GLASS DESIGN SIGNBOARD

2015

Bespoke project

glass in architecture, glass design, glass in interior, glass in interior design, glass in public space, architectural design

architectural glass design, architectural glass, architectural glass art, Riga architecture, public space design

stikls arhitektūrā, stikla dizains, stikls interjerā, stikls interjerdizainā, stikls arhitektūrā, arhitektūras stikla dizains

arhitektūras stikls, arhitektūras stikla māksla, stikls Rīgas arhitektūrā, publiskās telpas interjera dizains

Glass master, Glass artist, master of glass, Riga artist, Ernest Vitin, Ernests Vitins

Latvijas Universitāte, Zinātņu māja, Torņakalns, LU dabaszinātņu akadēmiskais centrs

Public space design, University design, Glass in university interior design

Stikla mākslinieks, Stikla speciālists, Mākslinieks Rīgā, Ernests Vītiņš

THE CONCEPT

The glass signboard carries the abbreviation 'LU', which stands for the University of Latvia. It is erected at the main entrance of the new Academic Center for Natural Sciences of the University of Latvia, which opened in Riga in 2015.

The composition was made by deconstructing the process of education. Education entails learning a vast amount of diverse knowledge, processing it thoroughly and consolidating it into personal understanding, thereby becoming a specialist in one's chosen field. Thus, each piece represents a separate division of knowledge, which combined form a single, coherent whole.

THE PROCESS

The composition is made of 2570 similar 25x25x10mm glass parallelepipeds, which are positioned and affixed with 25mm intervals throughout the main body of the signboard, except for the blank space forming the 'LU' abbreviation and the top right corner where the pieces are arranged freely.

Setup of glass signboard at the Latvian University

Ernest has also created other projects at the Univerity of Latvia - the architectural sculptural ensemble In Nature, the layered glass wall Motus and a glass bench ensemble.