Riga Wagner Theater Restoration Project will participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale / Day
Curator of the exhibition, Vladimir Belogolovsky, a New York architect (Vladimir Belogolovsky) explains that the purpose of this exhibition is to draw attention to the plans and design strategies of six high -quality projects that have arisen, experimenting with intuitive ideas and possibly initial doubt. Visitors will be introduced to three theaters, two museums and one residential quarter projects. Alongside the Wagner Theater’s model developed by Zaiga Gaile’s office, architectural projects from Armenia, China, Georgia, Germany and Poland will be on display. Exhibition From Doubt about it will be available throughout the time of the architectural Biennale (including the Biennials in the pre -discovering days – 8th and 9th) until November 23, and it will take place Magazzino gallery – in the contemporary art space located Palazzo Contarini Polignacalong with the Great Canal of Venice and a few steps from Gallerie dell’accademia And Peggy Guggenheim Museum.
Under the guidance of Iveta Leinasare, a large team worked at the Wagner Theater, including 12 volunteers – students and students who wanted to gain experience and engage in this important project. Each layout detail is careful handmade, only individual elements, such as windows, printed with a 3D printer. The layout helps to orientate in the complex structure of the house and reflects how the building will look like renovation. The house will return before the construction of the construction work will be deliberately dismantled in the gorgeous pottery, while the floor will be covered by the original samples found in parquet. According to the architectural Biennale, the mock -up will return to Riga and wait for the opening of the Wagner Theater, where the layout will become one of the exhibits of the future Wagner Museum.
The Riga Richard Wagner Society (RRVB) and Zaiga Gaile’s office (ZGB) emphasize that the presentation of the Wagner House and the theater project in Venice ends the time circle that connects Riga, Bairate, Venice and Riga again. Triangle or Wagner’s triangle The European map marks three important places for Richard Wagner. In Riga, Wagner worked as a conductor at the first theater of the city from 1837 to 1839. It was here that he understood the principles of three opera halls that were completely different from the traditional ones – the orchestra was placed in the pit in front of the stage and partly below it; The conductor in the orchestra pit stands with his back against the spectators; The public hall is darkened. In Riga, Richard Wagner was born as a new opera composer – working as a conductor, he began composing an opera Rienci. In turn, fleeing from Riga creditors by ship ThetisWagner underwent a storm in the Baltic Sea that had a vision of A wandering Dutchman.
In Bayard, in 1876, Richard Wagner built the new opera house, where the three principles of construction of the hall in Riga were implemented in Riga, where until today the prestigious Bayreit Festival is taking place every year. In Bayard, Wagner also built his own house – Villa Wahnfried.
In Venice, Palazzo Vendramin At the Great Channel, Richard Wagner died in 1883. Wagner’s ark was taken to the railway station by a large canal and by train to Bayreite, where he was buried in the yard of his home. And now in Venice there will be a mock -up of the Riga Wagner Theater.
« The waters of the whole world are connected, and it was important for us to connect with a 142 -year spacing on the waters of the Great Canal floating Wagner’s ark and floating theater layout, » explains Architect Zaiga Gaile.
Renovating the Wagner House will bring about a number of significant benefits, which will not only promote the diversity and accessibility of cultural events for the people of Latvia, but will also strengthen the image of Riga and Latvia as a cultural center with Richard Wagner, who was a chaplain in this house (1837-1839). The project plans not only to renovate the building and the theater, but also to create master classes and Richard Wagner Museum. Wagner’s vision will be realized in the house Gesamtkunstwerk21 – The incubator for all art forms that will become the center of international young artists worthy of the 21st century. The opening is scheduled for 2028.
The main construction worker of the project is the Association of Persons SBSC and 3A With the main designer of SIA Sarma and Norde architects, In turn, the duties of engineer and construction supervision are performed by SIA Structures and construction systems. As a subcontractor for the development of architecture and interiors Zaiga Gaile office. Also attracted experts from other countries – for example, theater technology solutions are developed Theater Advies from the Netherlands, while as consultants in theater acoustics, specialists from Nagata Acoustics Under the leadership of Yasuhisa Toyota, which has participated in the design of the Elbe Philharmonic and Paris Philharmonic, as well as in many other major projects.
