Why Study Rail Baltic?
All new hard infrastructure should be engineered to double as social infrastructure, writes Mattias Malk.
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‘The Real Answer Will Be Given by History’
Ingrid Ruudi discusses architects’ relationship with time and the various ways in which architects in their later years record their doings as history.
From Cornerstone to Worktop and Back Again
Kui mõni ehitustehnoloogia või -materjal jääb pikemaks ajaks kõrvale, tekib tahes-tahtmata mulje, et see ongi olemuslikult iganenud. Nii on juhtunud looduskiviga, mille kasutuspotentsiaali kohta kostavad arhitektid ainult seda, et kivi on liiga kallis, liiga töömahukas, ei sobitu riigihankesüsteemi ning et kivist ehitamine on lihtsalt liiga keeruline, mida on näha restaureerimistestki. 21. sajandile on tüüpiline võimetus kujutada ette praegusest erinevat tulevikku ja nii on valdavaks paekivikasutuseks selle õhkimine killustikuks, et täita maad ja segada betooni.
He—the Woodpecker—Is A Real Estate Developer
What is happening in the freshly insulated walls of author’s home?
The Baltic Sea Commons. Closer to the environment through (landscape) architecture
One of the ways to alleviate environmental problems might lie in architecture that brings people closer to their environment again. Estonia as a maritime nation has plenty of opportunities for this.
Kärdla School. An Invisible Schoolhouse
Arhitekt Musta projekteeritud Kärdla põhikoolis Hiiumaal pole õuevahetund ideoloogiline ponnistus, vaid lihtsalt üks tavaline ja loomulik mõte. Nii kirjutab Kadri Klementi põhikooli uuest majast. Kobaratesse paigutatud klasside vahele jääb ruumi õppimiseks, õpetamiseks, lõõgastumiseks ja mitmekülgseks liikumiseks – ainult läbiliikumiseks kõlbavat koridori peaaegu et polegi.
Muhu Hut
Mihkel Tüür writes about the wooden slat house that he built on the island of Muhu fifteen years ago.
Curled-Up Coastline
I believe that many a reader will imagine islands in the form of a curled-up coastline—after all, often there is little else there besides sea foam and bird screeching. Although Estonian islands are slowly growing in size, we still have a very large number of small islands—reefs, rocks, islets—whereas not so many islands where people would live all year round.
An Oasis of Calm in a Fast-paced World. The challenges and opportunities of Hiiumaa Comprehensive Plan
Hiiumaa municipality architect Kaire Nõmm takes a look at what life could be like on one of Estonia’s main islands.
3-2024 (117): Infrastructure
These days, to be is to be connected. Electricity, heat, road and street networks, internet connections, and water supply—it is as if all these intersecting and sometimes overlapping networks have become basic human rights. If these networks function well, our dependence on them goes unnoticed—we rarely take a moment to acknowledge the energy that travels across the sky, through underground and underwater pipelines, through wall cables, into millions of devices. On the other hand, when something disrupts the functioning of these networks, be it military aggression by a tyrannical neighbour, a sharp rise in prices, or catastrophic weather events, the political, economic, ethical, and often also spatial dimensions of these structures suddenly become apparent.
