Architecture is a practice that operates in an eternal field of tension between the measurable and unmeasurable, where the rational and justifiable materialises in contact with the artistic decisions which are made in the architect’s umwelt and whose internal genesis may often be undefinable and elusive to description. The following is an attempt to shed some light onto that part of the architect’s creative process that is in shadow.
Several competition entries captured quintessential characteristics of Tartu. How to plan future competitions so that these characteristics could be more systemically written into competition briefs and implemented in 21st century projects?
North-Tallinn development areas. The size of the population will estimably grow by 44,000 people, that is, up to 100,000 residents.
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.
