{"id":602878,"date":"2026-04-29T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/?p=602878"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:14:47","slug":"oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"OAD Transforms Bunkers into a Coastal Retreat on the Baltic Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few coastal sites in Northern Europe carry the weight of <a href=\"https:\/\/oad.archi\/work\/sar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SAR&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> foundations\u2013 four grass-covered Soviet-era military bunkers and the remnants of an occupation that reshaped both the Baltic landscape and its people. Rather than erase this history, Riga-based <a href=\"https:\/\/oad.archi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OAD<\/strong><\/a> founder and lead architect Zane Tetere-Sulce folds it into a working premise. The question at the heart of the project is not simply how to build on the Latvian coast, where creeping dune erosion, protected biotopes, and rising Baltic waters make construction increasingly fraught, but how to build with a charged site \u2013 one where architecture has, through time and overgrowth, become nearly indistinguishable from landscape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602880\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-1-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"View through a hallway into a living area with beige furniture, large floor-to-ceiling windows, a high wooden ceiling, and a scenic forest visible outside.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-1-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discovered as a cluster of timeworn military remnants, the site\u2019s four bunkers are reimagined into a compound for a multi-generational family \u2013 one main residence and two guest houses \u2013 shifting their original defensive logic toward a contemporary domestic reading of shelter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602886\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602886\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-8-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Modern open-plan kitchen and dining area with sloped wooden ceiling, minimalist white cabinetry, pendant lighting, and wall art.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-8-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-8-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-8-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-8-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two guest houses, their roofs sown with living grass, sink back into the dune habitat they occupy, extending the ecological logic of the site rather than interrupting it. Their forms draw loosely from the original bunkers, expanding habitats for local fauna while maintaining a low, almost recessive profile against the shifting sands. The main residence takes the opposite posture \u2013 bridging two bunker foundations and entering from below, it lifts its primary living floor above the sea horizon. Life begins on the second level, where the communal spaces hover just above the landscape, forming a deliberate tension between levitation and groundedness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602888\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-10-810x608.jpg\" alt=\"Modern interior with large glass windows overlooking grassy landscape and distant water, featuring a wooden ceiling and minimalist furniture.\" width=\"810\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-10-810x608.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-10-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-10-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602892\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-14-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Minimalist bedroom with a platform bed, wood-paneled ceiling, large floor-to-ceiling windows, and a view of grassy dunes and the sea under a cloudy sky.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-14-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-14-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-14-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-14-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-14.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OAD continues by explaining, \u201cInstead of focusing on the conflict aspect of a military site, the attention is redirected towards the bunker\u2019s core purpose \u2013 to keep its inhabitants safe from the hostile outside environment. Our intention was to explore the themes of safety and security within a different context rather than try and rewrite the history.\u201d Conceived as a \u201csafe haven\u201d for three generations, the project responds directly to the region\u2019s harsh coastal conditions, where northern winds are strong enough to bend century-old pines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602889\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-11-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Minimalist bedroom with light wood paneling, a double bed with white bedding, floating shelves, and a small potted plant on one of the shelves.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-11-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-11-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-11-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-11-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-11.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the guest houses, deep-set windows create a bunker-like atmosphere, reinforcing this language of protection. That same vocabulary carries into the main house, where the ground-floor structural supports offer a raw reference to Soviet military architecture, anchoring the elevated volume above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602891\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-13-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Modern open-plan kitchen and dining area with wooden table, chairs, and orange glass vases, overlooking a sunset through large windows.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-13-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-13-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-13-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-13-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-13.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main house roof is the project\u2019s most technically revealing element. Its pronounced dual-slope profile follows strict local regulations typical of this stretch of coastline, yet OAD amplifies the form through fiber-cement cladding \u2013 a contemporary reinterpretation that subtly nods to Soviet-era materiality. Faced with the challenge of suspending such a mass above a fully glazed facade, the studio developed a bespoke metal frame, intentionally left exposed as both structure and expression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602890\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602890\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-12-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Modern outdoor patio with wooden ceiling, beige cushioned sofas, a coffee table, and a glass railing overlooking grassy landscape and sparse trees under a cloudy sky.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-12-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-12-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-12-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-12-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-12.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The overhang on the south face is carefully calibrated, with upward-sloping soffits that shield interiors from peak summer sun while drawing in the low-angle light that defines Baltic afternoons. The result is a roof that performs as both environmental mediator and psychological anchor \u2013 its weight counterbalancing the transparency below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602885\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-7-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Modern house with large glass windows reflecting trees and sky, elevated above a paved entrance, surrounded by grass and gravel landscaping.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-7-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-7-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-7-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-7.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Tetere-Sulce\u2019s words, \u201cThe local architectural regulations mandated a dual-sloped roof \u2013 we chose to lean into this constraint. By amplifying roof proportions, we aimed to evoke a sense of grounded heaviness to psychologically deepen the sense of security. This heavy structure also acts as a counterbalance for the rather lightweight building. By elevating the glass structure above the ground, we created a tension where the protective weight of the top balances the openness below.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602881\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-3-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Modern house with a large sloped roof, glass balcony, and dark exterior stairs, set on a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-3-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Within the interior, the architectural language is restrained, almost ascetic. Concrete floors, wooden surfaces, and tactile finishes substitute texture for color, aligning with OAD\u2019s broader approach of letting materiality carry atmosphere. A vaulted, wood-clad ceiling further emphasizes volume in the main living space, while the expansive glass facade dissolves any clear boundary between inside and out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602882\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-4-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A modern gray building with a grass-covered roof stands behind tall pine trees on a grassy field under an overcast sky.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-4-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-4-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The planning follows the rhythms of the day: morning light floods the main living terrace and communal areas, while the master bedroom\u2019s apertures are oriented west to capture long Baltic sunsets. Across the compound, the architecture resists over-domestication, allowing the century-old pines, the protected dune landscape, and the approaching sea to remain the dominant forces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602883\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-5-810x608.jpg\" alt=\"Modern house with large slanted roof, glass balcony, and outdoor seating, set among tall grass and trees under a cloudy sky.\" width=\"810\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-5-810x608.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-5-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAR ultimately reads less as an imposition on the land and more as a calibrated response to it \u2013 a project that, in Tetere-Sulce\u2019s words, \u201cdoes not conquer the land but lives lightly upon it,\u201d reframing a site once defined by defense into one shaped by quiet resilience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/oad-transforms-bunkers-into-a-coastal-retreat-on-the-baltic-shore\/sar-oad-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-602879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-602879\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-2-810x648.jpg\" alt=\"Modern, minimalist house with a sloped metal roof sits elevated on pillars amid grassy surroundings, with a few tall pine trees in the foreground.\" width=\"810\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-2-810x648.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-2-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-2-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/sar-oad-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View more information on OAD&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/oad.archi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photography by <a href=\"https:\/\/rosenberg.photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s11\">Alvis <\/span><span class=\"s11\">Rozenbergs<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s11\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAD transforms a cluster of grass-covered Soviet bunkers on the Latvian coastline into a family retreat where the architecture of defense becomes the language of home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":602887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[24371,48030,48032,43313,48028,18275,48026,48031,48025,48029,48027],"internal_flag":[],"class_list":["post-602878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-main","tag-baltic","tag-bunkers","tag-fibre-cement","tag-green-roof","tag-guest-houses","tag-latvia","tag-oad","tag-pitched-roofs","tag-sar","tag-soviet-topology","tag-zane-tetere-sulce","column-skim-milk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OAD Transforms Bunkers into a Coastal Retreat on the Baltic Shore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OAD transforms a cluster of grass-covered Soviet bunkers on the Latvian coastline into a family retreat where the architecture of defense becomes the language of home. 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