Status: International competition, 3rd prize
Client: Estonian Ministry of the Environment
Place: Tallinn, Estonia
Size: 2.1 ha; 31 412 m2
Team: RUUME arhitekti, in collaboration with b210, Rodentia, CMB
Keskkonnamaja is one building that includes the Estonian environmental management and education functions. Estonian nature is the foundation of Estonian identity and we want to build this important building as a symbol of tradition and icon for the future. The image is a symbolic wooden log house in the Estonian cultural landscape with a gable roof, a symbol of natural materials and crafts, and serves as a landmark for the Tallinn shore line. With the new building, we want to arrange the two buildings so that there is a well-developed landscape area between them. The position of the new building in the plan continues the existing urban structure, not competing with the Lennusadam museum building and creating an articulated urban-scale public outdoor space.
Schwarzplan
Masterplan
First and second stage
Functions
Nature museum exposition flows
First and second flor
Construction grid
Facades
Interior of nature museum
Interior of environment ministry office