Cities Connection Project in Riga

Until 13 February, the atrium of the Riga University of Technology is hosting the travelling Cities Connection Project exhibition Architectures in Transition, dedicated to architectural practices engaged with contemporary climatic, social and heritage-related challenges.

Architectures in Transition brings together projects developed in Barcelona, the Brussels–Wallonia Region, Luxembourg and the Grand Est region. All of them examine the transformation of the built environment through the lens of social and environmental responsibility. In response to climate change and evolving public policies, architects are increasingly favouring renovation over demolition, exploring sustainable materials and developing approaches based on circularity, energy sobriety and user well-being.

Presented in an academic setting, the exhibition highlights exemplary projects in terms of adaptive reuse of existing buildings, circular economy strategies and the development of low-carbon urban environments.

10 offices from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation on display

The selected projects from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation are:

• Mosa Ballet School – DA architecture
• Tivoli Cohousing – époc architecture
• Parc des Brigittines – Générale Assemblée d’architectes & Toestand
• La Commune Cohousing – he-architectes
• 334 Cygnes – Karbon’ architecture et urbanisme
• Duchesse Housing – NOTAN Office
• Pailhe Farm – Olivier Fourneau Architectes
• Saint-Servais Cohousing – Specimen architects
• Parc de la Porte de Ninove – Suède 36 & Base Landscape Paris