P38 | 2018
Upon the request of the Riga City Council Property Department, Layout17 developed a sketch design in 2018 for a standard laboratory building annex to be used by educational institutions. Based on this sketch design, between 2018 and 2020, under the supervision of the construction company LLC VELVE the design and construction of two laboratory annexes were completed at Riga State Classical Gymnasium and Riga Zolitūde Gymnasium.
The projects were implemented on a "design & build" basis, where close collaboration between the designers and the contractor resulted in the selection of economically sound solutions and their realization in a significantly shorter period than if the design and construction phases had been separated.
The annex contains ten laboratories/auditoriums for chemistry, physics, biology, natural sciences, robotics, and computer science, as well as several ancillary rooms and teacher spaces. The basement also includes an auditorium with seating for 160 visitors. The project was developed in a BIM environment, and the architectural solutions were prepared in collaboration with LLC Arhitektu birojs ARTEKS.
