Apartment Building in Nõmme | Hayashi–Grossschmidt Arhitektuur

Located just outside of the city centre of Tallinn, a quiet residential area Nõmme is known for the first Estonian Republic time functionalistic residential buildings and pine tree forest. It has been a beloved residential area for a long time. Thanks to the surroundings with rich greenery and pedestrian-oriented zone created between the Nõmme centre and the railway station the area foresees denser environment in the future.

Apartment building complex consists of two of 4-storey volumes, connected in the basement level. Although the volumes defined by the detail planning are articulated as different building, they are to create a whole at the same time.

The volumes are accentuated with glass balconies and rhythm of windows. In the process of marketing named as “Coffee & Cognac” the colours of exterior walls actually reflect the internal and external colours of pine trees which grow in Nõmme area. Additionally the green coloured silk-screened glass in the balconies helps the building to blend into the surroundings, in other words the whole complex is tuned as abstracted nature.

In the building the public area is treated according to the principle of black and white.

Location

Tallinn, Estonia

Year

2005-2013

Status

Completed

Size

2 371 m²

Client

Compakt kinnisvara

Design team