We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to the 2nd prize winner of our "MICROHOME/ Edition 3 (2021)" competition – Helmuts Nežborts from Latvia!
2nd prize winner from Latvia
I finished my master's degree in Architecture in 2019 at Riga Technical University, Latvia. In 2016, I studied at Aachen Technical University during an Erasmus exchange programme. For the last 5 years I have worked at different architecture practices on a wide range of building types.
During my academic years I put a large emphasis on sustainable vernacular design. The best example of this is my Saint-Gobain student contest, 2018 national stage winning submission. Lately I'm more focused on housing affordability and how to achieve it while being environmentally responsible.
Architecture has always been a representation of the society's contemporary cultural and philosophical state. In this sense an architect's role is to embody the character of its users into the built environment, and architecture at its greatest creates a symbiosis between it and its users.
To challenge and develop myself professionally.
Competitions are a good place to experiment on new ideas by going an extra step further. It's better to start early and develop necessary skills that are needed later in a professional career.
Submit a masterplan for an industrial park in Houston, Texas
Design guest homes for an organic winery in Italy
Design a picturesque painters' residence
Design a sustainable artists residence in honor of Antoni Gaudi
Design a movie pavilion set in the stunning scenery of northern Iceland
Design meditation cabins to help Tokyo citizens destress and reconnect
Design a structure that would function as a source of education on past events or a method of raising awareness of ongoing injustices
Use architecture to create different emotional states
Present your best work and submit your favorite architectural visualization
Design an iconic new skyscraper constructed from timber
Design affordable housing in Las Vegas
Design a pavilion to exhibit rammed earth as a building material
Design a new concept of small-scale home
Share your views on architecture competitions
Design THE architect's t-shirt!
