"Spatiality of the Border: Rehabilitation of the Latvian Eastern Frontier” is a process that offers a new perspective on Latvia’s periphery — the over 450-kilometer-long in-between space along the eastern border. This study illuminates centuries-old cultural landscapes and architectural traditions, revealing the borderland as a human-oriented space. Within the process, the initiative was presented at the LU 83rd International Scientific Conference, and will transform into a new international architectural publication. In August 2025, the first spatial intervention will be realized in Dagda.
Client: Inhabitants of the Latvian Eastern Borderland / RISEBA University of Business, Technology and Art: Faculty of Architecture and Design (RISEBA FAD)
Address or location:
Riga, Latvia / Latvian Eastern Borderland
Commissioning:
2023-2026
Partners:
RISEBA University of Business, Technology and Art: Faculty of Architecture and Design (RISEBA FAD), Helvijs Savickis & "Perifēriju centrs", Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia
Author of photos:
Marta Ventere, Pēteris Šmits (LFM), Andrejs Edvīns Feldmanis, Evija Trifanova, Collection of the Latvian Railway History Museum
