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Tuesday, 23.04.2024, 16:27
Estonians and Lithuanians win prefabricated wooden house architecture competition
The international architecture competition drew 47 entries from 21
countries, including Taiwan, Australia and the United States. The competition
was organized by web-based architecture marketplace Katus.eu in cooperation
with timber house manufacturers Nurban
AS and Kodumaja Kinnisvaraarenduse
OÜ. The competition was announced last autumn with the goal of finding modern,
smart and attractive solutions for two development sites: Svertingstad Gård
near Stavanger, Norway and Ülenurme near Tartu, Estonia. The jury selected
three winning entries for both the Norwegian as well as the Estonian
sites.
The main organiser of the competition, Tiit
Sild, says his web-based architecture marketplace katus.eu is focused on
the idea of making our living environment better. "I believe that there is
no reason why a prefabricated house shouldn’t also be a prime example of great
contemporary architecture,” Sild said. “The architecture competition was a good
opportunity to inspire architects to create modern designs for prefabricated
houses out of the most popular construction material in Estonia – wood. Estonia
has become Europe’s largest timber house exporter, which gives us the prime
opportunity to become a ringleader in the modern architecture and design of
wooden houses.”
Margus Pauts, member of the jury and
Managing Director of timber element and modular house manufacturer Nurban AS says that he’s very satisfied
with the results of the competition.
“We’re looking for the kinds of houses that people would really want to live in. And I'm happy to report the competition was a success because we found just such designs.”
Another jury member, Lembit Lump of Kodumaja AS, added that there were many competition entries that he found architecturally intriguing, which accounted for the manufacturing capabilities of the Estonian timber industry.
Winning entries for the Svertingstad Gård area near Stavanger, Norway
1st place: 5000€, design NIHE – ARS Projekt OÜ (Rasmus Tamme, Reio
Raudsepp, Rene Safin, Evelin Eelmaa, Joonas Saan, Kristjan Männigo, Kristina
Oolu, Karolin Kõll) – Estonia
2nd place: 3500€, design WOODY – 3+1 Architects (Gert Guriev,
Markus Kaasik, Riin Kersalu, Kerstin Kivila, Taavi Lõoke, Mihkel Meriste,
Andres Ojari, Ilmar Valdur) –
Estonia
3rd place: 2000€, design RHC1PA – Anna Zukowska Architecture Studio, Maciej Žukowski – Poland
Winning entries for the Ülenurme area in Estonia
1st place: 4000€, key word PRIVATE CIRCLE, Paleka Archstudija (Rolandas Palekas, Dalia Zakaite,
Mantas Skirmantas) – Lithuania
2nd place: 2500€, key word SEE, Karisma Arhitektid (Risto
Parve, Kai Süda, Margit Valma) – Estonia
3rd place: 1500€: key word TRFGHM, Gianluca Pelizzi Pelizziarchitettura – Italy
VELUX special mention for best use of roof lighting: 700€, key
word BOK-BOK, Veljko Armano Linta, Ana
Armano Linta, David Azinoviź, Ivana Ćavar – Croatia
Jury special mention: key word POSTBARN, raumspielkunst
Architectural Design & Concepts, Florian
Lachenmann – Germany
The prize money will be paid out to winner by the Estonian Cultural Endowment
and they will be contacted by the competition organizers within 15
days. The competition works will be on display in Tallinn at the Solaris
Centre until April 5th.
The architecture competition was supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment,
the Estonian Ministry of Culture, VELUX, Q-Haus, Fenestra, the Tartu City
Government, the Enterprise Department of the Tallinn City Government,
entertainment centre Solaris, the Estonian Centre of Architecture, the
Norwegian-Estonian Chamber of Commerce, Puukeskus, the Estonian Woodhouse
Association and the Enterprise Estonia Regional Development Fund.
A web gallery of competition works can be seen at Katus.eu
website: http://katus.eu/competition.