

PORTFOLIO
MARTA VEINBERGA 2024
CONTENTS
CV
“SATIKS-MENE” THE RESIDENTIAL QUARTER CONCEPT PROJECT
“IN-BETWEEN” SKETCH DESIGN COMPETITION
URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION
MARIUPOLRESTART 2.0 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP
PRIVATE HOUSE DESIGN UNIVERSITY PROJECT
“TOUCH OF NATURE” EXCHANGE SEMESTER
“TIKTIES” SKETCH DESIGN COMPETITION
“OBJECT VERB” VIDEO PERFORMANCE
PAINTINGS
EDUCATION
2021-PPRESENT
MARTA VEINBERGA

CONTACT
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2023 AUTUMN SEMESTER
2017-2021
BACHELORS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES JELGAVA, LATVIA
EXCHANGE SEMESTER IN SWEDISH AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ALNARP, SWEDEN
SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
DESIGN AND SCULPTURE
RIGA SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND RIGA, LATVIA
COMPETITION
2024
2023
2022
SKETCH DESIGN COMPETITION AND SITE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CEMETERY’’ HONORABLE MENTION, WORK INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TEAM RIGA, LATVIA
URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION REDEVELOPMENT OF BAHNHOFSTRASSE DISTRICT IN LEHRTE
3RD PLACE, WORK DONE TOGETHER LANDSCHAFTSARCHITEKTEN BDLA LEHRTE, GERMANY
SKETCH DESIGN COMPETITION ARTISTICALLY HIGH-QUALITY
KAUGURI“
3RD PLACE
JURMALA, LATVIA
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION IN PRODUCT AND ART
COMPETITION PRESERVATION OF VALUES THE MEMORIAL “GREAT
WORK DONE TOGETHER WITH TEAM ”THE PEOPLE”
COMPETITION - “URBAN BAHNHOFSTRASSE AND TOWN HALL
TOGETHER WITH TGP
BDLA
2023
JUNE-AUGUST EXPERIENCE
SKETCH DESIGN COMPETITION “CREATION OF THE SCULPTURE OBJECT “LATVIJAS AVĪZES 200““ 2ND HIGHEST SCORE
JELGAVA, LATVIA
2022
COMPETITION “CREATION OF AN SCULPTURE AND AMENITIES IN 2022
JANUARY-JUNE
INTERNSHIP
TRÜPER, GONDESEN UND PARTNER/TGP
LANDSCHAFTSARCHITEKTEN BDLA
LÜBECK, GERMANY
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ASSISTANT
“VEIDO VIDI“
JELGAVA, LATVIA
SKILLS
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE INDESIGN
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE LIGHTROOM
ADOBE RUSH
AUTODESK AUTOCAD TRIMBLE SKETCHUP LUMION 3D
LATVIAN ENGLISH GERMAN NATIVE FLUENT A2 LANGUAGE
“SATIKS-MENE”
THE RESIDENTIAL QUARTER DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PROJECT 2024
THE AREA OF THE BLOCK OF FLATS KNOWN AS "SATIKSMENE" IN JELGAVA,A CITY OF LATVIA CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH UNPLEASANT ASSOCIATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS THAT THE AREA IS A PLACE OF FEAR, DELINQUENCY AND HOOLIGANISM. THE AREA'S ENVIRONMENT IS THEREFORE SEEN AS A CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP THE IDENTITY OF THE PLACE.
VISUALISATION FOR ADOLESCENCE ZONE
AS THE KEY DESIGN IDEA, IT IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIONAL OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THIS AREA, WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE SOCIALIZATION AND THE DESIRE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE WELL-BEING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.


RECREATIONAL AREA
URBAN FOREST
RECREATIONAL AREA
COMMUNAL GARDEN
ADOLESCENCE ZONE

VISUALISATION: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
THE PLANNED AREA AND ITS SURRONDING ENVIROMENT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE THE 1970S, AND THE CURRENT PROBLEMS ARE BASED ON THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST DESIGN CHOICES, AS WELL AS THE DELIPATED FACILITIES AND ITS ROADS THAT ARE CONSTANT SYMBOLS OF PREVIOUS CENTURIES’ BLOCK DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS.
IN ORDER TO NOT LOSE ITS IDENTITY, THE PLANNED LANDSCAPING ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE STILL EXISTING ELEMENTS OF THE OUTDOOR GYM.
SPORT ZONE

VISUALISATION FOR SPORT ZONE






WOODEN DECK
WOODEN DECK
WOODEN DECK
WOODEN PATH
WATER BASIN

“IN-BETWEEN”
SKETCH DESIGN COMPETITION PRESERVATION OF VALUES AND SITE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEMORIAL “GREAT CEMETERY’’

TEAM: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TEAM ”THE PEOPLE” HONORABLE MENTION
RIGA, LATVIA
2024
LEGEND

ENTRANCE BUILDING
ART INSTALATION
CAR AND BIKE PARKING
PATH CIRCULATION
ENTRY GATE
EXISTING TREES
IMPORTANT TREES
NEW TREES
TREE STUMPS
HEDGES

THE GREAT CEMETERY IS A HISTORICAL HERITAGE SITE FROM THE 18TH CENTURY - A LATVIAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE MONUMENT- WITH GREAT SOCIAL VALUE, DUE TO ITS LOCATION.
TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE PAST, THE REVITALIZATION OF AN UNDERUTILIZED CEMETERY INTO AN INVITING PUBLIC SPACE THAT MERGES CONTEMPORARY DESIGN WITH HISTORICAL REVERENCE AND NATURAL BEAUTY, A PLACE WHERE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WORLDS MERGE, IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
THROUGH THE DYNAMIC AND RESILIENT VEGETATION, REFRESHING HISTORICAL MONUMENTS, CREATION OF ART INSTALLATIONS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE DESIGN TRANSFORMS THE ONCE LIFELESS CEMETERY INTO AN ACCESSIBLE, SAFE, AND VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACE.


URBAN DEVELOPMENT
“URBAN REDEVELOPMENT OF BAHNHOFSTRASSE AND TOWN HALL DISTRICT IN LEHRTE” 3RD PLACE LEHRTE, GERMANY 2023
THE AREA OF THE URBAN PLANNING PROJECT IS LOCATED IN LEHRTE, GERMANY IT INCLUDES BAHNHOFSSTRAßE AND RATHAUSPLATZ.
THE MOTIVE OF THE URBAN PLANNING PROJECT IS TO CONNECT THE STATION WITH THE URBAN GREEN CORRIDOR RUNNING ALONG THE FORMER RAILWAY LINE TO HILDESHEIM. IN ADDITION, THE GREEN CORRIDOR CONTINUES FROM THE URBAN GREEN SPACE ON BAHNHOFSTRASSE (STATION STREET) UP TO THE NEW PLATFORM HALL.
TEAM: TGP LANDSCHAFTSARCHITEKTEN BDLA



USAGE CONCEPT
NEW PLATFORM HALL
TOWN HALL EXTENSION
RETAIL / COMMERCIAL GROUND
FLOO RESIDENTIAL UPPER FLOORS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
PARKING

STRUCTURAL CONCEPT
1 STOREY
2 STOREYS
3 STOREYS
4 STOREYS
5 STOREYS
RE-COMPACTION

OPEN SPACE CONCEPT
OLD RAIL TRACKS
TOWN HALL SQUARE
TREE SQUARE
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL GARDEN
PRIVATE FRUIT TREE GARDEN

TRAFFIC
NEIGHBORHOOD
GARAGE
PARKING MACHINE
K+R AND DISABLED
PARKING SPACES
4 STOREYS
MOTOR VEHICLES
CYCLISTS
PEDESTRIANS
TRAIN
VISUALISATION: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

MARIUPOL RESTART

THE PILOT PROJECT IN UKRAINE’S CITY OF MARIUPOL IS FOCUSED ON RESTORING THE CITY’S DRAMA THEATER AS WELL AS THE MYRU AVENUE AND THE BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS AFTER THE FIGHTING. “
MARIUPOL’S RESTART 2.0” PILOT PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED IN ONE WEEK BY INTERNATIONAL GROUPS.
THE PROJECT HAS WORKED TOWARDS PROPOSING IDEAS THAT SYNTHESIZE BOTH THE HISTORICAL AND THE MODERNIST CONTEXTS OF THE URBAN SPACE, AS WELL AS CONSIDERING THE CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE THEATRE AS A SPATIAL DOMINANT.
TEAM: LIENE VANAGA-RODE; KRISTĪNE EMERBERGA; SERVANE LANGLAIS; AKSHAYA RAMESH; SHARADHA DEVI; MONISHA PERUMAL; ANASTASIJA IZAILOVA; SZE
MEI LAU; DANIELA BERKULE; MARTA VEINBERGA



VISUALISATION: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OUR TEAM TO ACHIEVE A GOAL THAT DRAMA THEATER SQUARE DOES NOT REPRESENT A MEMORIAL SITE AS WELL AS A PLACE WHERE THE HORRORS OF WAR ONCE TOOK PLACE, SO THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF MARIUPOL DO NOT GET HARSHLY REMINDED AND CAN HEAL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY FROM THE TRAUMATIC EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE NOT JUST IN MARIUPOL BUT ALSO IN DIFFERENT PARTS IN UKRAINE.
“MARIUPOL RESTART 2.0” PILOT PROJECT IS BASED ON THE EXISTING COMPOSITION AND DESIGN, HIGHLIGHTING MARIUPOL CITIZEN LIFE BEFORE DESTRUCTION AND RISING FROM IT, BUT NOT LOSING THE BELONGING OF THE PLACE FOR MARIUPOL CITIZENS.
MYRU AVENUE


DESIGN
INSPIRED BY 20TH-CENTURY MODERNISM AND BRUTALISM BUILDINGS AND SUCH ARCHITECTS AS LE CORBUSIER, OSCAR NIEMEYER, AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, THE CONCRETE BUILDING DESIGN IS MADE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENT—SCULPTORS. THE SHAPE OF THE CONCRETE BUILDING SYMBOLIZES THE GRAND AND ELEGANT NATURE OF THE GRAND PIANO.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE A CONNECTION WITH THE GARDEN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, THEREFORE AN ORGANIC-SHAPED FLOWER BED, EXTENDING TO ALMOST HALF OF THE PERIMETER, WAS DESIGNED TO CREATE A SENSE OF INTIMACY FROM THE NEIGHBORS..
DIFFERENT PLAY ELEMENTS, LIKE A WOODEN MULTIPURPOSE SCULPTURE AND LIGHT FIXTURES THAT LIGHT UP WHILE JUMPING, WERE DESIGNED IN THE PRIVATE GARDEN TO CREATE AFFORDANCES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE HOUSE.

THE POLISHED CONCRETE FACADE IS CHOSEN TO CREATE A SMOOTH TEXTURE FOR SHADOW PLAY AND REFLECT LIGHT TO THE PRIVATE GARDEN ZONE AS WELL AS CREATE A PLACE OF RECOGNITION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

VISUALISATION: LUMION
MOOD BOARD: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

VISUALISATION: LUMION

FOR THE SCULPTOR'S WORKSHOP, WINDOWS ON THE SOUTHWEST WALLS OF THE BUILDING PROVIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND NATURAL LIGHT. RATHER THAN ISOLATING THE BUILDING FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS, THE FLOOR-TO-CEILING WINDOW THAT FACES THE PRIVATE GARDEN GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF BEING CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
HAND DRAWN SKETCH
INTERIOR DESIGN
WINDOWS AND A CIRCULAR WINDOW ON THE ROOF ENSURES THAT DAY LIGHT ENTERS THE INSIDE, NATURAL LIGHT SOURCES WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING AN ENERGOEFFICIENT STRUCTURE.
BECAUSE OF THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS THE WINDOWS PRODUCE, VARIOUS INTERIOR FEATURES ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND EXPOSED AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.
A SPHERICAL GLASS FLOOR WITH A GLASS RAILING SURROUNDING IT IS PLANNED TO BE LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ALLOWING LIGHT FROM THE ROOF WINDOW TO FILTER THROUGH THE LEVELS.


VISUALISATION: LUMION

“TOUCH OF NATURE”
FOREST PLANNING - EXCHANGE SEMESTER PROJECT 2023
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN SWEDEN, THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÖDRA SANDBY WITH THE TOTAL AREA OF THE PLANNED SITE BEING 7.5 HA LARGE. IT IS SURROUNDED BY NATURE PARKS AND RESERVES, THAT CREATE A GOOD POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEW FUNCTIONAL GREEN CONNECTIONS AND NEW GREEN SPACE IN THE MUNICIPALITY.
MAIN IDEA OF THE PLANNED FOREST IS TO CREATE A WELCOMING AREA, SAFE FOR EVERYONE BY PLANNING AN OPEN SITE WITH OPEN CLEARINGS AND 3 METER WIDE WOOD COMPOSITE MATERIAL PATHS, RAISED 0.5 METERS FROM THE GROUND. THEY WILL LEAD VISITORS TO EXPLORE THE SITE AND CITIZENS OF SÖDRA SANDBY TO THEIR EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES.
FÅGELSÅNGSDALEN

MASTER PLAN
FÅGELSÅNGSDALEN 425 M
LEGEND






MAIN FOREST
WETLAND
BIRCH GROVE
BUNGALOW AREA
SKRYLLE NATURRESERVAT 2035M
KILLEBÄCKSKOLAN 183 M
EXISTING VEGETATION
WILD MEADOW

MEADOW
WOODEN DECK
VISUALISATION: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

“TIKTIES”
“CREATION OF AN ARTISTICALLY HIGH-QUALITY SCULPTURE AND AMENITIES IN KAUGURI“
3RD PLACE
JURMALA, LATVIA 2022
TAKING IN MIND THAT THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT OF KAUGURI’ CULTURAL CENTER PARK IS A SOCIAL PLACE AND IS A PLACE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE LOCALS, THE DESIGN IS INPIRED BY THE MULTIFACETED NATURE OF MEETINGS.
THE PLANNED DESIGN FOR THE KAUGURI’ CULTURAL CENTER IS
GROUNDED IN ORGANIC PRINCIPLES LIKE MINIMALISM AND THE HARMONIOUS INTEGRATION OF HUMAN-MADE ELEMENTS WITH NATURE.
THE PLANNED PROJECT ADOPTS A STRAIGHTFORWARD DESIGN TO PREVENT THE MULTIFACETED SURROUNDINGS FROM FEELING OVERWHELMING.
VISUALISATION: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP



MASTER PLAN



EXISTING CONIFERS


PLANNED DECIDIUOUS TREES LAWN DECK PATH
EXISTING CONCRETE PAVEMENT
PLANNED CONCRETE PAVING ASPHALT
PLANNED GARBAGE BIN
PLANNED BYCYCLE PARKING
ACCESSIBILITY
MAZA NOMETNU STREET RAINA





“WE ARE LIVING IN SOCIETY THAT HAS HISTORICALLY PUT US IN MENTAL BOXES OF HOW WE SHOULD BE AND BEHAVE. THESE MENTAL STATES AND OLD BELIEFS HAVE LAYERED FOR YEARS. THEY ARE NOT WHO WE ARE. OUR TRUE ESSENCE AS HUMAN BEINGS IS INFINITE FREEDOM OF CREATION.”


TEAM: YULIIA BILYK; ANITA MAKSIMA; KRISTINE SUVEIZDA; JEVGENIJA KO; ILZE IZIDORE; BAIBA LADIGA KOBAYASHI; DANIEL HENGST; MARTA VEINBERGA



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“...”. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 2023
“LONGING”. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 2023


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