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Noblessner Quarter is one of the last waterfront in Tallinn which is still under development. The quarter sits on the former Noblessner Shipyard which was built prior to the World War I. After owning its own small yacht harbour in 2009, the quarter started improve by renovating old factory buildings for enterprises as well as accommodating cultural events. Now it foresees the full-scale living function.

The proposal supports the maximum possibility of being in direct contact with active street life. The apartment buildings are proportioned not to overwhelm the people by sizes but at the same time to protect against the prevailing sea breeze. Different materials and construction methods are used for each building’s facades to create unique characters. We thought to find logical transition of materials in order to create rich built environment, by not through “copy-paste“, which often imitate small building scales.

Team:
Anna Juraševitš, Marianna Zvereva, Sander Treijar, Hanno Grossschmidt, Tomomi Hayashi
Location:
Tallinn
Invited international competition, 2015

The area is located in Kohila, Rapla County, about 29 km away from Tallinn, the Salutaguse Manor Fields development with its 219 hectares surrounds the former estate of the Salutaguse Manor house, dating back to 1872. It envisions to become a new centre accommodates a kindergarten, a nursery, a medical service facility as well as a micro brewery, distillery and gastro entertainment in the centre of the complex at the heart of the historic manor concourse. The field also includes offices and light industrial areas regarding the existing yeast factory.

The competition called for an vision to initiate the long-term process. The zones are divided into 5 zones; the central zone around the manor house, residential zone with apartment buildings, row houses, private houses, educational zone with a school and a kindergarten, green area and industrial area.

Thinking the potential residents’ profile, we believe that key for the development success is a creation of centre zone which differs from typical suburban developments. Character of the residential buildings shall support to create a strong image of the place.

Team:
Anna Juraševitš, Tanel Oolu, Siim Endrikson, Sander Treijar, Hanno Grossschmidt, Tomomi Hayashi
Location:
Kohila, Rapla County
Invited architectural competition:
Shared 1st place, 2015
Status:
On hold

Urban planning concept
The planning of the area is based on organisation of logistics, while creating open public spaces with different qualities.

The connection between Andrejdambis and the city in the south direction is handled as a continuous urban park “promenade” on the raised +6.00 level, with smooth connections with other levels both up and down, via ramps and stairs.

Plaza at Andrejosta Bay at the south end is main meeting point of the area, a market place and picnic ground along the hustle of terminal passengers and vehicles moving both on water and on ground.

There are series of public spaces of different qualities and for different activities in the adjacent Daugava bank area. All the squares represent different functions and use, the character is easily distinguished with different materials, colours and structure: active square for sport games and open air theater/movie, quiet terraces, and park for youth including kids’ playground, street football and adventurous extreme sport.

Terminal building
The Terminal is a relatively simple volume 28m wide and 225 m long, conceived as an extension of the promenade. The simple volume is accentuated with series of stairs. The stair provides shelters from the strong wind, typical of water front, as well as viewing platforms towards the river, the yacht harbour and the Old town.

The roof is organized with long stripes of urban furniture and vegetation, which create wavy landscape of different heights for different purposes. The “strips” are mainly covered with timber cladding to accentuate the concrete roof of the slabs.

Hotel
The entrances to the hotel are both on ground floor +0.00 and pedestrian level +6.00. The 114 double rooms and 18 suites are organized around the central atrium. The north end of the building contains a restaurant, a kitchen, seminar rooms, beauty salon, saunas and sports facilities. Balconies on the south facade are overlooking the terminal roof landscape, Andrejosta Bay and Old town at the distance.

Linnaruumiline idee
Ala planeering põhineb sadama logistilisel vajadustel, kuid samavõrra oluline on ka kvaliteetne avalik ruum.

Hotell
Hotelli sissepääs on nii maapinnalt (+0.00) kui ka jalakäijate tasandilt (+6.00). Ümber keskse aatriumi on paigutatud 114 kahekohalist tuba ja 18 sviiti. Hoone põhjaküljes asub restoran köögiga, konverentsiruumid, ilusalong, saunad ja spordisaalid. Lõunafassaadi rõdud vaatavad üle terminali katusemaastiku Andrejosta lahele ja kaugusest paistvale vanalinnale.

Team:
Elo Kiivet, Timo Titma, Siim Endrikson, Anna Juraševitš, Hanno Grossschmidt, Tomomi Hayashi + Martin Allik (landscape)
2-stage International Competition:
Shortlisted/ October, 2012

Results

The site has been not-in- use for about a decade, firstly used as military storage since 19th century, later police station. The premire location, nearby the Old Town of Tallinn and at the begining of beautiful wooden house area, would need to accommodate 8 new apartment buildings in harmony with culturally important building of lime stone from the 19th century. Firstly decided was to bring the value of the lime stone storage building to the new ‘plaza’ defined by the corner building. The other apartment building were located and shaped to meet insolation requirement. The landscaping was intended to create community among residents as well as to protect their privacy.

Antud ala on olnud kasutuseta umbes kümmekond aastat. Algselt, alates 19. sajandist, sõjaväe ladu ning hiljem politseistaap olnud krunt asub Tallinna vanalinna lähistel puumajade elamukvartali alguses väga esinduslikus kohas. Arvestades kultuuriväärtuslikku 19. sajandist pärit paekivist hoonet, on alale paigutatud 8 uut kortermaja. Kõige tähtsamana on paekivist laohoone oma peafassaadiga suunatud kesksele väljakule, mille teises olulises nurgas on krundi uus otsaehitis. Teised kortermajad on asukoha saanud insolatsiooni nõuete kohaselt. Haljastuse abil on loodud elanikele nii kogukonna tunnet kui privaatsust pakkuv lahendus.

Team:
Liis Voksepp, Kristel Niisuke, Hanno Grossschmidt, Tomomi Hayashi
Invited Competition:
November, 2011

Broadcasting in old days was one-way communication; input-edit-output to the public. Nowadays public can also output messages thanks to development in IT technology. Through the development the primacy of the “sender” has got weaken. Since this is a public building, not private, the it has advantage to be conceived as a common platform where the “receiver” can also access, participate, and view the process of the broadcasting. The new location allows the house to become an extension of park where people can walk through, stop by for a cup of coffee, and to give a quiet but inspiring background for everyday life. Our objective is to break up the immense programme into some sizable volumes: 3 studio blocks, an office block, and a base. The idea also is to symbolize loose independence between different departments and a common base as a uniting body. The glass boxes are to “transmit” light which is represented in primary colors of light; red, yellow, and blue.

Ringhääling vanadel aegadel oli põhiliselt ühesuunaline kommunikatsioon; „sisend-toimetus-väljund“ rahvale. Tänapäeval tänu infotehnoloogilistele lahendustele saab ka publik väljundina toimida. Selle arengu tõttu on saatja tähtsus vähenenud. Kuna tegemist on ühiskondliku hoonega, saab seda tajuda ühise platvormina, kus ka vastuvõtja saaks olla ühenduses, võtta osa ning näha ringhäälingut kui protsessi. Uus asukoht võimaldab hoonel olla pargi pikenduseks, kust inimesed saavad läbi jalutada, peatuda tassikeseks kohviks ning muutuda tummaks aga inspireerivaks igapäevaelu taustaks. Meie eesmärgiks oli tohutu ruumiprogramm jagada väiksemateks mahtudeks: 3 stuudioblokki, kontoriblokk ning peastaap. Idee oli ka sümboliseerida erinevate osakondade sõltuvust kesksest peamahust, mis tervet ala ühendab. Valguse põhivärvides – punane, kollane ja roheline – klaasist mahud “edastavad” ka valgust.

Team:
Hanno Grossschmidt, Tomomi Hayashi, Simone Leuenberger
Open International Competition:
RUNNER-UP PRIZE, 4TH PLACE/
August, 2007