FIELD NOTES / LVA / Northern Europe
Latvia
Art Nouveau detail & timber suburbs.
START WITH A PLACE
Historic Centre of Riga
Riga’s historic centre combines a medieval street fabric with later wooden buildings and Art Nouveau architecture. Different periods are legible through both the town plan and the treatment of individual facades.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in grain and rhythm.
Move from the scale of a street block to a facade relief. Compare ornamental density with the quiet repetition of windows and floors.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Fibre paper#ece9dboklch(0.933 0.019 96.873)
Cut straw#c5b08aoklch(0.766 0.057 82.249)
Forest shade#4d7162oklch(0.517 0.048 166.710)
Thread ochre#bd8453oklch(0.660 0.096 60.682)
Grain ink#283630oklch(0.318 0.021 166.943)