citycenter culture center / competion area parc future reservation public building boulevard
CONTEXT: Today Rakvere is a quickly developing small city that stands out among the rest with many cultural and innovative initiatives. The aim of the city of Rakvere is to develop into a prominent and vestile cultural centre. The address of the competition area is situated near L. Koidula. This road connects the important locations of Rakvere, like the city center, different parks and Vabaduse square. To make these locations stronger and alternate with each other, we suggest that Vabaduse square and the location of the church will be transformed to a cultural place with its own identity. Instead of creating another park we want this area to distinguish from the other locations in Rakvere. This to create one continuous boulevard connecting all these special locations from north to south.
existing situation / two plots divided by the rotary intersection
new situation / squeezing the rotary intersection to create one continuous landscape
ENLARGED VABADUSE SQUARE: At this moment Vabaduse square is a beautiful open space, but difficult to use in a practical sense because it is an important rotary intersection. At the moment the site is a void in the city. Enhancing access to the site is fundamental to revitalize the area. Instead of filling the void with program we propose to connect it to the south side of the plot, where the church is situated. We squeezed the rotary intersection to the north to create one continuous landscape on the south.
SECTION 1
end of concerts situation with parking
one big outdoor concert or event
indoor - outdoor festival situation
market situation
POSSIBLE SCENARIO’S
SQUARE DESIGN: This enlarged new vabaduse square: 1-is an open and folded landscape adjusted to the different height levels of the surroundings. Extra cosy locations occur by lifting different points of the new square. 2-is folded to create a pedestrian junction with important connections and shortcuts to the surrounding streets, and it will accompany the visitors to the centre of the new building. 3-can be used for multiple events like parking, places to sit and meet, outdoor performances or even as a market. In this way the site is kept open, public and vital. 4-has made a reservation for the future public building and is easy to adjust. 5-will be covered with a stone pattern. This pattern is flexible an can be partly filled with green, different colour tiles, trees or lights. Depending on the location on the square.
SECTION 2
SETBACK