planning of the tamula lakeside area
hotel, offices, retail, residential and leisure development
Võru, Estonia
competition
2008
8,26 ha
The 8.26 hectare complex is imagined as a wave shaped architectural gesture, a bended platform, linking the various functions of the area. On the east side there is the commercial, retail and residential area with hotel, shops, offices and apartments. In the middle there is the cultural platform with a garden dedicated to temporary exhibitions. On the west side there is the sport area with tennis courts. From a distance the whole composition looks like a suspended garden where the flow of people has no boundaries. A long pier stands out from the complex into the lake leading to the “Water Piazza”. The design links the ideas of community and privacy, of sense of place and abstract geometry, of egalitarian simplicity and sophisticated elegance – a new wave in Võru.
credits
Claudio Silvestrin and Giuliana Salmaso with Vincenzo Aiossa, Giorgia Andreolli, Stefania Odelli
