MEET ME!
Environmental improvement for urban spaces
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MEET ME! is about neighbors, meeting and ritual. It is an organized public space ‐ a meeting place for people in urban areas indoors or outdoors that provokes to meet, interact and communicate with each other – to perform the attention drawing rituals. It is multifunctional and can be interpreted depending on the need of the user. The basic principle is a modular system that allows creating of different levels with various functions and making a different meeting place in every space. The module combinations also act as a rhythmic and compelling feature that attracts people to investigate it. The goal is for the users to start mutually interact while inhabiting it and sense of participation and togetherness is being developed.
Materials
Wood – glued beam from pine or larch
Metal tubes and threaded rods
The glued beams are manufactured at Dores which is the most up‐to‐date log house factory in Eastern Europe (Latvia).
A natural wood finish is used for the logs ‐ paint based on boiled linseed oil from PaintEco – partner company of Dores. This paint creates breathing top coat and it doesn’t crack or peel and is suitable for indoors and outdoors.
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MEET ME! is about neighbors, meeting and ritual. It is an organized public space ‐ a meeting place for people in urban areas indoors or outdoors that provokes to meet, interact and communicate with each other – to perform the attention drawing rituals. It is multifunctional and can be interpreted depending on the need of the user. The basic principle is a modular system that allows creating of different levels with various functions and making a different meeting place in every space. The...
- Year 2013
- Work started in 2012
- Main structure Wood
- Status Current works
- Type Parks, Public Gardens / Public Squares / Urban Furniture / Neighbourhoods/settlements/residential parcelling / Office Buildings / Business Centers / Offices/studios / Kindergartens / Schools/Institutes / Colleges & Universities / Multi-purpose Cultural Centres / Museums / Libraries / Associations/Foundations / Cinemas / Trade Fair Centres / Pavilions / Exhibition Design / Shopping Malls / Showrooms/Shops / Tourist Facilities / Beach Facilities / Bars/Cafés / Pubs/Wineries / Restaurants / Custom Furniture / Art Galleries / Urban Renewal / Book shops / Media Libraries / Markets
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