Twin water towers in Riga : performative deconstruction revealing the anatomy of two machines

Jaunromans, Karlis

dc.contributor.advisor	McQuillan, Thomas
dc.contributor.advisor	Labuhn, Beata
dc.contributor.author	Jaunromans, Karlis
dc.coverage.spatial	Riga, Latvia	nb_NO
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-04T08:33:19Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-04T08:33:19Z
dc.date.issued	2018-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2504260
dc.description	The two water towers at Mazā Matısa street have supplied Riga with water pressure from 1896 to the 1980’s. These two complex engineering systems of an enormous capacity use to hold 2000 tons of water high above the ground. Today the two towers are abandoned. Their construction is neither fulfilling its original task, nor does it have the potential to be experienced spatially. The once powerful structures are currently in danger to devaluate into monumentalized empty shells accommodating insignificant programs that cannot benefit from their engineering capacity. This project celebrates the engineering essence of the towers by disassembling them in a performative way. The logic of deconstructing the two towers in parallel becomes the guiding principle for creating a spatial experience on site. The space around the two towers is slowly transformed as the fragments of the towers and the machines and tools needed for their deconstruction, start inhabiting it. Each stage in the process of the towers deconstruction marks a new public event, that embraces the space with the disassembled pieces of the towers, as its playground	nb_NO
dc.language.iso	eng	nb_NO
dc.publisher	The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
dc.rights	Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.no	*
dc.subject	Architecture	nb_NO
dc.subject	Arkitektur	nb_NO
dc.subject	Vanntårn	nb_NO
dc.subject	Water towers	nb_NO
dc.subject	Deconstruction	nb_NO
dc.subject	Dekonstruksjon	nb_NO
dc.subject	Eksperimentell arkitektur	nb_NO
dc.subject	Experimental architecture	nb_NO
dc.title	Twin water towers in Riga : performative deconstruction revealing the anatomy of two machines	nb_NO
dc.type	Master thesis	nb_NO
dc.rights.holder	Karlis Jaunromans
dc.subject.nsi	Architecture and design: 140	nb_NO