The public presentation of the Estonian and Finnish architects' joint workshop „New Talsinki”, the aim of which is to prepare a realistic scenario for the rail tunnel between Tallinn and Helsinki and assess how the tunnel will impact the infrastructure of Tallinn or Viimsi, the location of the city centre and the whole urban living environment.
Where will the the tunnel be located in Estonia? What is the most reasonable way to connect the tunnel with other important infrastructure facilities like Rail Baltica and local public transport? Where will new housing areas in Tallinn be located providing living space for the new residents? What will be the impact of traffic arteries on current housing areas such as Viimsi which is the likeliest location for the entrance of the tunnel in Estonia? How is the hub around Ülemiste station going to develop? And in which direction will the Tallinn centre move?
According to the preliminary study, the tunnel could be completed already in 2030-2035, which is not very far away. Tallinn is clearly on the brink of transformation. The interest of architects is to analyse how such major infrastructure projects as Rail Baltica and the Talsinki tunnel will influence our urban environment. The tunnel is often regarded only as an infrastructure facility, but architects are skilled in analysing and visualising the impact of the twin city in terms of the urban environment.
Architects work on five topics:
Living and working in the twin/connected city
Tunnel entrance in Viimsi
Area around Ülemiste terminalhub
City center of Tallinn
Shared infrastructure of the connected cities
The workshop will be attended by 20 architects from Estonia and Finland: Stuudio Tallinn, Sweco Projekt, Arhitektuuribüroo Pluss, joint team of Yoko Alender & Raul Kalvo, Novarc Group, Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen, Studio Puisto, Futudesign, Kaleidoscope, LUO Architects.
Involved experts: Elina Suonranta (Helsingi Cityplanning Office); Jaak-Adam Looveer (Tallinn Cityplanning Office); Toomas Haidak ja Andres Lindemann (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Rail Baltic ); Kristi Grišakov; Damiano Cerrone ja Helen Pau (Spin Unit); Timo Hämäläinen (Pro Helsinki 2.0).
The workshop will be hosted by the Estonian Union of Architects in cooperation with Uusi Kaupunki, a group of eight Finnish architectural bureaus that organises urban planning workshops also in Finland. Partners include the Finnish Association of Architects, the Finnish Centre of Architecture and Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2015.
Funded by: Eesti Kultuuriministeerium, Eesti Kultuurkapital.