Totaldobže Art Centre
Having witnessed how quickly and without large investments the abandoned building can be revived and activated, owners decided to turn the entire factory complex into a centre of creative industry for prosperous entrepreneurs. They began a complete renovation which increased rents and all creative activists had to leave.
foto "Didzis Grodzs"
Project description
| City | Riga |
| No. of inhabitants | 699,0 T |
| Location | Teika district (NE) |
| Title | Totaldobže Art Centre |
| Building | factory VEF |
| Address | Brīvības str., Ūnijas 8/2 |
| Date of origin | 1890 |
| Monument | not mentioned |
| Original function | industrial production (electric devices) |
| Owner | VEF UN KO Ltd. |
| Usable space | buildings / yard |
| Kind of contract | lease (10 yrs) |
| Tenant | Totaldobže Art Centre. |
| Date of launch | 2008-2014 |
| Temporary function | creative centre |
| Pattern | impulse |
| Architecture | retrieval of historic monument |
| Construction | recycling |
| Urbanism | urban renowation |
| Future | Vefresh / Riga’s Silicon Valley |