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Urmo Vaikla is an interior architect and an executive board member of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers. We discussed the current state of interior architecture and the challenges it faces in the contemporary world.
Rotermann. The City of Houses 〉Mattias MalkRotermann Quarter 20 years later 〉Mathilda Viigimäe, Kristi TšernilovskiThe Industrial Heritage of Tallinn Set for A New Lease of Life 〉Henry KuningasIn the Winds of Gentrification – The Noblessner Quarter 〉Hannes AavaFrom Submarines to Bicycles: The Story of Noblessner 〉Pärtel-Peeter PereKalaranna Quarter – One Step Back, Two Steps Forwards
In the past years we have seen the state’s increased interest in and expectations for interior design solutions as a conceptual whole. In order to discuss what we have achieved and where to proceed, the chairman of the management board of the Estonian Association of Interior Architects Pille Lausmäe-Lõoke was joined by the State Real Estate architect and former vice-president of the Estonian Association of Architects Kalle Komissarov and the spatial design project manager Kristiina Vasar.
Could a space be experienced before its completion? The authors of the interior architecture of Fat Margaret museum discuss how they used photogrammetry and virtual reality technology in the design process and how it facilitated the communication between the various project partners.
On the morning of August 29th in 2017, freshmen of the Department of Interior Architecture were waiting for a train at Baltic railway station at 7.44 am to head to Pärnu. What lay ahead was a three-day trip, followed by a three-year-journey into the unknown. Yet, these students were not completely caught off guard by these successive events as they had been admitted to the Department of Interior Architecture at the Estonian Academy of Arts, run by Hannes Praks.
‘Rhizopia’ stands for an environment that stimulates the senses to enable losing boundaries between oneself and the rest, introspection and testing different ways of togetherness.
Happiness—a word frequently used to describe the sensation emanating, exuding and radiating from the newly completed large concert hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. How is happiness built?
On a July evening, interior architects of various generations Taevo Gans, Kadri Pärtelpoeg, Eero Jürgenson, Pille Lausmäe, Priit Põldme, Marje Karu and Tarmo Piirmets came together at the association’s office in Rüütli Street to discuss the establishment, needs and current issues of the organisation.
Biometric technologies and spatial computing—could enhanced communication between human and machine transform our spatial experiences beyond all recognition?
