![]() ![]() If the north part of site would be taken more into use then the administrative building would have more space.Īlso the raised ground level plateau is blocking neighboring site's - like new cultural factory in west.” Jury's suggestion is that it could improve the building, if it would be spread more apart or be less concentrated. “Railway, which is currently running on north side of the competition site, will be most likely removed and that opens the upper area. To demonstrate the incredible variety available for each department to change organization, layout or environment we have shown 3 different refurbishments of various organizational extremes. Like a village rather than a building the Public Village is a network of spaces constituting much more than the sum of its parts, Collectively they constitute a complex and diverse ensemble. Independently each component has a crystal clear and rational layout providing general usability and maximum flexibilty. The dedicated buildings tailored to specific departments, have been distilled to their simplest form. ![]() We have attempted to increase the architectural simplicity of the organizational diagram while retaining the urban complexity of the whole. And yet the center of building is blocked by more conventional box? Maybe the term 'village' could be used more extensively in organizational model.” It was pointed out also, that the open office floor plans layout is maybe too literal/linear/formal translation of the concept of 'flat' participatory democracy. “Jury's comment to organization of city's administrative offices is that it will be demanding to accommodate current organization to that kind of typology. The first exchange in the ongoing design dialogue. We want to reformulate the project from scratch so this book can be read without its predecessor, but before we begin we want to reiterate the main comments of the jury and our consequent responses. We therefore see this second phase as the first step of many in our collaboration with the citizens of Tallinn to formulate a desirable vision for this (in all meanings of the word) central node of the city. due to the format of the architectural competition’s demand for anonymity. Therefore it is ironic that we architects often find ourselves isolated at the essential moment of conception from the crucial dialogue with the clients, the neighbours, the city etc. The role of the architect is to incorporate and curate all these conditions (and contradictions) in to a coherent whole. Like the old proverb:”success has many fathers”, architecture is the synthesis of a lot of different demands and challenges. This is our improved proposal for the new civic center of Tallinn incorporating the comments and criticisms of the jury. ![]()
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