Vitė’s weather vanes
Titnago st. 10, Klaipėda, 2015
Vitė is a historical site of Klaipėda. Since 14th century, fishing villages on the banks of the Curonian lagoon were founded here. Later windmills, sawmills, restaurants, breweries, hotels, brothels were succesfully functioning here. Jews, merchants, travelers and other liberators of the secular world have passed by or settled here. After World War II, the Vite’s quartal was destroyed by the Soviets. Unfortunately, till nowadays, Vitė’s rich history is disappearing from the city’s memory. This weather vane is a reminder of our heritage and a provocation aimed to show that accessories of buildings and elements of public spaces can have a deeper meaning.
Direct purpose: lightning-conductor
Materials used
- Dibond
- hexagon rod steel
- articulated tractor bearings
- rubber bushings
- Oil, PF enamel
Stairs
Sometimes we do it ourselves…
Materials used
- Black metal stripe
- Plywood
- Glass
- LED lights
Handmade mailbox
Titnago st. 10, Klaipėda, 2017
As commissioned by the owner of the building the mailbox has been individually designed and handmade with decorated initials R.G. (author of the logo: A. Klimas, 1988).
Innovation
A well-forgotten old craft: the ancient Lithuanian, Japanese and other pagan technique of treating timber surfaces – for facade boards, soffits and, in this case, stair treads.