i think i should do a small thread about this. This is the render of tartus new Department store, its kinda like Viru centre (in ideology), i really love it, its almost finished now and will open in a month. Its right in the CBD of Tartu!
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/559/tartukaubamaja4ob.jpg

Quite OK looking. How does CBD of Tartu look like? Do you have some areal images of it?

I've been in Tartu this summer, and I saw this building, looks good & massive, and in a very good place...

what the hell is tartu cbd???? :D:D:D:D:D

That's where Tartu highrise district is ;)

Interesting, I hope one day Vilnius will have CBD too. :D

Looks cool. But some people have said that this building is too massive for Tartu.
http://www.ekspress.ee/fotodb/39DC16755AF59B68C225708A002F00CD/%24file/tn_kaubamaja.jpg

doesnt look massive to me... besides, the area will develop rapidly, Emajõr business centre II will be uc soon, and next to it Ahhaa centre! This area will look so great!

Chhhheck it out...
http://img287.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img04724uk.jpg

aah, the pic isnt working on the page, but when you copy the url it works! Nice pic though, weather is bad and subject is poorly in place, i must really go to Tartu soon and do a big thread about it!

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4614/img04724uk.jpg

lol "CBD of Tartu"

what about CBD of Balbieriskis? :D

@ch1le: It's not bad for Tartu but still even with this "mega" project your words are false ;)
Tartu (100 000 people) looks bigger then Kaunas (400 000 people).
It should be compared to Siauliai (146996) or Panevezys (133347).

Anyway, I hope you'll make some photos of Tartu since we have not seen any photos from there for quite a long time already.

Tartu looks bigger than Kaunas???? Are you kidding?? Tartu is very beutifule, thats true, but thats all, its a nice small city. But comperaing Kaunas & Tartu looks silly ;)

Tartu looks bigger than Kaunas???? Are you kidding?? Tartu is very beutifule, thats true, but thats all, its a nice small city. But comperaing Kaunas & Tartu looks silly ;)
Well, not that silly, 'cause Tartu is the second biggest city of Estonia and by the cultural (and other) events taking place in Tartu, by the importance to Estonia of Tartu university and its Library, Tartu looks more modern and developed than Kaunas, unfort.
Yes, Tartu could be compaired to Panevėžys by it's size, some wooden + commieblocks areas, and by it's communications - railways, buss-connections and shops, but that's all. If you don't value people, their education, initiatives and energy, then yes: Panevėžys may look even better than Tartu to you.

i think this should be renamed into Tartu Development thread...


A 23 Storey (about 70m) high residential highrise got its construction Permit in Tartu... Not bad! ITs not far from the existing highrise Emajõe business centre (Pläsku)

a Render:
http://www.kinnisvaraturg.ee/uploading/lisandid/7373_v2ike-turu_5_montaazh1.jpg

One weird highrise :D

/\ When completed, it will either be Fantastic or Terrible... no middle way through this ;)

pretty cool :)



btw - there have been many discussions in the estonian media about the new department store (see pics upstairs ^:D ) - most people, among them me and many other cultural people :D, hate it and think it ruins the whole central tartu, but the architect says that it's a fine piece of architecture... haaah! (:

anyway, yay, a new highrise! :rock:

more render...

http://www.tartu.ee/data/v2ike-turu_5_montaazh2.jpg

http://www.tartu.ee/data/v2ike-turu_5_montaazh3.jpg

http://www.tartu.ee/data/v2ike-turu_5_montaazh4.jpg

The top of that highrise is a bit like caricature. While the main body looks interesting. Only - would it look that sophisticated in real life too?
Interesting that Tartu builds highrises too!

Well, the planned Tartu highrise doesn't look half bad to me. At least it's not Variation #7098200064 on the generic box like the department store! :okay:

And would you please stop putting each other's cities down. :angel1:

/\ its just our nature! :D

I think the highrise is very interesting in design, looks like osmething that has crawled up from the seabed, but it can turn out UGLY if the wrong materials are used! So ill be HMMM about this project!

^yep, use of materials will be crutial...

/\ its just our nature! :D

I ought to :bash: you hard for that utterance, ch1le!

I don't know..it looks nice but please--leave the silly top:)

/\ but then again, tell me when Künnapuu & Padrik have used low quality materials before??? So, i think we have quite a big chance of it becoming a nice highrise

I ought to :bash: you hard for that utterance, ch1le!


mehehhe ;) :cheers:

As you see when we get together its all different ;) Its just internet slack :D

As you see when we get together its all different Its just internet slack
Exactly!

I think they overdesgined the top, it's a no for me...but then again it's something new, i mean it's not a "box" building and I do like the renders and the positions the shots were took from...

The highrise looks great!!

Awesome tower!!! This will be good for Tartu!

We need more of this stuff in Tartu.

I like the new tower- very very very original- could become an easily recognizable brandmark of Tartu.

Yes, the tower would make a very nice landmark for Tartu! :)

two more highrises. im not sure about their state right now... one is 15floors other 20..
http://www.u-disain.ee/kalda26_1.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/kalda26_2.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/kalda26_3.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/kalda26_5.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/kalda26_4.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/kalda26_6.jpg
and
http://www.u-disain.ee/raatuse19_5.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/raatuse19_4.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/raatuse19_3.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/raatuse19_2.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/raatuse19_1.jpg
http://www.u-disain.ee/raatuse19_6.jpg

Both are a bit commieblockish, like common apartment towers nowadays. But Tartu getting both of them... now that would be interesting?!

wow!

the first one looks rather interesting.
but the second - yes, a true commie. but still - i think it'll fit right in. raatuse street would get another simple-looking highrise. quite positive, in my opinion!

i hope they'll be approved (:

p.s. - where's kalda street?

I agree Jarmo, the first one looks quite nice (though, wouldnt like to have it in Tallinn centre, only if a slimmer version)... and the second, yeah, modern commie

Here's the freshly announced, hugely controversial plan for new building of Estonian National Museum.

http://www.postimees.ee/170106/gfx/2665743cbcb6e559b5.jpg

There was an international architectural competition. The winner was announced this Monday. The winners are a team consisting of Italian architect Dan Dorell, Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh ja Tsuyoshi Tane from Japan. Their plan "Memory Field" is an 350 m long glass and concrete box, which looks like an extension to Soviet-time military airfield near Tartu (Raadi).

Official site of the competition (http://www.museumcompetition.org/en/)

The choice has been a controversial one because some of the members of the jury think that it glorifies the Soviet airfield and is thus unacceptable. Other criticisms include unsuitability for a museum building, huge maintenance costs etc. The vote among the members of the jury was 5-3 for this plan.

According to Estonian minister of Culture Mr. Raivo Palmaru, the main building should be ready at 2009 and the whole museum at 2010. The cost may be anywhere between 600-700 mio EEK. (1 euro=15.6466 EEK).

I actually don't know what to think of this project...I don't know how they won, but it looks plain simple, I mean a five year old could of won it!!!

i just DO NOT get it.

If they will master gradual transformation of matter from air (gaseous substance) to a building (solid substance) - that would be cool! :D

Aside from some ideological considerations, I like this project very much (being an aviation-nut) and it would certainly be a one of a kind building. A runway IMHO symbolises the effort of moving forward and reaching one's goals... it looks like an idealist project to me and therefore I support it.
I saw some other proposals but none of them really matched this one in ingeniuty. One of them looked like a Borg cube from Star Trek and others didn't have a personality to speak of.

IMHO it's a cool project, but it may be that it's not very suitable for a museum building.

I also noticed the Borg cube :) But I would build it even more Borg-like then, and it should contain the Borg-like inner design. There should be some drone regeneration facilities for example, and maybe an assimilated Laine Jänes (Mayor of Tartu) as Borg Queen. :)

There should be some drone regeneration facilities for example, and maybe an assimilated Laine Jänes (Mayor of Tartu) as Borg Queen. :)

:rock:
ROFL :hahaha: Now that would be a sight. But don't you think it might scare away the visitors? Or were you planning to assimilate them?

But seriously, mixing history with fiction/visions of future might make this project much more interesting.

[star trek talk]Yeah! But mby species 8472 would come and destroy the cube![/star trek talk]

For those not so familiar with Star Trek:

Here's the 3rd place project from Estonian National Museum competition:

http://www.4vu.net/view/personal-1be603c80b.jpg

And here's the Borg cube from Star Trek sci-fi TV show:

http://www.4vu.net/view/personal-0be4683fe0.jpg

:cheers:

heehheheheeh!

at least this one looks like a building! :D

And is that suppose to be a national museum??? Wow very "don't know if i like it or hate it" thing on this one...Interesting!

I love Tartu!! :dance2:

Never been there though... :ohno:

:lurker:

Soo, are there any news on development of the different projects outlined in this thread? It's been quite some time since anybody has come with an update. :cool:

I,m not sure, if that 20 floor highrise will be built, coz this project has been cancelled once before(when Andrus Ansip was a mayor). But It's only my hope that my data is dated and this project is warmed up again, correct me if I'm wrong ;)

Omg, is this topic dead ore something? :D
Anyway, Tigutorn is ready, so is Tasku.

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/5/4/159945485a934c9b33e.jpg

http://mcv.planc.ee/images/IMG_3161.jpg

this thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=354429&page=4 is more alive :D

anyway, hi! (:

Holy macaroni, my bad! Didn't notice, tere! :D

I was told that there is an site in Finnish somewhere,so we get very little info on Finland,on skyscrapercity.