newitalianblood

In Latvia the most iconic architectural topology is the vernacular tradition. The site suggested us to take advantage of the existing elements and interpretate the program starting from the structural organization of Latvia’s traditional rural homesteads. A two yard system was used to separate the residential building from from the stockyard and the farm: a dirty-yard and a clean-yard would create to filters in between the funtions. The other project’s goal is to reduce the impact on the environment and material waste. To obtain this we used the constructive system of rammed earth, to obtain massive structural walls using the local earth and clay and avoiding the use of concrete. The wall, or the earth, becomes the generating element of the project.