Reviving Linnahall
Urban magnet at Tallinn harbour Summarized account Maiu Hirtentreu PROCESS
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Master studies and the thesis project supported by: The Cultural Endowment of Estonia The Archimedes Foundation and the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia 2 Reviving Linnahall
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Reviving Linnahall Urban magnet at Tallinn harbour
Maiu Hirtentreu maiu.hi@gmail.com +372 58 141 740 Student nr: 307781 Kasper Guldager Jørgensen kgj@3xn.dk Studio Regenerative Architecture Aarhus School of Architecture Thesis project spring 2014
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Linnahall has been closed since 2009
“Linnahall Concert hall would stand simultaneously as a monument to a bygone era and a sign of the beginning of a new one”
Andres Kurg (Researcher at Estonian Academy of Arts), Architectural Design: EcoRedux, “Estonia: the remarkable afterlife of the Linnahall concerthall”, 26.06.2006
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The existing situation
Photo: Andres Tarto - http://www.taevapiltnik.ee/blog/2011/09/09/uha-hallimaks-muutuv-linnahall-older-and-greyer-tallinns-city-concert-hall/a
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Research
Archive
• Tallinn Urban Planning and Construction Archive • Archive collection from Museum of Estonian Architecture Visiting archives and museums gave an overview how big this building is and how well everything is connected to each other. Different options where to place Linnahall within Tallinn
Some versions of site plans
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Functional scheme
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Plans and sections
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Location
Site
Address: Tallinn, Mere puiestee 20, Tallinn, Estonia Area of the site: 61 774 m² Footprint of the building: 39 422 m² + Parkinglots 9 490 m² + 9 456 m²
The site showed different characteristics: outside: • very windy because of the sea • the steps can be really slippery • views to the city and to the sea are beautiful • sun is visible from almost everywhere • volume of the building is enormous • shape of the building is flat • it is uncomfortable that various platforms are not connected to each other • the surrounding infrastructure is not so clear: how to get there by car? inside: • building needs renovation • water damages because of the flat shape and poor construction • due to vastness, makes a wow-effect every time • the best technology of that time has been used • different ceiling heights are united to each other in a really elegant way
The author of this thesis was not allowed inside the ice rink, since the ceiling of that part of the building is not safe enough, because of that, there are not any up to date photos of ice rink used in this project.
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Panoramic views of the site
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Views from Linnahall
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Linnahall Close-ups
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Linnahall in details Platform corner
Rounded concret elements
Plantation boxes and metal gates
Benches
Plantation area
Railing from back side
Flooring differences
Ventilation openings
Railing connections
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Inside of Linnahall
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The current entrance to the concert hall
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Analysing the existing & improvement ideas
Analysis of the site
This master thesis approaches the site as an urban landscape. This means, that the project only states that the inside needs renovation, but this thesis will not deal with the inside of the building. Currently Linnahall is surrounded by wasteland, but in the thesis project, following developments are included: • New Town Hall of Tallinn • New development of the northern area of Tallinn Harbour
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Existing functions
Existing greenery (yellow) + added greenery (green)
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Main wind directions and suggested new seatings
Suggestion how to transform the parkinglots into park
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Idea sketches - different places of interest were chosen
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Areas enlivened with colours and smaller inputs
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workshops & installations
What has been done at Linnahall
This detour shows that small things can be important and interesting and eyecatching. But it also shows, that none of it matters when the foundation is decaying. The building itself needs to be renovated, to be able to be enlivened again.
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by Juhan Rohtla, Joel Kopli and Koit Ojaliiv Location: Mere pst. 20, Linnahall’s old railway bridge Duration: 5. juuni – 1. oktoober 2011
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To The Sea by Tomomi Hayashi Structural engineering by Mihkel Sagar (Mainhouse OĂœ) Location: Roof of the Linnahall concert hall (Mere puiestee 20) Duration: 15 July – 15 October 2011
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Workshop - Tallinn Univeristy of Applied sciences by 5th semester students, tutor Chi Ti-Nan Location: All over Linnahall Duration: fall 2007
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Sculpture “Kalev” by Elo Liiv Location: Highest staircase of Linnahall Duration: 2006
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Project development
Dividing the building
All the previous gave the idea to divide the building into three areas: 1. Ice rink 2. Concert hall 3. Harbour This devision asked for new programme: 1. The rooftop of the ice rink will be transformed into a market area. There will be a new entrance to the ice rink to make the “running circle� in the proposed park. Existing parkinglots will be transformed into active and passive parks. 2. Concert hall rooftops will be turned into green rooftops and there will be a new pavillion on top of the roof as a cafe. The rooftops can be used as an urban gardens for people living nearby. 3. For the best sun direction, the existing harbour building will be demolished and tuned into a beach area. The harbour offices will be moved to the other side of the building. The existing pool will be extended towards the sea, to get longer swimming distance. From this devision, more detailed solution will be provided for the rooftop cafe.
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Passive park Existing harbour building
Market Rooftop cafe
Harbour bath
Active park
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Ice rink
Concert hall
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Rooftop cafe + Urban gardening
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Inspiration
Inspiration for new programme Active park RUNNING
OUTDOOR GYM
Stromlo Forest Park, Australia
Docklands Campus Outdoor gym, London
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Mukilteo YMCA Skate Park, Washington
Gleisdreieck Park’s Playground, Berlin
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Sculptural Playground in Germany
Outdoor Jazz Café in Helsinki Finland
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Multi-functional space - market FAIRS
CONCERTS
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Rooftop cafe + urban gardening RELAXATION
INSIDE SPACES OUTSIDE SPACES EAT WHAT YOU SEE
Sanya Lake Park Super Market Proposal, NL Architects, China
Harbour bath
Copenhagen harbour bath
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Rooftop cafe
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Change in focus It was recommended by the tutor, to apply construction phases and to analyse what would be the first thing to do, to invite people back to Linnahall. This thought revealed that harbour bath would be a good startingpoint. To get people to walk all the way to the harbour and give them opportunities to stay there for a longer time. Other phases will be additions to already known paths and therefore would be easier to start using them. A change of focus was made after these conclusions, from rooftop cafe to harbour bath. As the project developed, the landscape was populated more and more.
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Market area with structure if necessary, it is possible to add a roof on the area by covering it with textile
Rotating shelters - people can alter the direction of the view
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harbour bath division to smaller areas with different pool types Pools are going deeper as the ground declines Diving pool
Swimming pool
Attraction pool
Children pool
Baby pool
• changing rooms • toilets •kiosk/cafe • sandboxes • grass areas • sitting places
Movable greenery First 3D sketches
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Overall concept
Zooming out Working out an overall concept
Adding obstacles to weave through the landscape - like in a forest you have to find your way around
The idea of the connection from Cultural Kilometer to the new development of the harbour
Market area with structure Rooftop cafe - alignment and if necessary, it is possible to add a trying out the conncetion roof on the area by covering it with textile
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harbour bath - volley ball areas
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Overall concept New connections on the site
New connections to nearby development
Adding colours in plan view, to make Linnahall more noticable
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Turning back to the harbour bath and sketching it in a more detailed way
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Overall concept
Superimposed layers
Looking for the different layers to divide the site Layer of culture/ water/ urban?
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Applying texture to the layers The layer inspired from Superkilen
The layer inspired from Urban gardening
The layer inspired from existing Parc De La Villette - the follies
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The layer inspired from High Line, NY
The layer inspired from High Line, NY
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Overall concept
Three superimposed layers The aim of the layers is to connect and reunite different areas. The red layer connects Culture Kilometer to the new harbour development. By overlaping the landscape, the red layer also unites all the rooftops. The green and yellow layer are reuniting the promenade to a circular path at the harbour. To break the dull and gray outlook of Linnahall, all the layers are designed noticable, colourful and playful. The red layer is named ”Red pier” The green layer is named ”Green path” The yellow layer is named ”Yellow river” Names derive from the characteristics of the layers. Red pier is noticable and acts as a pier. Green path is combined with nature and walkways. Yellow river is colourful and floats over the landscape as a river. In the Green path layer, the aim of the plantations is to change from city-like plantation to seaside plantation.
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Site plan
The draft of the site plan shows that a bridge can do more than just connect two points. So in this thesis, the bridge transforms into a pier, where the bridge is left as a shadow under the pier.
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The first solution for the bridge
3D sketches with the pier
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