VALTERS
BRUZGULIS
The project contains the revitalization of the former warehouse area Spikeri and its adjacent waterfront promenade. Historically, Spikeri was a warehouse district with 58 warehouses, built in the late 19th century, to store cargo from ships and train freights. Nowadays only 13 warehouses have been preserved, yet it is enough to feel the historic atmosphere. The Spikeri area houses creative industries, restaurants and offices, as well as the Riga
Ghetto museum. The former pedestrian underpass connecting Spikeri area with the Daugava waterfront was reconstructed in the project, allowing Access also for handicapped people. The revitalized Daugava waterfront promenade covers 1,6 km along the river and the Krasta street, offering new bicycle lane, recreation area, quays, skate park.
The revitalisation of the Daugava waterfront, stretching 1,6km along the Krasta street and the river, offers new recreation areas with activities near and on the water, quays for the river boats and ships, new bicycle lane connecting Riga centre with its outskirts, sunbathing benches and a skate park. The waterfront along the Spikeri area extends the promenade in front of the Old city, offering a wide range of public activities in the open cityscape, as well as offering exclusive view of Riga’s bridges, Old town and the new National Library of Latvia. Revitalisation of the waterfront includes completely new infrastructure of the embankment, as well as trees, greenery and decorative flowerbeds.
RECREATIONAL
2013



