For the second year in a row, we invite you to visit the Industrial Heritage Days in the creative quarter “Provodņiks”, organized in collaboration with the creative quarter “Provodņiks”. Throughout the summer season, once every two weeks, at Ganību dambī 63, there will be an opportunity to hear lectures by Latvian and international architects about the architecture of former industrial buildings today, transformation, territory regeneration and revitalization. Projects with an emphasis on experimentation, sensory experiences and research, identity and community building will also be reviewed, as well as an opportunity to hear more about the characteristics of the characteristic historical style of industrial buildings. The first event will take place on June 14 and the first participant will be Zaiga Gaile, founder and leading architect of Zaiga Gaile’s office, with a lecture “Building on the Past”. Before the lecture, we invite you to take a guided tour of the 360-meter-long and five-story-high former rubber factory “Provodņik”, which was once one of the world's largest rubber goods factories. When: June 14, 2023 from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Where: In the Creative Quarter “Provodņiks” at Ganību dambī 63, 2nd floor, access from Aptiekas Street, north side, entrance A, free parking Participation: Admission to the lecture by donation. Free tour. Registration! CP: Certified architects have the opportunity to receive credit points for participating in the in-person lecture. Please arrive on time to register Program: 17.30 Excursion 18.45 Arrival to the lecture (registration for certified architects) 19.00 Lecture “Building on the past” The lecture will examine the experience of Zaiga Gaile’s office in working with industrial heritage through individual objects: Shed in Spuņciems - first project. Reconstruction into a collective farm canteen “Soviet Latvia” (realization - 1978). Shed in Rūmene Manor, Stallis and Vāgūzis (realization - 2021). Gypsum factory in two phases. Riga, Balasta dambis 72. Realization - 2004 (first phase) and 2011 (second phase). Reconstruction of Kaltene Pumping Station into a holiday home. Realization - 2010. Liepāja Liquor Factory – reconstruction proposal for a business center. Liepāja, Bāriņu Street 1, 1a. Project – 2006 Ventspils Beer Brewery – reconstruction proposal for a family residence and art gallery. Ventspils, Zvanu Street 5. Project – 2006 Tukums Spirta Brūzis – reconstruction into a cultural space “Tukku Magi”. Tukums, Pasta Street 26. Project – 2017 “Zuzeum” – reconstruction of the former Korķa Factory, later Sapņu Factory, into an art center. Riga, Lāčplēša Street 101. Project – 2016 Riga Yeast Factory – reconstruction into a hotel “Padomju Latvija”. Riga, Pulkveža Brieža Street 27a, Rūpniecības Street 32. Project – 2009 Spīķeris – reconstruction of a warehouse building into a residential building. Riga, Aldaru Street 10. Implementation – 2011. Riga Sewage Pumping Station – reconstruction into a restaurant “Sūkņu stacija”. Riga, Eksporta Street 2b. Project – 2007. “Mākonis” – reconstruction of a former carpentry building into an office building. Riga, Klīveru Street 3. Implementation 1st round – 2022. Adatu Fabrika in Kuldīga – reconstruction of the factory building complex into a service design school. Kuldīga, Kalpaka Street 2 and 4. Implementation – 2022. New Riga Theatre Ensemble (in the building complex - the Ķeta Foundry building and the Copper Mint building). Riga, Lāčplēša Street 25. Implementation – 2022. Event organizers: creative quarter “Provodņiks”, Latvian Union of Architects. Event supporters: real estate developer “Realto”, association “For Development and the Future”, bar “Auss”, association “Plēšas”, Latvian National Library. Financial supporters: State Cultural Capital Fund, Ministry of Culture.