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Embodied space: metaphor and metamorphosis

Space is not something straightforward and given, it emerges from transposition and transformation. Actual space is never uniform, but contains prioritised directions that are bound to our agential needs. However, postponing the individual needs creates possibilities for rethinking and redesigning the space. This yields powerful results, although one should not get overly entangled in admiring them. These results are just fulcrums for further transformations.

Architecture That Invites You to Move

How to design public spaces to make us enjoy our daily movement?

Yael Reinser. Pleasure of Beauty

The interview is based on Yael Reisner’s lecture Why Beauty Matters in Architecture; the cultural bias, the enigma, and the Timely pursuit of New Beauties given at the Estonian Academy of Arts in February 2018. She was also chosen to be the head curator of Tallinn Architecture biennale in 2019 with her chosen title Beauty Matters, The Resurgence of (the temporarily dormant) Beauty.

Humbly Majestic. Arvo Pärt Centre at Laulasmaa

The centre dedicated to the composer Arvo Pärt is loaded with many different expectations which set very high standards for the architecture. A successful architectural space not only provides a particular set of facilities, but also functions as an abstract machine, a means to contemplate our place in grander schemes of things.

Tomomi Hayashi and Hanno Grossschmidt. Thinking in terms of material

It seems that in architecture, the only way to ensure high quality is to rely on commitment, consideration and precision. Tomomi Hayashi and Hanno Grossschmidt do their work in a composed manner with professionalism and commitment. And their architecture speaks for them.

European Spatial Policies and State Architects

We do not merely need the spatial policy as a document but also the people to implement it.

Administrative Reform and Spatial Planning

What changes will the administrative reform bring to spatial planning as seen from the level of the state? Many decisions made by local governments have an impact on space, so how can we make these decisions more informed?

How to Protect a Shrinking City?

Acting in accordance with statute of the heritage conservation area in a shrinking city like Valga is impossible. Investing in listed buildings (architectural monuments) and buildings located in heritage conservation areas should be promoted in shrinking cities when the support measures for various fields are developed.

The Future of Estonian Settlements and Small Towns

To what extent does the administrative reform correspond to long-term settlement changes and the National Spatial Plan Estonia 2030+?

Luther Machine Room: a Temple of the Industrial Era

Strict special conditions set by the National Heritage Board have ensured excellent renovation results but not the thunderbolt contemporary solution on a par with the original.

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