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Glasgow
MSA Stage 4
School of Architecture

Rihards Saknitis

Design for Natural Systems

Visualisation. A Housing block in the Merchant City, that incorporates natural and mechanical systems to support nature and sustainable life in the city.

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Design for Natural Systems

Plan. Adaptable housing units reduce the distance between work, production and the natural.

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Design for Natural Systems

Structural Model. The building framework supports nature in the city, which in turn supports human life.

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Collaborative Glasgow

Visualisation. A space for collaborative design, production and performance to enable democratic representation of the diverse context it is in.

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Collaborative Glasgow

Section. An open experience is arranged around the cycle of idea to production, to performance.

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Collaborative Glasgow

Detail Model. The material, spatial, functional experiences are arrived at from a nature-centred approach, lessening the impact and enabling it in the city.

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Rihards Saknitis is a Stage 4 Diploma in Architecture Student at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, who has been awarded a Bachelor of Architecture with Honours from the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design. Professionally, he has experience working on architectural projects in a variety of scales and contexts in the UK and Latvia.

Rihards Diploma study has been focused on establishing and experimenting with frameworks to identify and address social and environmental issues in the context of Glasgow. His projects explore how the city can function with less detriment on natural systems, by reestablishing and mimicking those systems in the built environment and how architectural planning can support more self-sufficient lifestyles. By designing space for nature, natural systems and principles of democratic production into the urban context, the consumerist culture and its impacts on the world are attempted to be reduced.

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Design for Natural Systems

Visualisation. A Housing block in the Merchant City, that incorporates natural and mechanical systems to support nature and sustainable life in the city.

View Slideshow

Design for Natural Systems

Plan. Adaptable housing units reduce the distance between work, production and the natural.

View Slideshow

Design for Natural Systems

Structural Model. The building framework supports nature in the city, which in turn supports human life.

View Slideshow

Collaborative Glasgow

Visualisation. A space for collaborative design, production and performance to enable democratic representation of the diverse context it is in.

View Slideshow

Collaborative Glasgow

Section. An open experience is arranged around the cycle of idea to production, to performance.

View Slideshow

Collaborative Glasgow

Detail Model. The material, spatial, functional experiences are arrived at from a nature-centred approach, lessening the impact and enabling it in the city.