The installation was designed to support the main event for the 2nd Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB), the curator exhibition, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The building is considered Estonia’s first modernist high-rise building that was built in 1968 under the Soviet rule as the “White House” of the Estonian Communist Party Central Committee (architects Mart Port, Uno Tölpus, Olga Konchayeva, Raine Karp, engineer E. Uustalu). Today, the building is under cultural heritage protection and is considered an outstanding example of the 1960’s architecture.
The installation was designed to support the main event for the 2nd Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB), the curator exhibition, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The building is considered Estonia’s first modernist high-rise building that was built in 1968 under the Soviet rule as the “White House” of the Estonian Communist Party Central Committee (architects Mart Port, Uno Tölpus, Olga Konchayeva, Raine Karp, engineer E. Uustalu). Today, the building is under cultural heritage protection and is considered an outstanding example of the 1960’s architecture.
Under the theme “Recycling socialism”, the curators decided to install the exhibition in the hall which was not in use for over 20 years. The task was to bring people to the second floor from the street level and also to advertise the whole TAB event to the public.
The stair was made of 50x150mm regular wood stud. 2.4 km of total length of wood was sponsored by the Puuinfo, Estonian wood producers association. The installation was open to public 06-29 September.
Team:
Tomomi Hayashi
Engineer:
Mihkel Sagar