Alūksne Bānītis (Narrow–Gauge Train) Station

Nowadays the former storehouse or baggage shed of the Alūksne railway station houses a modern multimedia exhibition providing the information about the national historical monument – the narrow-gauge railway line from Alūksne to Gulbene. The visitors gain comprehensive spatial and visual experience through sight, hearing and smell. Design of the exhibition creates associations with being in a carriage of a running train. The wooden baggage boxes are interpreted as media.

Author: SIA Arhitektes Ināras Caunītes birojs, arhitekti Ināra Caunīte, Jānis Caunītis, Andris Caunītis, inženieri – Irēna Boks, Ilmārs Andrējevs – Empelis, Verners Langenfelds, Raimonds Bokta, Aija Gaile; Ekspozīcijas koncepcija, dizains, realizācija – dizaina birojs H2E (Ingūna Elere, Holgers Elers, Mārtiņš Vītols, Charlotte Blödel, Laura Lorence, Aiga Beinaroviča, Dagnija Balode, Evija Lukstiņa)

Client: Alūksne Region Municipality

Address or location:
52 Jāņkalna Street, Alūksne, LV-4301

Technical information:
October 2015 – May 2016

Commissioning:
1 September 2018

Contractor:
Architect Ināra Caunīte’s Studio

Main subcontractors, partners:
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Author of photos:
Ansis Starks, Design Studio H2E