A Mansion in Ventspils region

The land plot is located in Ziru parish in a rural area. On the plot there are the remains of an old boulder wall from a rather large building, which apparently combined both residential and household functions. Like any historic building, the stone wall is considered a value to be preserved in this project. The concept of the project is simple - boulder walls are repaired and preserved in the crumbling silhouette as they are now. With the astringent crown of in-situ reinforced concrete as well as vertical edges of the openings, the crumbling masonry fragments are constructively connected and strengthened, thus restoring the regular shape of the wall and clearly separating the existing material and structure from the new one.

The traditional gable roof has been designed above the historical volume. In turn, a different roof shape has been chosen for the new volume of the building and also a very different facade finish, which is the same roof tin, thus simultaneously joining the building in a single architectural solution, but at the same time clearly indicating what is old and what is new. As the building volume, defined by the existing walls is large and the house is intended more than a holiday house, which does not need such area, part of it is intended for a farm function, part serves as a peculiar courtyard, and part serves as an unheated summer room. This solution allows you to maximize the exposure of the boulder wall without covering it with insulation.