Generative Creating of Sacral Space: Latvian Ancient and Contemporary Places of Worship
Society. Integration. Education: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Vol.4: Lifelong Learning, Public Health and Sport, Art and Design, Design Education 2021
Silvija Ozola

The Balts received God’s counsel and energy and regained health in energetically strong places but the Latvian worldview formed on the thousands of years was encoded in the Lielvārde belt, which is Latvian womenfolk costume’s element. Bishop (1199–1229) Albert founded the town of Riga for the Riga Bishopric centre on the right bank of the Daugava. It was the four-part Riga Old Town semicircle divided by two main streets as the cross. Soon after the Great Fire in 1214, the construction of the Riga Cathedral began to create sacral urban space in areas of the Old Town and the New Town of Riga (in nova civitate Rige). Now, eastwards of Lielvārde, landscape artist Shunmyō Masuno from Japan has visualized the Garden of Destiny, where people obtain solace to the past, strength to the present and inspiration to follow dreams in the future. Through this set of relationships, architecture maintains the cosmological connection and dialogue with all the scales of the World. Research object: Latvian places for the worship of God. Research goal: analysis of Latvian urban sacral space. Research problem: common and different features of the sacral space of the Latvians and other nations have been little studied. Research novelty: detailed studies of generative design of sacral spaces and contemporary places of worship in Latvia. Research methods: analysis of archive documents, cartographic and urban planning materials, a study of published literature and inspection of sacral places in nature.


Keywords
architecture, evolution, generative language, human life quality, place of worship, sacral space, urban environment
DOI
10.17770/sie2021vol4.6202
Hyperlink
http://journals.ru.lv/index.php/SIE/article/view/6202

Ozola, S. Generative Creating of Sacral Space: Latvian Ancient and Contemporary Places of Worship. In: Society. Integration. Education: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Vol.4: Lifelong Learning, Public Health and Sport, Art and Design, Design Education, Latvia, Rēzekne, 28-29 May, 2021. Rēzekne: Rezekne Academy of Technologies, 2021, pp.612-625. ISSN 1691-5887. Available from: doi:10.17770/sie2021vol4.6202

Publication language
English (en)
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