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The Enabling Heritage Space in Lihula

Lihula is a small town where every new business can potentially shift the focal point. The competition ‘Great Public Spaces’ dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia focused on the historical axis and main street of the town–Tallinn Road. Our competition entry ‘Hõbelauk’ aimed at diversifying the street space and highlighting the mysterious local spatial potentials. We wished to allow every new potential to rise and shine thus enhancing the appearance and also natural disappearance of various places.

Summer 2023 (113): Housing

OUTSETHot Bath and Cold Deal: Living space’s two facesMari Möldre ESSAYEstonian Housing Policy on the Threshold of a RelaunchVeronika Valk-Siska REVISITA Residential Quarter Like a HedgehogTulbi-Veeriku, Pluss Architects, 2007Elo Kiivet ESSAYOn Housing and the Public Sector’s Responsibility in a Society with a Free Market FetishHannes Aava RESEARCHThe Marketised Domestic Interior. A Feminist critiqueMette Johanne Hübschmann

What’s up, Vilnius?

In Tallinn, we have had quite a lot of good visions for the future: development plans, studies, and strategies. Yet, we have not acted according to these ideas which has resulted in a different environment than envisioned—especially if we look at our mobility and the quality of public spaces. Our colleagues in Vilnius have created a simple street manual and it seems that they are successful at implementing it. We gathered Jonas and Anton from Vilnius to find out how they have done it.

Klindipark From an Animal Ecologist’s Perspective

The competition was won by Sfäär Planeeringud (Kerttu Kõll, Lauri Läänelaid, Triin Kampus and Alvin Kanarbik) with their proposal ‘Displacement’. The work caught the jury’s eye with its comprehensive solution that offered not only a design idea for the park, but also ideas on how to tie the urban space around the park with the new green movement trajectory, and how to reduce noise and air pollution in the city.

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