Reinforcement and renovation of one of the most beautiful waterfronts of city Riga, the Ķīpsala – spectacular, old fishermen settlement now reinvented into a modern suburb. We completed the task by using sustainable natural materials: the waterfront was cleaned, straightened, old pier structures were removed.

Fresh wooden piles were attached to the enforcement structure and the body of the embankment was covered with large, decorative boulders.

Challenging factors were the length of the wooden piles (6m)
and the unpredictable ground conditions. There were places
so resistant or soiled, we had to slowly and carefully wash in
the wooden piles one by one to the necessary depth.
Our solution was persistence.

Overall 1,5 km of waterfront done in total 14 months.

Supervised by “IMOGEN” in 2013-2014.