UGUNS

Limited project information is available for this entry. UGUNS is a 2018 pavilion designed as a place for meditation and conversation, its character drawn from the dynamics, fluidity and shading of fire. Wooden beams are stacked so that each successive element is rotated 2.5 degrees from the one below, shaping nine symbolic flames. Seating inside follows the campfire principle, where sitting in a circle unifies people. The pavilion was created as a collaboration among the municipalities of Rugaji, Balvi, Vilaka, Baltinava and Karsava within the project Good Nature in Northern Latgale, Discover the Nature Explorer in Yourself. Five pavilions were built in five cities to draw attention to nature, teach respect for it, and encourage understanding and preservation; each pavilion was a gift to Latvia on the occasion of its centenary in 2018. The formal operation of rotating timber by small increments around a vertical axis is a minimal construction method that produces a strong, immersive spatial and sensory experience, transforming an ordinary stack of beams into a cave-like enclosure whose openings frame views of the northern Latvian landscape. Project details are limited in the source material.