{"id":20112,"date":"2024-05-02T16:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/?p=20112"},"modified":"2024-06-12T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:20:22","slug":"jazz-architecture-that-cannot-be-notated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/en\/jazz-architecture-that-cannot-be-notated\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Architecture that cannot be Notated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The sedimentary layer of Estonia deserves valorisation, conclude the material development and design studio kuidas.works. Maria Luiga and Hannes Praks write about their recent earth-based construction study trip to Paris.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book Visions of Jazz: The First Century, American jazz critic Gary Giddins describes the fundamental difference between classical music and jazz: the former values strict fidelity to the notes written by the composer with musicians aiming at playing the composition as closely as it has been written. Jazz music, on the other hand, is characterised better by the interpretation of the written notes and the cooperation between the musicians: the individual interpretation and improvisation by musicians are assigned greater value than the adherence to the initial notation.<\/p>\n<p>Musicologist Leo Normet outlines the historical reason for the complexity of notating jazz music: namely, due to slave trade, jazz music is influenced by the pentatonic or five-note scale without semitones from the West African coast that was adapted to the Western seven-tone scale. It results in a compromise between two scales called a blue note. However, even in the compromise solution, there is still a degree of confusion when particular pitches coincide. Estonian musicians call such a mismatch the Cuckoo\u2019s Third.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuckoo\u2019s Third occurs also in building practice relying on recycled materials where it is the rule rather than the exception. We are constantly faced with situations where, due to the great variety of raw materials and the dynamism of the process, the ambitions of the contemporary sustainable and circular construction do not coincide with the capitalist construction model. If we add to that the dimension of location-based geosourcing,<strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/strong> it will get even trickier. Therefore, contemporary concepts such as urban sourcing and geosourcing need an adapted system, a kind of a blue note.<\/p>\n<p>Researching contemporary building methods in the local frame of reference (so-called local tech), the material development and design studio <strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\"><a style=\"color: #23dede;\" href=\"https:\/\/kuidas.works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kuidas.works<\/a><\/span><\/strong> took a quick trip to Paris this spring. The aim was to visit practices specialising in the development of circular materials in their local context. The thickness of sedimentary rocks, including the layer of clay is considerably greater in Central Europe than in the Nordic countries, thus, France and Belgium are at the forefront of soil valorisation practices or earth-based construction in Europe. But just as bees are kept and strawberries grown in Estonia despite the short summer, so it is found by kuidas.works that Estonia\u2019s thinner sediment layer also deserves to have added value.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FUKE9909-foto-Paar-Joonap-Keedus.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kuidas.works&#8217; workshop in Siidisaba, Tallinn is where the studio prepares the soil for valorisation, as well as develops products from it. The French disain studio Cigue also develops building materials, including building rubble and plaster based terrazzo (below). Photo by P\u00e4\u00e4r Joonap Keedus<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/media-full_bdvieujot_atelier_da1e5.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Cigu\u00eb<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The focal destinations of the trip included the micro-factory Cycle Terre (\u2018soil circulation\u2019 in translation) turning the clay soil excavated from the construction of new underground lines into building blocks, and the architecture studio Cigue\u0308 with extensive experience in circular material development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Tuesday, March 21st<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>8:34<br>The day begins with a bike tour in Paris. One of the founders of Koz Architects Nicolas Ziesel meets us at La Plaine &#8211; Stade de France railway station in a yellow raincoat with the following greeting:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Welcome to the weirdest spatial experiment in Paris. Only recently, there were cosy and popular human-scale caf\u00e9s in the middle of the square surrounded by tall office buildings near the station. Then, all of a sudden, the caf\u00e9s were demolished and there were only the modern office monsters overlooking the empty square.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/koz-architectes-atelier-koz-septet-02.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>At their temporary workshop in Saint-Ouen, the architecture office Koz makes furniture of high quality timber art crates that would otherwise no longer be used. Photo: Atelier Serge Joly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>9:55<br>The destination of the bike tour was <strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\"><a style=\"color: #23dede;\" href=\"https:\/\/koz.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Koz<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u2019s temporary CNC studio making interim use of the lobby of a building under construction to produce furniture from recycled wood for the food street built next door.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We bought a CNC mill for the project which at only 25,000 was pretty cheap. The crates we got from a company specialising in transportation of artworks and they are made of high-quality plywood. The company arranging the transportation is usually responsible for getting rid of the crates and often they are merely burnt. We decided to make the interior of our new project entirely out of recycled crates. The client finds it highly important that the crates are manufactured in the same district as the food court and made from sustainable material,\u2019 Nicolas explains the background.<\/p>\n<p>The formula is simple but likeable: the dimensions and shape of the furniture elements are configured on the basis of the original crate dimensions in order to make the most of the idea of material circulation and deviate from the traditional mass production formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6771_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kuidas.works&#8217; travel photos by Maria Helena Luiga<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6823_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6823_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6823_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6823_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6823_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6823_foto-Maria-Helena-Luiga.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>14:20<br>We get off the train in the Sevran neighbourhood. There is a high fence next to the station and from the gate we can see a deep hole with excavators scraping brownish clay soil at the bottom. We continue to walk for about a kilometre and find ourselves at the entrance of one of the most remarkable local-tech projects in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>It is Cycle Terre\u2014a factory of unburnt bricks made from local raw material. Their beautiful new manufacturing facilities are constructed on a glulam structure combined with particle boards, unfired bricks, plywood and steel. It is thus marked by the qualities of both a permanent and a temporary building. We peek through the polycarbonate wall on the second-floor balcony how the bricks coming out of the Flexiterre press are grabbed by an ABB robotic arm performing non-human choreography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15:00<br>A lecture starts in French on the company\u2019s establishment, operation and further development. We try to use Google Translate but it results in a somewhat psychedelic text on construction with no sense whatsoever. When appropriate, we ask one of the students if she is willing to share her notes with us. Thanks to this and the tour of the factory after the lecture, we are considerably better informed.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, <strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\"><a style=\"color: #23dede;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cycle-terre.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cycle Terre<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is one of the leading European companies turning soil into building materials. The geological distribution of the French soil is favourable for forward-looking building solutions, in other words, it is very clayey. In addition to other construction activities, also new underground lines are developed in Paris, including the excavation of around 450-500 million tons of soil, that is, potential building material by 2030. Cycle Terre specialises in the production of compressed earth blocks and clay tiles. Compressed earth blocks usually consist of three main components (clay, sand, gravel) produced by adding water and applying mechanical pressure. When the water evaporates, the earth block hardens and gains its strength. When coming out of the press, the blocks\u2019 compression strength is at least 5 MPa, rising to 6-7 MPa once hardened and 8-12 MPa in a stabilised earth block (with 5% cement added). The advantage of compressed earth blocks is their infinite recyclability while some stabilisation adds considerable compressive strength and resistance to moisture. Cycle Terre uses only clay soil from Paris as raw material which forms the basis for various building material recipes. Rainwater collected from the roof of the building is used to prepare the mixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information given on the tour is a clear reflection of a rapidly growing sector. In 2022, 80,000 earth blocks were exported for various projects while already 450,000 blocks were exported by March this year alone. The popularity of the topic was also evident in the number of participants: there were factory tours every hour with altogether 40 people joining our tour with most of them students of structural engineering and architecture. The next day, we come back to the topic at the office of Cigue\u0308 discussing if architectural education in Europe is ready to support the construction industry\u2019s changing focus. Camille, our partner in the conversation believes that the interest of young people in their twenties in sustainable materials is considerably greater than the discourse offered on them at universities. It is understandable as the current paradigm shift is faster than the ability of universities to provide lecturers with corresponding mentality.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE9-2048x1536-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The aim of Cycle Terre is to recover and reuse excavated earth for the construction of new buildings in Greater Paris. Their purpose-built factory is located in Sevran. Architects Paul-Emmanuel Loiret and Serge Joly.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT-612x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20131\" style=\"width:612px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT-612x1024.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT-179x300.jpeg 179w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT-768x1284.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT-918x1536.jpeg 918w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cycle-terre_def-27102020-PRINT.jpeg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Atelier Serge Joly.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We approach the factory manager and attempt to converse in English.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018May I ask a question in English?\u2019<br>\u2018Uuh &#8230; very slowly\u2019, the manager replies.<br>\u2018Do you dry the earth before mixing it with sand?\u2019 we ask.<\/p>\n<p>When fitting the pieces of information together later, it becomes clear that the clay is indeed dried before the final mix is made. The shelves on the wall are full of building blocks of a pleasant brownish hue and slender proportions weighing 4-8 kg. We type a question on the iPad screen to be translated by Google, \u2018Can we take one block as a souvenir to Estonia?\u2019 \u2018Oui\u2019, is the brief response.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, the block is confiscated at the airport security check as a legitimate hijacking tool. The seized block immediately catches the attention of airport employees. Stuffed in a yellow plastic bag, it is passed around, sniffed, and examined, they wonder about its weight and eventually test it for drugs, just in case.<\/p>\n<p>The tour at Cycle Terre is thorough and exciting. It is obvious that it is not a standard business operation focusing on sales and manufacturing with no attention paid to the production environment. We clearly see that the entire building complex has been developed to promote a new technology, however, the production figures as well as visitor numbers show that the company is a success.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AtelierSergeJoly_CYCLETERRE2-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cycle Terre. Photo: Schnepp Renou<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Wednesday, March 22nd<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>8:05<br>We set off for the architecture office <strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\"><a style=\"color: #23dede;\" href=\"https:\/\/cigue.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cigue\u0308<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. As we fly back in the evening, we need to carry all our luggage, including the souvenir blocks received at Cycle Terre. This kind of a \u2018block run\u2019 allows you to get a pretty good understanding of the essence and weight of the material. We get to discuss the relations between carrying and understanding the material in the context of increasingly digital education and architecture practices.<\/p>\n<p>9:28<br>We are in the Montreuil neighbourhood looking for Cigue\u0308&#8217;s office among detached houses. At the gate, we meet a young Frenchman arriving at work asking, <em>\u201eLe rendez-vous?\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p>9:30<br>We are ushered into a small meeting room on the second floor with a terrazzo flooring. A sample piece of the same material is used on the desk as the base of Logitech webcam. Our host architect has not arrived yet, so the company is introduced to us by one of the founders Camille B\u00e9nard. We stay in this meeting room for an unexpectedly long time: lasting over two hours, the conversation is comparable to the best academic seminar which sincerely and deeply pleases the group that had waited for a formal one-hour information session.<\/p>\n<p>Camille explains that it was decided to build the office from recycled materials with part of it obtained from the demolition of the former building on the site. He emphasises that it was a difficult decision: every time you unbuild something it is important to consider it carefully and weigh the possible consequences: could the existing building be used in part or in whole? Could it be rebuilt to serve the new purpose better? Could the materials of the building be reused in the new structure? He also gave an example that the cost of sending the waste off or separating it is the same as renting a crusher and reusing the materials again in the project. The above-mentioned terrazzo actually consists of pulverised and recycled brick and reinforced recycled gypsum powder. Talking about the afterlife of building elements and materials, we come to coin the concept \u2018jazz architecture\u2019, that is, architecture with its central axis formed by the inseparability of construction and concept, needs-based improvisation, flexibility as well as trust and close cooperation between the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16:12<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for our flight back to Tallinn at the airport, on the shelf at the sandwich and news-stand, we notice an issue of the architecture journal <strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\"><a style=\"color: #23dede;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.larchitecturedaujourdhui.fr\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Architecture d&#8217;Aujourd<\/a><\/span><\/strong>&#8216;hui (in English \u2018The Translation of Today\u2019) focusing on building locally. It covers all the topics discussed during our trip one by one: the cautious attitude to demolition, decentralised design practices, circular material sourcing, geosourcing and also a more extensive article about the Cycle Terre factory. It is a fittingly meaningful and yet casual conclusion to the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>To sum up<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>France has the ground, both literally and figuratively, to promote and implement sustainable building techniques in contemporary building culture. There is also good clay soil in Estonia but the view taken by our construction and architectural sector is still considerably different from that of the pioneers in France and Belgium. Excavated soil is still considered waste that is simply transported from the construction site by trucks to be used as land fill elsewhere. The same could be said about other construction waste and rubble, for instance, gypsum, clay bricks or concrete. Although the latter is now used as filling in roadworks, it is a case of downcycling, a process where the material seems to be recycled but it is first crushed which destroys its strength properties and possible reuse in the future. It is this kind of research and recommendations in this climate, geographical location and cultural space that kuidas.works has been dealing with since 2021. The studio is currently located at the lab established in cooperation with Tallinn University of Applied Sciences where we prototype building materials and organise public workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\"><strong>MARIA HELENA LUIGA<\/strong>is a founder of kuidas.works. She studies at the master programme in architecture at the Royal Danish Academy.&nbsp; <strong>HANNES PRAKS<\/strong> is a founder of kuidas.works and the newly elected chairman of the Estonian Centre for Architecture.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>HEADER photo by P\u00e4\u00e4r Joonap Keedus<br>PUBLISHED: Maja 112 (spring 2023), with main topic <a href=\"https:\/\/ajakirimaja.ee\/en\/spring-2023-112-moratorium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\">Moratorium<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>1\u00a0 Geosourcing refers to a practice where the excavated soil is used as a construction material in the building above it. 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