the roof terrace with access to the public facilities (café, conference hall and main lobby) on the first floor. Further development of the building continues along the roof slope towards the observation deck, which offers impressive panoramic views. The building itself is also divided into two parts for functional reasons – the science centre forms the lower part of the volume, while the innovation centre occupies the 6 floors of the upper part.
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 façade of the building is made of glass with copper finishing sheets. In order to prevent the copper from losing its dark golden tone over time, these metal sheets have been specially treated by means of a technique used for the first time in Latvia.