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TAT - Tallinn Town Hall

ProjeCt
Tallinn Town Hall
Client
City Planning Office, City of Tallin
Collaborators
Adams Kara Taylor, Grontmij I Carl Bro,
Rambll, Allianss Arhitektid O
SIZE
28.000 M2
Location
Tallinn, Estonia
Status
1st Prize

Compact organization

COMPACT ORGANIZATION

POROUS ORGANIZATION

DIFFERENTIATED PROGRAM

THE PUBLIC VILLAGE

How do you imagine a public institution in a 21st century

participatory democracy? How do you create a public
symbol without invoking outdated representations of
porous organization
power and authority? How do you create a public meeting
space in a rapidly expanding city where the center
gravitates in many directions?
Good governance and participatory
democracy are dependent on transparency in both directions. It requires
adequate
Differentiated
program political overview of the
problems, demands and desires of the
public, as well as public insight into
the political processes.
The new town hall of Tallinn will
provide this two way transparency in
a very literal way. The various public
departments form a porous canopy
THE PUBLIC VILLAGE
above the public service marketplace
allowing both daylight and view to
permeate the structure.

The public servants wont be remote

administrators making decisions behind
thick walls, but will be visible in their
daily work from all over the marketplace via the light wells and courtyards. From outside, the panoramic
windows allow the citizens to see
their city at work.
In reverse the public servants will be
able to look out toward the marketplace making sure that the city and
its citizens are never out of sight nor
out of mind.