Edgars Rožkalns - MEŽS / Dance club – primordial wilderness in the city

MEŽS [ M Ɛ̄ Ʃ ː ]

EDGARS ROŽKALNS

MEŽS*

DANCE CLUB PRIMORDIAL WILDERNESS IN THE CITY

STUDENT: EDGARS ROŽKALNS MENTOR: LADA HRŠAK COMISSION MEMBER: FLORIS HUND COMISSION MEMBER: CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL

AMSTERDAM ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE 2021

*DERIVES FROM PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN *MEDʰI-, *MEDʰYO- (“MIDDLE; IN-BETWEEN”).

T H E O R I G I N A L M E A N I N G W A S “ ( T H AT W H I C H I S ) IN THE MIDDLE, IN-BETWEEN” = “FOREST”

ABSTRACT

SO MANY DANCE CLUBS ARE C L O S I N G , A N D O N LY A F E W N E W ONES ARE REPLACING THE OLD O N E S . D U E T O PA N D E M I C S , INCREASING RENT PRICES, NOISE RESTRICTIONS, SECURITY ISSUES, CLUBS ARE NOT H AVING AN OVERALL L ACK OF L O C A L S U P P O R T. H O W E V E R , A S I G N I F I C A N T PA RT O F S O C I E T Y STILL FINDS ITS SAFE-H AVEN IN DANCE CLUBS. C LU B S P L AY E L E CT R O N IC DANCE MUSIC SUCH AS HOUSE A N D T E C H N O , P R E D O M I N A N T LY CHARACTERIZED BY THE RHYTHM CALLED “FOUR-TO-FLOOR”.

RHYTHM IS PRIMITIVE AND O R I G I N AT E S I N T H E C R A D L E O F C I V I L I Z AT I O N . T H E R E A R E NO RULES FOR THE DANCE, AND EVEN THE WORSE DANCER CAN “JACK THE BODY” TO THE RHYTHM. THEREFORE IT IS POSSIBLE TO WITNESS THERAPEUTIC, SPIRITUAL, L I B E R AT I N G A N D U N I F Y I N G EXPERIENCES ON THE DANCE FLOOR. HOWEVER, UNIFIED A N D L I B E R AT E D P E O P L E H AV E BEEN OFTEN PERCEIVED AS A T H R E AT T O T H O S E I N P O W E R .

T H R O U G H O U T H I S T O R Y, T H E R E H AVE BEEN VARIOUS CL ASHES BETWEEN AUTHORITY AND CLUBGOERS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT I S T O C R E AT E A N E N V I R O N M E N T T H AT : W O U L D M A K E T H E V I S I T O R CURIOUS, WOULD GIVE A SAFEH AVEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE S E A R C H I N G F O R I T, W O U L D AWAKE PRIMAL WILDERNESS, WOULD MAKE AWARE OF THE AUTHORITY AND PROVIDE THE VISITOR WITH THE POWER TO

SAFEGUARD THEIR RIGHTS IN C A S E O F U R G E N C Y. C L U B S U S U A L LY H A V E B E E N LO C AT E D I N R E M O T E A R E A S , BASEMENTS AND ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, AVOIDING THE AUTHORIT Y’S AT T E N T I O N , B U T C O N T R A RY T O T H A T, T H I S P R O J E C T O F F E R S A D I F F E R E NT S C E N A R I O. T H E C H O S E N LO C AT I O N O F T H E D A N C E CLUB IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGA, THE CAPITAL CITY O F L AT V I A , O N T H E C E N T R A L AXIS WHERE MANY “BUILDINGS OF THE REGIME” MINISTRY OF L AT V I A , F R E E D O M M O N U M E N T A N D C I T Y H A L L I S LO C AT E D. T H E C LU B IS P L AC E D IN A WAY TO MAKE AND SIGNIFICANT I M PA C T O N T H E C I T Y I N C A S E O F U R G E N C Y. A LT H O U G H T H I S PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY MIGHT S E E M T H R E AT E N I N G , I T G I V E S BENEFITS BY ORGANIZING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESTORING THE LINK BETWEEN OLD CITY AND THE RIVERBANK W H I C H N O W I S S E PA R AT E D B Y H E A V Y M O T O R W A Y. CLUB BRINGS YOU THREE METERS LOWER UNDERGROUND TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF RIGA, WHERE THE WILD FORESTS O N C E G R E W. T H I S P R O J E C T BRINGS THIS WILDERNESS BACK INTO EXISTENCE TO AWAKE PRIMORDIAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE VISITOR. THEREFORE THE PRIMARY SOURCE O F I N S P I R AT I O N F O R T H E AT M O S P H E R E , D E TA I L I N G , A N D M AT E R I A L I T Y I S F O U N D I N T H E WILDERNESS.

TOPICALITY

“IT’S GONE GLOBAL. FROM LONDON TO NEW YORK WE’RE HEARING THE SAME THING: WHERE THE FUCK ARE ALL THE NIGHTCLUBS GOING? ( . . ) C O M PA R I N G T O T H E PA S T N O W A D A Y S O N LY I N V E R Y FEW CASES, NEW CLUBS ARE R E P L A C I N G T H E O L D O N E S .”

- T E R R Y M A T T H E W ( 2 0 1 9 ) THE NIGHT TIME INDUSTRIES A S S O C I AT I O N ( N T I A ) S TAT E S T H AT C U R R E N T LY, 8 0 % O F C L U B S I N U K ARE FACING PERMANENT CLOSING. I T I S N O T O N LY B E C A U S E O F T H E C O V I D 1 9 PA N D E M I C A S R A P I D C L U B CLOSURE STARTED TO HAPPEN ALREADY BEFORE. THE COVID-19 IS JUST ONE MORE REASON; KIT K AT C LU B , W H I C H R U N S S I N C E 1994, IS FORCED BY REALE S TAT E D E V E LO P E R S T O M O V E .

T H E C L U B C O Y O T E F LY I N R I G A I S CLOSED BECAUSE IT IS NEAR THE SCHOOL, BUT KAOS IN LAS VEGAS IS BANKRUPT AFTER CLOSING AN EXPENSIVE DEAL WITH A DJ. RENT PRICES ARE INCREASING, AND NEW N O I S E R E S T R I CT I O N S A R E A P P L I E D, AND BECAUSE OF SECURITY ISSUES, CLUBS ARE NOT H AVING AN OVERALL LACK OF LOCAL S U P P O R T.

IT’S PERSONAL

ONE NIGHT I SAW A PERSON D A N C I N G H Y P E R - A C T I V E LY I N FRONT OF A LOUDSPEAKER. THE LO U D N E S S O F T H E M U S I C AT T H AT S P O T W A S U N B E A R A B L E .

L AT E R I F O U N D O U T T H AT H I S P A R E N T S R E C E N T LY D I E D, A N D H E I S L E F T A LO N E W I T H A L AW S U I T O F U N PA I D MORTGAGES, SO HE TOOK A LOT OF DRUGS AND WENT DANCING TO H AVE A BREAK FROM HIS U N F O RT U N AT E S I T U AT I O N .

I T W A S H A R D T O C O M PA R E O U R S I T U AT I O N S ; H O W E V E R , I R E A L I Z E D T H AT T H E R E I S SOMETHING FAMILIAR BETWEEN US AND MANY OTHERS. EVEN W I T H O U T M I N D - A LT E R I N G DRUGS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO H AVE A SPIRITUAL AND THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE IN THE CLUB. FOR US, DANCING WAS AN U R G E N C Y.

LIBERATION THROUGH DANCE AND MUSIC

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Economy ECONOMY

Dance DANCE

Globalisation G LO B L I S AT I O N

Music Music MUSIC

Environment ENVIRONMENT

C A M B R I D G E D I C T I O N A RY S TAT E S T H AT “ N I G H T C LU B I S A P L A C E T H AT I S O P E N L AT E I N T O T H E N I G H T, W H E R E P E O P L E C A N G O T O DRINK AND DANCE AND OFTEN SEE S O M E E N T E R T A I N M E N T. ” I S T H AT I T ?

ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC, WHICH I S P L AY E D AT T H E V E N U E , A R E P R E D O M I N A N T LY C H A R A C T E R I Z E D

BY THE RHYTHM - “FOUR-TOFLOOR”. EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND EASY TO DANCE. MUSIC DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY MUSICAL E D U C AT I O N A N D D A N C E M O V E S A R E N O T D E T E R M I N E D ; M A I N LY, P E O P L E CHOSE PRIMITIVE “JACKING”.

WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY S O C I A L G R O U P, P R O F E S S I O N O R N A T I O N A L I T Y. A P E R S O N I S B O R N WITH THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THIS RHYTHM AND TO BE ABLE TO D A N C E T O I T. T H E R E F O R E C L U B HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE AND UNIFY DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS. THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC H I S T O R I C A L LY W A S L I N K E D T O THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT W A S P L AY E D. I N N AT U R E , I T WAS MORE RHYTHMICAL BUT I N T H E C H U R C H E S - A M B I E N T. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT SET MUSIC FREE FROM THE E N V I R O N M E N T. I T A L L O W E D H A V I N G A D A N C E PA RT Y B O T H I N N AT U R E AND CHURCHES.

Technology TECHNOLOGY

L I B E R AT I O N O F M U S I C , D A N C E , A N D S PA C E I S W H AT U N I F I E S PEOPLE AND GIVES SPIRITUAL AND THERAPEUTIC ADDITION TO THE EXPERIENCE.

WILDERNESS AND CONSEQUENCES

L I B E R AT I O N AW A K E N S T H E WILDERNESS IN PEOPLE AND UNIFIES THEM. H I S T O R I C A L LY, T H I S E X P R E S S E D FREEDOM HAS BEEN PERCEIVED A S A T H R E AT T O T H O S E I N POWER WHICH DEFENDS THEIR “ N O R M A L I T Y ” - P A T R I A R C H Y, ORTHODOXY OR RIGID GENDER ROLES. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES WHERE AUTHORITIES H AVE TRIED TO REPRESS SUCH KINDS OF ACTIVITIES. THEREFORE DANCE CLUBS, AS A T H R E AT T O T H E “ N O R M A L I T Y ” , U S U A L LY F O U N D T H E I R S A F E H AV E N U N D E R G R O U N D, ABANDONED BUILDINGS, REMOTE S PA C E S , S PA C E S FA R F R O M T H E E Y E O F T H E A U T H O R I T Y. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORICAL MOMENTS FOR D A N C E C L U B C U LT U R E H A P P E N E D IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1 9 6 0 ’ S . A S A S O L I C I TAT I O N O F S A M E - S E X R E L AT I O N S W A S IL L E G AL , T H E G AY S C E N E F O U N D I T S S A F E H AV E N AT UNDERGROUND CLUBS. ONE OF THESE CLUBS WAS STONEWALL I N N LO C AT E D I N G R E E N W I C H VILLAGE. IN 1969 POLICE RAIDED T H E C L U B , A N D I T S PA R K E D A VIOLENT RIOT CALLED THE STONEWALL RIOTS. THIS CLASH GAVE POSITIVE RECOGNITION A N D AT T E N T I O N T O T H E C LU B C U LT U R E A N D B E C A M E A C A T A LY S T F O R T H E G A Y R I G H T S M O V E M E N T. SOMETIMES EVEN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCES SUCH AS FIGHTS, WAR, REFUGEE CRISIS, AND INEQUALITY GIVES EXTRA MEANING TO DANCE.

“ T H E M O S T I NT E N S E P E R I O D, I W O U L D S A Y, W A S T H E N A T O BOMBING OF BELGRADE IN 1999. (..) WHEN THE SIRENS WOULD S T A R T, W E W O U L D G A T H E R I N THE TECHNO CLUB CALLED INDUSTRIJA. PEOPLE WERE TRANSFORMING THEIR FEAR ON THE DANCE-FLOOR AND DANCED L I K E I T W A S T H E I R L A S T D A Y. (..) YOU WERE ALMOST SHOWING T H E M ( N AT O ) T H E F I N G E R BY DANCING. WE HAD NO INFLUENCE O N T H E S I T U AT I O N AT A L L . W E C O U L D N ’ T D O A N Y T H I N G .” ( . . ) I WAS WONDERING IF I WILL EVER H AVE AGAIN THOSE INTENSE CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCES I HAD AS A TEENAGER. THEN I S TA RT E D T O F E E L T H AT W I T H THE REFUGEE CRISIS AND THE POLITICAL CHANGES HAPPENING, THE DANCE-FLOORS ARE GETTING W I L D E R A N D T H AT P E O P L E ARE TRYING TO INTERACT D I F F E R E N T LY W H I L E D A N C I N G , S P R E A D I N G M O R E I N T H E S PA C E .”

-BOGOMIR DORINGER “ I ’ M E N J O Y I N G PA RT Y I N G N O W MORE THAN I DID BEFORE. IT IS S O N E W, E X C I T I N G , F R E S H , N O T TO O P R E D ICTAB L E , AN D WAY M O R E V A R I E D,” . .”” I H A V E N O R E G R E TS , N O. T H E C O N N E CT I O N F E D M Y S O U L .”

- NIC ABOUT THE ILLEGAL RAVES IN THE UK 2020

FREEDOME MOVEMENTS

B A C C H A E C U LT

W O M E N C U LT WERE WOMEN BY DRESSING IN FUR, H U N T I N G , E AT I N G R A W M E A T, D A N C I N G AN D P L AY I N G RHYTHMICAL MUSIC WERE EXPERIENCING A DEEPER CONNECTION WITH N AT U R E . A S T H E S E TYPE OF RITUALS WERE QUESTIONING THOSE IN POWER - O R T H O D O X Y, P A T R I A R C H Y, R I G I D GENDER ROLES, THE R O M A N S E N AT E M A D E R U L E S T H AT W O U L D R E P R E S S T H E C U LT AND PUT AN END TO I T.

INDIGENOUS DANCES -

L IN D S AY J O N E S IN DANCE AND RELIGION WRITES T H AT C O LO N I A L I S T S IN HISTORY CONSIDERED INDIGENOUS DANCES TO BE M A N I F E S TAT I O N S O F S AVA G E H E AT H E N I S M AND THUS AGNOSTIC TO “THE FAITH” THEREFORE THEY F R E Q U E N T LY S O U G H T T O E L I M I N AT E T H E M .

T H E G AY C LU B SCENE IN NY

IS THE CRADLE OF DANCE MUSIC CLUBS W E K N O W N O W. 1 9 6 0 ’ S G AY S C E N E WAS UNDERGROUND A S A S O L I C I TAT I O N OF SAME-SEX R E L AT I O N S W A S ILLEGAL IN NEW Y O R K C I T Y. I N 1 9 6 9 NEW YORK CITY POLICE RAIDED THE STONEWALL INN, A G AY C LU B LO C AT E D IN GREENWICH VILLAGE IN NEW YORK CITY WHICH S PA R K E D A R I O T CALLED STONEWALL RIOTS AND BECAME A S A C A T A LY S T F O R G AY R IG HTS MOVEMENT

RAVES IN UK 80’S 90’S

INDIGENOUS DANCES

G AY C LU B S C E N E 60’S NY

INDIGENOUS DANCES

T H E B A C C H A E C U LT ~3RD CENTURY BC

OPPRESSORS

RAVES IN THE UK

- FANTAZIA PA RT Y AT C A S T L E D O N I N G T O N J U LY 1 9 9 2 AT T R A C T E D OVER 30,000 PEOPLE I T S O N LY O N E O F T H E R AV E PA RT I E S WHICH FORCED TO INVENT A LAW IN 1994 - NO MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO G AT H E R A N D L I S T E N T O M U S I C “ W H O L LY O R P R E D O M I N A N T LY CHARACTERISED

BY THE EMISSION OF A SUCCESSION OF REPETITIVE B E AT S ,” P U T A N E N D T O I T.

IN 1 2 T H O F M AY 2018, POLICE RAIDED THE COUNTRY’S MOST POPULAR NIGHTCLUBS PROMPTING THOUSANDS OF YOUNG GEORGIANS TO RAVE IN THE STREETS IN P R O T E S T. RAVE WAS ORGANIZESD BY WHITE NOISE MOVEMENT WHO SAW POTENTIAL I N G AT H E R I N G RAVERS IN THE CLUB, MOBILIZING, E D U C AT I N G , M A K I N G THEM AWARE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.

R AV E 4 C L I M AT E T O FA C E C L I M AT E URGENCY AND GOVERNMENT INACTION, G.A.F BROUGHT TOGETHER NIGHTTIME FESTIVE COLLECTIVES AND ACTORS IN MARCH 16TH 2019

BLACK LIVES M AT T E R

O N M AY 2 5 , 2 0 2 0 , G E O R G E F LOY D, A 46-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN, WAS KILLED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, WHILE BEING ARRESTED FOR A L L E G E D LY U S I N G A COUNTERFEIT BILL. RIGHT AFTER PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD G AT H E R E D O N T H E STREETS TO FORM A MOVEMENT BLACK L I V E S M AT E R . S O M E OF THE RIOTS TURNS INTO RAVES.

ILLEGAL RAVE DURING COVID19 2020 UK

BLACK LIVES M AT T E R 2 0 2 0 U S A

R AV E 4 C L I M AT E 2 0 1 9 PA R I S

RAVELUTION 2018 GEORGIA RAVELUTON

ILLEGAL RAVE DURING COVID19

ILLEGAL RAVES ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE CORON AVIRUS LOCKDOWN, DESPITE NIGHTCLUBS AND MUSIC FESTIVALS R E M A I N I N G B A N N E D.

ATMOSPHERE

C L U B S A R E U S U A L LY H I D D E N T O AV O I D AT T E N T I O N A N D T O PROVIDE SAFEH AVEN TO THOSE W H O A R E I N S E A R C H F O R I T. OFTEN CLUBS ARE DESIGNED AS A NEUTRAL BACKGROUND PUTTING USER’S EXPERIENCE, DANCE, AND MUSIC AS THE P R I O R I T Y. S O M E T I M E S C L U B S H AV E D E C O R AT I O N S , A RT I N S TA L L AT I O N S , V I D E O A N D LIGHT PERFORMANCES TO A LT E R N A T E T H E E X P E R I E N C E , ENCOURAGE AND AWAKE THE WILDERNESS.

T H E B O U N C E R AT T H E D O O R TA K E S C A R E T H AT P E O P L E COMING TO THE CLUB ARE A PERFECT FIT FOR THE CLUB AT M O S P H E R E .

T H E E N V I R O N M E N T U S U A L LY IS DARK, FILLED WITH FOG TO B L E N D P E O P L E A N D S PA C E I N ONE.

STRUCTURE

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Denouement

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STRUCTURE OF THE CLASSICAL DJ SET

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D J S E T, W H I C H I S P L A Y E D I N T H E C L U B , H A S A S T R U C T U R E W H I C H M A N I P U L AT E S W I T H T E N S I O N A N D R E L E A S E .

STRUCTURE OF THE RAVE IN 90’S T H E R E I S A L S O A S T R U C T U R E O F E X P E R I E N C E O N T H E N I G H T O U T. T H E N I G H T M I G H T S TA RT AT H O M E , P R E PA R I N G , M E E T I N G F R I E N D S , S E A R C H I N G F O R T H E P A R T Y, L O O K I N G F O R T H E L I G H T S S H I N I N G THROUGH THE BRANCHES, GETTING A DRINK, DANCING AND GOING BACK HOME.

S T R U C T U R E O F A R C H I T E C T U R A L E X P E R I E N C E AT C H U R C H O N T H E S A M E A S I N A R C H I T E C T U R E : W H AT Y O U S E E W H E N Y O U A R E A P P R O A C H I N G T H E B U I L D I N G , S E E I N G I T, W A L K I N G U P T O T H E E N T R A N C E , O P E N I N G T H E D O O R A N D W A L K I N G T H E H A L L W A Y, S E E I N G T H E L I G H T O R D A R K N E S S AT T H E E N D O F T H E S TA I R C A S E A N D S E E I N G T H E S C E N E RY T H R O U G H T H E W I N D O W.

LOCATION

T H E LO C AT I O N F O R T H E P R O J E C T I S I N R I G A , T H E C A P I TA L C I T Y O F L AT V I A .

THE CITY IS NOT WORLD-FAMOUS F O R I T S N I G H T L I F E C O M PA R E D T O CITIES SUCH AS NEWYORK, IBIZA, BERLIN OR AMSTERDAM AND IS NOT KNOW AS BRINGING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ELECTRONIC DANCE M U S IC . H O W E V E R , R IG A P L AY E D AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN SPREADING DANCE M U S I C A N D C U LT U R E T H R O U G H O U T THE SOVIET UNION. THIS HISTORY IS ALMOST FORGOTTEN BUT MUST BE REDISCOVERED TO EMBRACE ITS ROLE AS “ S PA C E I N - B E T W E E N ” , C O N N E C T I N G T H E E A S T W I T H T H E W E S T.

DANCE MUSIC IN LATVIA

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Afro_ American music culture in combination of Kraftwerk inspired music creates House and Techno

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Detroit Chicago

New York

3 5 Eletronic dance music comes to EU 1988

I.B. joins Cambridge University and british Peace movement

East Bam Latvian DJ plays on tapes DJ who plays on Vinil in USSR

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1 1950s Indulis Bilzens goes to Germany.

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I.B. goes to Berlin and meets Maximilian Lanz (DJ WestBam )

1960s I.B. studies eletronic composition in Dusseldorpf

I.B. And DJ WestBam goes to LV to promote Dance music 1986

10 Music from West trough Riga floads into the Soviet Union

Banned from Moscow leading Russian music critic Artemy Troitsky moves to Riga and creates tv show “Video Rhytms” First music video show in USSR.

IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

3.5 MILLION

RIGA

TOURISTS IN RIGA (2018)

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BERLIN

12.97 MILLION TOURISTS IN BERLIN (2017)

23%

TOURISTS WHO INCLUDED CLUBBING AS A REASON FOR THEIR TRIP

2 . 4 DAYS

CLUB TOURIST AVERAGE D U R R AT I O N O F S TAY

€205

P E R DAY T U R N OV E R O F AV E R AG E CLUB TOURIST

€1.48 BILLION

TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE BROUGHT

BY CLUB TOURISTS

€168 MILLION CLUBS MADE IN TOTAL

BY LO O K I N G AT T H E E X A M P L E O F BERLIN RIGA CAN ASSUME THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPED NIGHT LIFE. BERLIN HAS ALMOST FOUR TIMES MORE TOURISTS THAN RIGA, FROM WHICH 23% INCLUDES CLUBBING A S A R E A S O N F O R T H E I R T R I P. T H E Y S P E N D M O N E Y N O T O N LY I N NIGHTCLUBS BUT ALSO IN HOTELS, MUSEUMS, RESTAURANTS AND P U B L I C T R A N S P O RTAT I O N .

DEVELOPED NIGHTLIFE PROVIDES NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND AT T R A C T S I N T E R N AT I O N A L BUSINESSES AND STUDENTS TO M O V E T O T H E C I T Y.

9,040 PEOPLE

W O R K D I R E C T LY I N T H E C L U B SCENE, WITH THOUSANDS MORE EMPLOYED ON AN INDIRECT BASIS

30.2 YEARS OLD CLUBBERS WERE ON AVERAGE

STARTUPS AND STUDENTS

OFTEN CHOSES TO MOVE TO BERLIN BECAUSE OF THE NIGHT LIFE IT PROVIDES *SOURCE: CLUB COMMISSION WHITH D A T A F R O M V I S I T B E R L I N , D W I F - C O N S U LT I N G G M B H , S TAT I S T I C A L O F F I C E F O R BERLINBRANDENBURG

IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY 100%

RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FULL EQUALITY

95% 90%

MALTA

85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 45%

BELGIUM / LUXENBURG DENMARK/ NORWAY SPAIN PORTUGAL / FINLAND / UNITED KINGDOM SWEDEN MONTENEGRO / NETHERLANDS FRANCE ICELAND IRELAND GERMANY AUSTRIA GREECE CROATIA

30%

SLOVENIA ESTONIA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA SWITZERLAND KOSOVO / ANDORRA SERBIA / HUNGARY ALBANIA / CYPRUS GEORGIA / SLOVAKIA

25%

CZECH REPUBLIC NORTH MACEDONIA

40% 35%

15%

LITHUANIA / ITALY UKRAINE BULGARIA MOLDOVA / ROMANIA LIECHTENSTEIN LATVIA POLAND

10%

SANMARINO / BELARUS MONACO RUSSIA

20%

ARMENIA 5%

TURKEY AZERBAIJAN

0%

REFLECTIN THE LEGAL AND POLICY HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF LGBTI PEOPLE IN E RAINBOW-EUROPE.ORG

EUROPE 2020R

INTERNATIONALISATION WOULD B E B E N E F I C I A L N O T O N LY F O R THE ECONOMY BUT ALSO FOR S O C I E T Y. I F W E L O O K A T T H E LEGAL AND POLICY HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN EUROPE, WE CAN SEE THAT LATVIA I S L O W I N R A N K I N G C O M PA R I N G TO THE WEST AND THE NORTH OF EUROPE. IF THE SYSTEM AND SOCIETY OF THE COUNTRY ARE NOT WELCOMING PEOPLE W IT H D I F F E R E NT O R I E NTA T I O N S , OPINIONS, OR BELIEFS, THEN THE COUNTRY AND SOCIETY ARE H A R D LY C O N S I D E R A B L E A S F R E E .

BY INVITING MORE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE TO THE SCENE, THIS SITUATION MIGHT CHANGE. A N D A S T H E C L U B C U LT U R E I S C L O S E LY R E L A T E D T O T H E L G B T Q + C O M M U N I T Y, S U C H A N INTERVENTION AS A NIGHTCLUB C O U L D B E A S U ITA B L E TO O L TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT MORE OPENMINDED AND INCLUSIVE.

NIGHT LIFE IN RIGA CITY CENTRE

T H E M A P I N D I C AT E S T H E LO C AT I O N OF THE CLUBS IN RIGA CITY CENTRE. THERE ARE NOT AS MANY N IG HTC LU B S I N R IG A, AN D G AY C L U B S A R E A L M O S T N O N E X I S T E N T. A L A R G E C O N C E N T R AT I O N O F CLUBS IS IN THE OLD CITY WHERE IT IS NOISIER AND BUSIER. THE C E N T R E I S M A I N LY O C C U P I E D B Y T O U R I S T S A S L O C A L S S L O W LY M OV E D F U RT H E R AWAY F R O M T H E CENTRE.

NIGHTCLUB HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE G AY C LU B

FREEDOM AXIS

THE FREEDOM AXIS IS THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE CITY CONNECTING THE EAST AND T H E W E S T. O N E E N D S T A R T S AS A FREEDOM STREET - THE MAIN ROAD ENTERING THE CITY F R O M T H E N O R T H - E A S T. L A T E R IT BECOMES A FREEDOM ALLEY PA S S I N G B Y T H E B U I L D I N G S S U C H A S T H E M I N I S T RY O F L AT V I A A N D T H E F R E E D O M M O N U M E N T. A S I T ENTERS THE OLD RIGA STREET I S N A M E D K A L K S T R E E T, N A M E D A F T E R T H E F O RT I F I C AT I O N T O W E R WHICH ONCE STOOD THERE. AXIS I S PA S S I N G B Y T H E C I T Y H A L L , FORMER MERCHANTS HOUSE AND M U S E U M O F T H E O C C U PAT I O N O F L AT V I A , T H E N C R O S S E S T H E RIFLEMAN SQUARE. FURTHER, THE AXIS CROSSES THE RIVER O V E R S T O N E B R I D G E A N D E N D S AT V I C T O R Y P A R K I N T H E W E S T. A X I S I S PA S S I N G B Y T H E PA R K S AND SQUARES WHERE FESTIVITIES A N D M A R K E TS A R E O R G A N I Z E D. A S T H E A X I S I S A L S O PA S S I N G

BY BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE CITY H A L L , M I N I S T RY O F L AT V I A , T H E N M A N Y D E M O N S T R AT I O N S A N D RIOTS ARE HAPPENING HERE.

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT

-1200

1200-1210

1220

15-16C

17C

19C

~1920

PROJECT OF THE NEW CITY HALL

ORIGINAL RED RIFFLE MAN SQUARE

THE CITY WAS FORMED AFTER 1200 WHEN THE GERMAN CRUSADERS STARTED TO INHABIT THIS L O C A T I O N . B E F O R E T H A T, T H E R E W A S A L I V S E T T L E M E N T. A S A G E O G R A P H I C A L LY I M P O R T A N T LO C AT I O N B E T W E E N T H E E A S T A N D T H E W E S T, T H E C I T Y H A S B E E N C O N S T A N T LY C O N C U R R E D

BY SWEDISH, RUSSIANS, POLISHLITHUANIANS AND GERMANS. IN ARCHITECTURE, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT INFLUENCES FROM D I F F E R E N T C U LT U R E S .

A S S O O N A S L AT V I A G O T I T S FIRST INDEPENDENCE AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH C E N T U R Y, T H E C I T Y D E C I D E D TO REBUILD RIGA IN THE N AT I O N A L R O M A N T I C S T Y L E . A S A H I S T O R I C A L LY S I G N I F I C A N T LO C AT I O N , T H E Y C H O S E S PA C E , WHERE STONEBRIDGE CONNECTS THE OLD TOWN. IT WAS CLEARED AND RESERVED FOR SOMETHING SPECTACULAR - THE NEW TOWN HALL, WITH A TALL TOWER AND ARCH AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO T H E C I T Y. H O W E V E R , L AT V I A LO S T I T S INDEPENDENCE AND THE VISION ABOUT THE NEW CITY HALL. S O V I E T S S AW T H E S T R AT E G I C IMPORTANCE OF THIS SQUARE, THEREFORE, DECIDES TO BUILD A MUSEUM AND MONUMENT FOR RED R I F L E M A N ( L AT V I A N F I R S T A R M Y WHO FOUGHT ON THE SOVIETS S ID E IN WW II) . N O WADAYS S Q UAR E I S D E G R A D E D , P A R T LY U S E D A S A P A R K I N G L O T. AS H AVING SUCH A SYMBOLIC AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, THIS LO C AT I O N I S C H O S E N F O R T H E INTERVENTION.

CURRENT SITUATION

VISION OF THE CITY

OLD TOWN FROM THE RIVERBANK C U R R E N T LY I S S E P A R A T E D B Y M O T O R W A Y. T H E R E A R E T W O CROSSINGS FOR PEDESTRIANSUNDERGROUND WALKTHROUGH A N D U N R E G U L AT E D S T R E E T CROSSING. PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOPS ARE ACCESSED FROM THE UNDERGROUND AND OFTEN ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS. A NEW CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN SUGGESTS PUTTING THE M O T O R W AY A N D T H E PA R K I N G LO T U N D E R T H E G R O U N D. T H I S P L A N WOULD SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC ABOVE. PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOPS AND THE RIVERSIDE WOULD BE STILL ACCESSIBLE FROM THE WALKTHROUGHS. T H I S C I T Y P L A N D O E S N O T S O LV E ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS AND DOESN’T CONNECT THE OLD TOWN TO THE RIVER AND THE STREET IS OCCUPIED BY CAR TRAFFIC M A I N LY.

DESIGN PROPOSAL

THICKET

BY APPROACHING THE SITE, VISITOR SEES A DENSE TREE STAND - THICKET - A PLACE FOR SMALLER ANIMALS TO HIDE FROM T H E P R E D AT O R S .

TO GET TO THE RIVERSIDE, THE USER CAN CROSS THE STREET OR TAKE THE UNDERGROUND WALK TROUGH. THE WALKTHROUGH BRINGS YOU THREE METERS LOWER TO THE OLD LEVEL OF RIGA, WHERE W I L D F O R E S T O N C E G R E W. WOODEN STANDS ARE JUST ONE OF THE ABSTRACTIONS OF THIS W I L D F O R E S T. T H E E X I S T I N G PAV E M E N T O F T H E R E D R I F F L E M A N SQUARE- THE SOVIET CONCRETE BLOCKS AND THE 18TH-CENTURY COBBLESTONE, ARE SMASHED A N D G R A D U A L LY M I X E D W I T H T H E N AT U R A L S T O N E F O U N D A R O U N D T H E A R E A - D O LO M I T E A G G R E G AT E .

WALKTHROUGH

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BY GETTING THREE METERS LO W E R , I T M I G H T F E E L T H AT I T I S E A S Y T O G E T L O S T. B U T L I K E I N T H E N A T U R A L F O R E S T, P E O P L E C A N F O L LO W T H E C LU E S - M AT E R I A L I T Y U N D E R Y O U R F E E T, T R E E S A L I G N E D ON THE SIDES AND THE SKYLIGHT I L L U M I N AT I N G T H E PAT H . T H E WALKTHROUGH WILL BRING TO THE RIVERSIDE WITHOUT THE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT OR T O C R O S S T H E S T R E E T. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

SECTION B-B 1:500

EXISTING PAVEMENT / DOLOMITE 50-70MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 20MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COARSE 70MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 300MM

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 20MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COARSE 70MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 300MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

B

BICYCLE BRIDGE

CAR ROAD

STREET LEVEL +/- 0.000 OLD LEVEL OF RIGA - 3.000

WALKTHROUGH

UNDERGROUND MORORWAY - 8.000 EMERGENCY EXIT

LOADING BAY B

SUBSTRATE >80MM FLEECE DRAINAGE 40MM PROTECTION BARRIER 4MM ROOT BARRIER WATERPROOFMEMBRANE REINFORCEDCONCRETE 200MM VAPORBARRIER INSULATION 100MM

DOLOMITE 50-70MM MEMBRANE REINFORCED CONCRETE 400MM

EXIT TO THE RIVER

EMERGENCY EXIT UNDERGROUND MOTORWAY

INFRASTRUCTURE

IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE MEŽS IS C R E A T I N G C H A O S I N T H E C I T Y. S T I L L , C O M PA R E D T O T H E C U R R E N T S I T U AT I O N A N D T H E N E W C I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N , I T I S S O LV I N G MANY EXISTING AND EMERGING ISSUES. IN THE NEW PROPOSAL CAR TRAFFIC IS ORGANIZED IN A R O U N D A B O U T. T H E N E W P U B L I C TRANSPORT ROUTE IS ADDED WHERE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOPS ARE ACCESED FROM ABOVE, MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. THIS NEW PROPOSAL IS GIVING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FOR B I C Y C L E S , A N D M O S T LY T H E S P A C E IS DEVOTED TO PEDESTRIANS. F I N A L LY, T H E O L D C I T Y C E N T R E I S RECONNECTED TO THE RIVERSIDE.

CAR TRAFFIC

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BICYCLE PATH PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

TRAM RAILS

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

WALKWAY PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

AM TR OP ST

SITE PLAN

RIGHT EXIT TO THE RIVER

RIVER DAUGAVA

LEFT EXIT TO THE RIVE

RED RIFLE MAN SQUARE

MONUMENT

EXIT TO THE CITY PAVEMENT GRADUALLY MIXES WITH DOLOMITE AGGREGATE

30 /H

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RAVE EXPERIENCE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BY WALKING THROUGH MEŽS USER MIGHT HEAR THE MUSIC AND SEE LASER LIGHTS SHINING THROUGH THE BRANCHES. IT MIGHT REMIND HIM ABOUT ILLEGAL RAVES WHEN HE HAD TO CALL THE NUMBER TO G E T T H E I N F O R M AT I O N A B O U T T H E LO C AT I O N A N D T H E N T RY T O F I N D IT BY FOLLOWING THE SOUND AND LIGHT BEAMS. IF IT MAKES HIM CURIOUS, HE CAN TRY TO FIND T H I S P A R T Y. G E T T I N G I N S I D E T H E FOREST IS MORE CHALLENGING THAN JUST WALKING THROUGH FROM CITY TO RIVERSIDE. THE S A M E A S I T I S I N N AT U R A L F O R E S T TREE STANDS ARE PLACED R A N D O M LY T O G I V E I N T I M A C Y F O R THOSE ALREADY IN. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

CREEK

U-BEAM 100X55MM WATER

DOLOMIT CONCRE

GGREGATE

CONCRE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

AS THE VISITOR IS GETTING D E E P E R I N T O T H E F O R E S T, H E W I L L FACE AN OBSTACLE - THE CREEK. IF HE WANTS TO GET IN THE CLUB AREA HE HAS TO TAKE HIS SHOES OFF AND ENTER THE CLUB B A R E F O O T. T H I S C R E E K W O R K S A S T H E B O U N C E R , A F I LT E R W H O C A R E S T H AT T H E P U B L I C I N S I D E THE CLUB IS WELL-FITTING. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

ETE SLAB

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

TE AGGREGATE ETE MIXTURE

PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN CROSS THE CREEK BY USING TWO U-BEAMS FIXED IN CONCRETE A N D D O LO M I T E A G G R E G AT E . T H I S REFINED AND ROUGH DETAIL IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE WHOLE IDEA ABOUT THIS PROJECT’S M AT E R I A L I T Y A N D D E TA I L I N G .

CLEARING

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

AS THE VISITOR GETS OVER THE CREEK, HE WILL CONTINUE TO WALK THROUGH THIS DENSE T R E E S TA N D. S O M E T I M E S S O M E FURNITURE OR A HANGING HAMMOCK WILL APEAR, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE, I L LU M I N AT E D C L E A R I N G W I L L DETERMIN THE CENTRAL EVENT LO C AT I O N . T H E M A I N D A N C E F LO O R THE SAME AS A CLEARING IN THE N AT U R A L F O R E S T C A N B E A C C E S E D FROM EVERY SIDE SO THERE IS NO MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE DANCE FLOOR. ON THE DANCE FLOOR IT IS POSSIBLE TO NOTICE A STRIP O F P U L S A T I N G R E D L I G H T. T O LEARN ABOUT ITS SOURCE AND ITS MEANING, WE H AVE TO GO ONE MORE LEVEL LOWER. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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SLOPE TO THE BASEMENT

LIGHT FROM UNDERGROUND TUNNEL

CHILL AREA

MAIN DANCE FLOOR ~400M2

UNDERGROUND

PRODUCED PRODUCED BY

BY AN AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

TO G E T U N D E R G R O U N D, PEOPLE H AVE TO TAKE A SLOPE. BY GOING DOWN, THE FIRST THING WHICH WILL BE NOTICED IS A LARGE WINDOW S E PA R AT I N G T H E C L U B F R O M T H E U N D E R G R O U N D M O T O R W A Y. PA S S I N G C A R S A R E T H E S O U R C E O F T H E P U L S AT I N G R E D L I G H T A B O V E . I T A L S O I L LU M I N AT E S T H E D A N C E F LO O R B E LO W. T H E U N D E R G R O U N D M OTO R WAY AN D THE UNDERGROUND DANCE CLUB IS ON THE SAME LEVEL DUE TO T H E R E V O LU T I O N A RY N AT U R E O F T H E N I G H T C L U B C U LT U R E . I N T H E C A S E O F U R G E N C Y, P A R T Y G O E R S C A N M O B I L I Z E T H E M S E LV E S I N BOWL SHAPE DANCEFLOOR ABOVE. HERE THEY CAN DISCUSS THE ISSUES AND THINK ABOUT PROPER A C T I O N . I N C A S E O F N E C E S S I T Y, PEOPLE CAN FIND IT ESSENTIAL TO GO INTO THE UNDERGROUND M O T O R W A Y A N D S I G N I F I C A N T LY INFLUENCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. PRODUCED PRODUCED BY

BY AN AN AUTODESK AUTODESK STUDENT STUDENT VERSION VERSION

DOLOMITE 50-70MM MEMBRANE REINFORCED CONCRETE 400mm

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 20MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COARSE 70MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 300MM

GLASS 8MM SOUND ISOLATING LAYER 1.4MM GLASS 8MM AIRGAP 16MM GLASS 8MM

SECTION - THE WINDOW

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 100MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 200MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

CONSTRUCTION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

STEEL SHEET PILES

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

CONCRETE SLAB

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

WOODEN LOGS STEEL CABLE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PHASE 5

EXCAVATION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PHASE 4

CONCRETE PILES

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PHASE 3

EXCAVATION

AT F I R S T P H A S E O F C O N S T R U C T I O N STEEL SHEET PILES WERE PLACED I NTO T H E G R O U N D. T H E S E S T E E L SHEET PILES ARE STILL VISIBLE AS THE OUTER WALLS OF THE C LU B . S O I L W A S E X C AVAT E D AT T H E L E V E L M I N U S T H R E E METERS. CONCRETE PILES WERE PLACED IN TO THIS LEVEL AND REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB WAS CASTED ON TOP OF THE SOIL. AFTER HARDENING IT WAS P O S S I B L E T O E X C AVAT E S O I L U N D E R T H E S L A B A N D C R E AT E UNDERGROUND LEVEL. DUE TO THIS CONSTRUCTION METHOD THE EFFECT OF SAND AND PLANT P R I NT O N T H E C E I L I N G S A P E A R E D. AS THE CONCRETE PILES WERE LEFT STICKING OUT ABOVE THE CONCRETE SLAB IT WAS POSSIBLE TO USE THEM TO CONNECT W O O D E L L O G S . W O O D I S D E E P LY R O O T E D I N L AT V I A N T R A D I T I O N A S A M AT E R I A L A N D I N T H I S C A S E THESE LOGS ARE EPHASYZING THE M E A N I N G O F S PA C E S . LO G S A R E TA L L E R O N T H E LO C AT I O N W H E R E THERE IS WALKTROUGH AND THE DANCEFLOOR. BY LOOKING FROM T H E R I V E R S I D E I T LO O K S T H AT LOGS ABOVE THE WALKTROUH ARE WELCOMING THE MONUMENT OF RED RIGFFLE MAN BUT LOGS AROUND THE DANCE FLOOR IS USING THE NEW WHITE EXTENSION O F T H E O C U PAT I O N M U S E M O F L A T V I A A S A B A C K D R O P. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PHASE 2

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BY BEING UNDERGROUND AND LOOKING UPWARDS THE VISITOR CAN SEE PLANT AND SAND PRINT ON THE CEILING. THIS IS DUE TO T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N T E C H N O L O G Y. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PHASE 1

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

DETAIL 2 1:10

CLAMP WITH U-BOLT TENSION CABLE

WOODEN LOG 100-200MM Ø

DOLOMITE 50-70MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 200MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

U-CLAMP WITH U-BOLT

CONCRETE PILE 100-200MM Ø

THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN CONCRETE PILE AND WOODEN LO G I S S T I L L F O U N D I N L AT V I A N COUNTRYSIDE AS A DETAIL FOR ELETRICITY POLES. THIS TIPE OF CONNECTION KEEPS WOOD FROM TOUCHING THE GROUND AND G E T T I N G W E T. T O P S O F T H E S E POLES ARE CONNECTED BY STEEL C A B L E S T O G I V E E X T R A S U P P O R T. STEEL CABLES ARE ALSO USED AS A RAILING AROUND BICYCLE BRIDGE WHICH IS CROSSING THE NIGHT CLUB.

ASPHALT SURFACE 20MM ASPHALT BINDER 70MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 300MM

CLAMP WITH U-BOLT TENSION CABLE

KERB

CONCRETE COLUMN

DETAIL 3 1:20

SHADOW GAP

SECTION A-A 1:200

B

D

U-BE WAT

DETAIL3

STREET LEVEL +/- 0.000

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

OLD LEVEL OF RIGA - 3.000

DETAIL1

WALKTHROUGH

POND

SERVICE ENTRANCE

UNDERGROUND MORORWAY

GREEN ROOM

COURTYARD

OFFICE

STORAGE

STORAGE

LOADING BAY

POND

B

SCREED FLOOR 60MM INSULATION 100MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 200MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

SUBSTRATE >80MM FLEECE DRAINAGE 40MM PROTECTION BARRIER 4MM ROOT BARRIER WATERPROOFMEMBRANE REINFORCEDCONCRETE 200MM VAPORBARRIER INSULATION 100MM

DOLOMITE 50-70MM MEMBRANE REINFORCED CONCRETE 400MM

TOILETS D

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 20MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COARSE 70MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 300MM

ASPHALT S ASPHALT ASPHALT REINFOR

C

STEEL CAP LIGHT FIXTURES/WIRING STEEL SHEET PILEZ-PROPHILE

EAM 100X55MM TER

S

SURFACE COURSE 20MM T BINDER COURSE 40MM LT BINDER COARSE 70MM RCED CONCRETE 300MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

DETAIL2

MAIN HALL TECHNICAL ROOM

BAR / DJ BOOTH

HALL 2

GREEN ROOM

C

DOLOMITE 50-70MM MEMBRANE REINFORCED CONCRETE 400MM

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 100MM ASPHALT BINDER COARSE 1000MM ASPHALTBASE 100MM DRAINABLE AGGREGATE BASE 200MM SUB-GRADE>100MM NATURAL SOIL

MATERIALITY

UNDERGROUND CLUB

TOILETS BAR DJ BOOTH GREEN ROOM

U N D E R G R O U N D S PA C E I S O R G A N I Z E D S I M I L A R T O T H E S PA C E ABOVE. LOCKERS AND TOILETS A R E P L A C E D I N T H E S P A C E F R E E LY INBETWEEN THE CONCRETE PILE F O U N D AT I O N . T H E R E I S N O M A I N ENTRANCE TO THE DANCE FLOOR A N D T H E S A M E A S AT S PA C E A B O V E IT CAN BE ACCESED FROM EVERY SIDE. DJ BOOTH IS CONNECTED TO GREEN ROOM. FROM GREEN ROOM STAFF CAN ACCESS ALSO TOILETS TEHNICAL ROOM AND U N D E R G R O U N D M O T E R W A Y. D J , LIGHT OR SOUND ENGENEER CAN ACCESS THE FLOOR ABOVE BY USING ONE OF THE THREE PILLARS PLACED AROUND DANCEFLOOR. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

LOCKERS

FLOORPLAN -2 1:200

GREEN ROOM SERVICE

OFFICE

STORAGE

EMERGANCY EXIT

ENTRANCE

I

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PO

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STORAGE

W AT E

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TOILETS

LOCKERS BAR

BAR/ DJ BOOTH

HALL 2

GREEN ROOM

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SECRET EXIT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BEHIND THE LOCKERS AND TOILETS IS SERVICE ENTRANCE A N D E M E R G A N C Y E X I T. I N C A S E O F URGANCY VISITOR CAN SNEEK OUT O F T H E C L U B B Y U S I N G T H I S E X I T. THIS EXIT IS DESIGN AS A BRIDGE WHICH GOES OVER THE CREEK. W AT E R H E R E C O M E S F R O M T H E CREEK WHICH IS PLACED RIGHT ABOVE. AS THE CEILING ABOVE T H E U N D E R G R O U N D M OTO R WAY I S S T R A I G H T, B U T C E I L I N G A B O V E THE CLUB AREA IS CURVED IT C R E AT E S A N O P E N I N G B R I N G I N G W AT E R F R O M - 1 S T L E V E L T O - 2 N D LEVEL. IF CREEK ABOVE WAS S E P E R AT I N G W A L K T R O U G H F R O M CLUB AREA THEN HERE CREK IS S E PA R AT I N G S E R V I C E A R E A F R O M UNDERGREUND CLUB AREA. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE 40MM ASPHALT BINDER COURSE 100MM REINFORCED CONCRETE 200MM MEMBRANE AGGREGATE 200MM NATURAL SOIL

DETAIL4 WATER

SECTION - THE WATERFALL

WATER DOLOMITE 50-70MM MEMBRANE REINFORCED CONCRETE 400mm

DETAIL 4 1:20

DOLOMITE AGGREGATE CONCRETE MIXTURE

DOLOMITE AGGREGATE CONCRETE MIXTURE

LIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL

SERVICE AREA

COURTYARD

OFFICE

LOADING BAY STORAGE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

CHILL AREA

TECHNICAL ROOM

IN THE SERVICE AREA THERE IS A L O A D I N G B A Y, S T O R A G E U N I T S , T W O STOREY OFFICE WITH CORYARD AND MEETING ROOM/CHILL AREA WITH KITCHEN AND TECHNICAL ROOM. THE GREEN ROOM CAN BE U S E D F O R D J T O P R E PA R E F O R H I S ACT AND H AVE A CIGARE T TE IN THE COURYARD UNDER THE OPEN S K Y. T H I S C O U R Y A R D I S A L S O U S E D A S A A I R V E N T I L AT I O N D U C T F O R U N D E R G R O U N D M O T O R W A Y. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

EVACUATION

UNDERGROUND MOTORWAY

EXIT PARKING

EXIT SMOKE DUCT PARKING

AT B O T H S I D E S O F U N D E R G R O U N D M OTO R WAY T H E R E IS AN AIR V E N T I L AT I O N S H A F T S A N D S PA C E F O R C A R S T O PA R K I N C A S E O F A C I D D E N T. T H E S E P A R K I N G S P A C E S ARE CONNECTED TO EMERGANCY EXIT BRINGING PEOPLE ONE LEVEL HIGHER TO THE WALKTROUGH. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

SMOKE DUCT

EVENTHOUGH THIS BUILDING MIGHT LOOK TRETHENING TO T H E C I T Y, I T I S B R I N G I N G L O T O F BENEFITS IN VARIOUS SCALES: S O LV E S T R A F F I C I S S U E S , C O N E C T S THE CITY WITH RIVERSIDE, AT R A C T S I N T E R N AT I O N A L BUSINESSES AND STUDENTS, L I B E R AT E S A N D M O B I L I Z E S S O C I E T Y, P R O V I D E S T H E R A P U T I C AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES TRHOUGH WILD AND PRIMORDIAL AT M O S P H E R E .

C L U B C U LT U R E I S D E M A N D I N G EVOLUTION DUE TO CHALANGES W H I C H A R E C U R R E N T LY F O R C I N G SO MANY CLUBS TO CLOSE. BY LOOKING ON THE ESSENCE, SPIRITUAL AND THERAPUTIC VA LU E W H AT C LU B B R I N G S W E C A N C R E AT E T H E N E W C H A P E R T O T H E N I G H T C L U B C U LT U R E .