LUPATINAS

Office Complex

Latvia

LUPATINAS

Office Complex

Latvia

Location: 

Riga, Latvia

Year and status:

2015 (Competition Proposal)

Team:

Zane Tetere-Sulce

Karlis Lauders

Elina Tetere

Developer:

3D:

Olga Ponomarjova

Landscape:

Photo:

Maris Ligzdans

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This house concept is a bold experiment in Trash Architecture, an architectural movement that embraces reuse, imperfection, and post-consumer aesthetics. Inspired by the patchwork quilts our grandmothers used to weave from leftover fabric, Lupatiņi takes a similarly tender and rebellious approach to Soviet-era architecture. By “patching up” existing structures and inserting repurposed shipping containers into the typology, the project becomes a stitched-together narrative of memory, utility, and resistance to waste. Rather than demolish what’s outdated, we repair - layer upon layer, container by container. With a clear low-budget agenda, the project is a raw, honest take on contemporary living in a post-consumer world. It doesn’t try to hide its scars; it celebrates them.

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