The workshop started with several introductory lectures and walking tours in order to get famillar with Tallinn and in particular with the large housing district of Lasnamäe which with more than 110,000 inhabitants seems to be a city itself. Thanks to Ann Kristiin Entsone we learned about the strategies of the municipality Polina Ljaandševa and Anton Kuunal presented insights of the activities of the NGO „LasnaIdee“, discussed the challenges with us and guided us through a neighborhood tour. Students started to work in teams, focusing on different topics, such as first-floor usages, possible infills, bio- and social diversity, and others.

Walking tour around city center, © Barbara Engel
Meeting at Tallinn University of Technology, © Barbara Engel
Introduction by Polina Ljaševa and Anton Kuunal, © Barbara Engel
Site visit in Lasnamäe, © Ekaterina Gladkova
Working space, © Ekaterina Gladkova

Scenarios

During the first days of the workshop scenarios were elaborated by the students as first approach to possible futures of Kuristiku.

From Grey Rock to Color Block, © Noah Daum
Waterways, © Sven Spalek
Maximum Green, © Hanna Tilenius
The Modular Future of Kuristiku, © Dominik Vormbruck