I am going to post some development projects for Tartu. There has been lot of projects for some years and lot of new will came.

Last year new department store was finished
http://static.flickr.com/25/52079261_bdee810839.jpg
Some people say that it`s the Tartu version of Viru Center in Tallinn.

This year they started to built an apartment building with 23 floors (83.0 m).
This building is in the central city and construction will end in 2007.

http://www.linnaehitus.ee/vvfiles/6/60e8a1a626d07b8d3aeb9b50b4bc40f5.jpg
New free time centre is under construction. There are going to be cinema with 5
screens and 800 seats. Also there is retail and some office space. Centre is connected with international bus station and a parking house for 500 cars.

http://static.flickr.com/71/153124503_4bf395d134_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/59/153124501_77be2c8bfe.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/60/153131069_28364b0657.jpg?v=0
New hotel will be next to the free time centre. This hotel will be the biggest in Tartu with 400 units

http://static.flickr.com/46/153126641_7c2e4807c9_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/56/153126642_3a5649fcb7.jpg?v=0

This year 3 new 8 floors apartment buildings where finished.
http://static.flickr.com/65/153131091_1c5ddd82f4.jpg?v=0
And construction of new district with 8 apartments (8floors) starts in 2006

Soon i`m going to post some more projects. Cheers :cheers:

I didnt even know that Emajõe businesscentre II phase was UC! :) Great addition to the emerging city centre!

Haw meny people live in this town?

101 000

Some photos too
http://static.flickr.com/73/158761368_94e2f35905.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/69/158761369_b604de9b14.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/65/158761370_8bebf80d34.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/48/158761371_b425345e65.jpg?v=0

A very interesting, high quality, project in Tartu! A whole new quarter, 8 8 storey buildings!
Architects: Atelier Thomas Pucher & Bramberger Architects

http://www.thomaspucher.com/cms/media/img/Villa/Tartu%20Housing/tartu001.gif
http://www.thomaspucher.com/cms/media/img/Villa/Tartu%20Housing/tartu002.gif
http://www.thomaspucher.com/cms/media/img/Villa/Tartu%20Housing/tartu010.gif

Those apartments are really good. We should give more project to a foreign architects :)

And the same architects Atelier Thomas Pucher & Bramberger designed a really good Estonian National Museum too, but they didn`t won.
http://www.thomaspucher.com/cms/media/img/Culture/Estonian%20national%20museum/estonia03.jpg

But the new Estonian National Museum will look like that.

http://www.erm.ee/files/images/uus/3d_1_yldvaade.jpg

http://www.erm.ee/files/images/uus/3d_3_eestvaade.jpg

http://www.erm.ee/files/images/uus/3d_2_valisvaade.jpg

http://www.erm.ee/files/images/uus/3d_7_sisevaade.jpg
It´s designed by Dan Dorell, Lina Ghotmeh, Tsuyoshi Tane.

http://www.erm.ee/files/images/uus/arh.jpg

Tartu is going to have a new 15fl Spa Hotel.
Constuction should end in 2008.
The building will consist of 140 rooms.
The surface area:
1) in 1st three floors: 1000sqm, is about to decrease
2) in tower part: 500sqm per floor
Developer: OÜ Kvintett Kinnisvara
Architecture: OÜ Arhitektuuriagentuur: Inga Raukas, Toomas Tammis, Tarmo Teedumäe, Kaiko Kivi and Oliver Soomets
Rendering from Postimees:
http://www.postimees.ee/foto/4/7/594744540df37aa39a_3.jpg

that looks very fine!

tartu will have a smashing skyline! (;

Updates from construction plots in pics taken yesterday ;

Tigutorn progress(3 ongoing pics) Well, this tower deserves its name "snailtower" regarding its slow progress.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2005.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2006.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2003.jpg

Emajõe business centre, phase II, Hotell Station, updates:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2032.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2007.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2010.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/271006sygis2017.jpg

heh, i was just planning to make a little tartu construction update, but it seems you were faster :D

Tigutorn is the first tower in Estonia to be built with "cores ahead" technique!
Too bad its facade isnt too brilliant


ch1le

Discussion over getting highrises built in the citycentre has gone hot. City government is thinking positively towards letting Rein Kilk to build 24 floorer near Tigutorns site-between Tigutorn and Hotell Station and also one of owners of the Atlantis Juhan Kolk wants to build two highrises next to the Atlantis of same height as Tigutorn(you can see planned buildings on rendering). So, the whole area between Atlantis and Zeppelin shoppingmall may turn into the highrise district. Lets see what future holds. Hopefully we find a balance between nimbyism and business sharks temptation to build highrises of low architectural value in our town.

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/7/6/62667455a24c079517_3.jpg
a crappy rendering from Postimees

I'll add a rendering of Emajõe business centre. It shuld be completed by 05.2008. The business parts constuction is getting started:
This multicentre should contain:
13000sqm shoppingcentre,
5000sqm of an office space,
Conference centre, and 5screened movietheatre, both of them with 700 seats
Hotel Station with 410 places.
http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/3/3/624334558db6f05afb_3.jpghttp://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/0/4/6234045583bb572dfb_3.jpg

Yesterday 1/3 of the Tigutorn apartments where booked in one day. The most expensive apartment was sold with 3000€ sqm. 2/3 of tower will be sold in next year

Its been quite a while, so the time for updates from main plots has come, Found a new rendering of Spa hotel also. So Updates in pics are: Tigutorn and Hotel Station.

The Spa Hotel rendering from Postimees, the wiew from Emajõe BC:
http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/2/4/695424589a49e2b8a5_3.jpg
Hotel Station is topped by now and not getting any higher:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/161206trt007.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/161206trt006.jpg
Tigutorn, they are working on its 9th floor atm:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/161206trt002.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/161206trt004.jpg

i'm afraid hotel station will look quite crappy when finished...

and why the hell does it have an english name? ]':

and why the hell does it have an english name? ]':

The hotel new name is Hotel Dorpat, if am correct.

^that'd be much better (:

but still - "hotel", not hotell. damn. why?!?! :D

^that'd be much better (:

but still - "hotel", not hotell. damn. why?!?! :D

You guys are crazy about those double letters, aren't you? :D

Very good projects :banana:

6 residential blocks up to 8 floors are planned to be built to corner of Riga and Filosoofi streets in a two coming years. Project contains 230 flats and 270 parking spaces in underground parking area. First floors of these buildings will be occupied by butiques and offices and yard between the houses will be a combined park and pedestrian area. But there are problems with detail planning, which allows to build only up to three floors, instead of 8 floors, planned for this project.
Here's the rendering:

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/9/8/6184845a22253739ac_3.jpg
photo by Sille Annuk

http://www.ekspress.ee/itf/ee/eefoto.nsf/0/5B0D1C574698A069C225721100434B1E/$file/EEFV-6UVGDE.jpg

a pretty neat angle!

It is time to update the info of current progress at main plots. Emajõe BC's 2nd part(Hotel Dorpat and just started multibuilding progress) and finally Tigutorn all in pics:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit001.jpg
From the corner of Kaubamaja.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit002.jpg
Moving closer to the plot. Works on multibuilding started, there's a hole in ground atm as you see.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit005.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit008.jpg
Hotel Dorpat is getting outfit gladding atm
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit009.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit012.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit010.jpg
neat angle ;)
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit014.jpg
View from marketbridge. Next pics contain Tigutorns progress, it is reaching highrise status these days:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit013.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit018.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit019.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit020.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit021.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit023.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit024.jpg
Pics are from today, it was -15c at the time of shooting ;)

Nice, thanks for posting Rivkin...How did u shoot in minus 15 though, it was so freezin!

Well, i didn't take my gloves off for shooting and fortunately my cam didn't strike against me due to freezing temps. But now I will post 5 pics taken today from different(higher) angles. I made my way to the top floor of the Emajõe BC higrise to recognize the current height of Tigutorn:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/090207trtehit001.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/090207trtehit004.jpg
Hotel Dorpat, pic made through glass :bash:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/090207trtehit002.jpg
I didn't have to look down to spot the top of Tigutorn ;)
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/090207trtehit003.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/090207trtehit005.jpg
Zoomed in

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/080207trtehit012.jpg
cant wait til the finish it, clean it, amm, yeah it looks really cool! The rounded edge! OOOOH, i like so much! :)

The center of Tartu will look really good in a couple of years. :)

Thank you very much for these pictures, Rivkin! I am pretty surprised about that new hotel, so strange. Because before that was built it was a big parking place for those who visited markets that are there. Where do thay park their cars now? Tigutorn doesn't impress me much, I wanted it rather to be something like City Plaza in Tallinn... strictly rectangular. Good that I found this thread, now I can keep my eye on what's going on there.

^^ This is in fact an open secret that open market is not wished into the area by the landowning businessmen, so it would be slowly pushed off. And I personally prefer highrises instead of an open market.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/090207trtehit004.jpg
^^ Do you notice the small saleshouse just next to the right side of the bridge? This is the spot where Rein Kilk wants to build his 24fl highrise ;) We'll see if it'd be realized or not.

I start this post with an attempt to correct the rendering ch1le posted. I think that this rendering is a pure exaggeration showing Tigutorn bigger or nearer(they are working on 12th floor atm and this height can be seen on aomparing pic done by me) than it really is and also in wrong place. Lets compare this rendering with real life ;)

http://www.ekspress.ee/itf/ee/eefoto.nsf/0/5B0D1C574698A069C225721100434B1E/$file/EEFV-6UVGDE.jpg
vs
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit003.jpg

I have also missed two plots big enough to show'em here. First plot is an extension of sportshall of Universitas Tartuensis and other is an extension of a shopping mall not far from it.
So, the sportshalls extension, which will be in mixed use.
athletics: training and arena with 200m course
ballgames:arena with 4000 seats for TÜ Rock basketball team for homeleague and also SEB Baltic league games plus new training hall for different ballgames.
Boxing hall, 2 gyms, aerobics, hall for rowing ergometers and a slipway for rowers and oarsmen.

http://www.ut.ee/vvfiles/2/2e3c57a58608ce027d689db41dc5342c.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit018.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit019.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit020.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit022.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit024.jpg

Now pics of shopping mall extension. It'll get nice facade;)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit006.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit009.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit010.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit011.jpg
all pics done Yesterday.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/190207trtehit009.jpg

heeey, can you see me waiving from the last storey of that orange building? :D

No new sites today but the progress from sites you already know. Tigutorn is at its 15th floor atm and the progress from Emajõe business Center and Hotell Dorpat site. Pics done today

Tigutorn first:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trtmoekuulutus001.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trtmoekuulutus003.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trtmoekuulutus004.jpg

Emajõe Business part II site:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trtmoekuulutus005.jpg
they are covering it with these pinky-brown tiles
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trtmoekuulutus007.jpg
Works in the hole, the base :D
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trt003.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/180307trtmoekuulutus008.jpg

History rising :D...For the first time Tigutorn seems to be higher than normal buildings.

Nice tower , cool pictures! :)

Here is Tigutorn drawing: :lol:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=8253

Very good to _see_ news from Tartu!

Some new office buildings:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/alartarto/vasara2.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/alartarto/vasara1.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/alartarto/sepa2.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/alartarto/sepa1.jpg

heeey, cool! but where? do you know the addresses?

The first is Vasara 50 and the second is Sõbra 54(Sõbra-Turu junction)

Updates from plots:
1. Tigutorn
2. Emajõe BC phase II multibuilding
3. Prewiously shown shopping mall extension.

Lets start with Tigutorn, current works on its 18th floor:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/250407trt001.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/250407trt002.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/250407trt004.jpg

Emajõe BC phase II multibuilding:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/300307trtehit004.jpg
This is in 30.03.07
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/250407trt010.jpg
and this is in 25.04.07 :)

Shopping mall extension:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/250407trt005.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/250407trt008.jpg

There are plans to build 10 buildings up to 8fl to the site of the old meat factory of Tartu. The developer wanted to build up to 10fl but city government cut 2 floors off from buildings. The site of old factory ruins is situated next to the junction of Tähe street and current riverport railway(future trunk line to Annelinn across the river via Ropka bridge- all of these are in the phase of planning atm) in the address Teguri 43.

Rendering of the possible future look of this area from arhitektuuriklubi:
http://www.arhitektuuriklubi.ee/images/upload/lihakombinaat1big.jpg

Nice progress!! Tigutorn looking good :)

Emajõe BC phase II multibuilding got cornerstone and its future name disclosed yesterday. Its name will be "Tasku" as Phase one is "Plasku". "Plasku" means flask and "tasku" means a pocket :D. Some pics of event from Tartu Postimees:

http://www.postimees.ee/galerii/upload/12/899/p_bcee75de.jpg
From left: Chairman of Constructing company YIT Eesti Priit Sauk, The mayor of Tartu Urmas Kruuse and the Chairman of owning company Estiko, Neinar Seli.
http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/0/0/97900464b288698a84_2.jpg

Tasku :D Who came up with that?

^^ The article in Postimees said that it was a simple office worker who came up with an idea.

Lõunakeskus mall and The Tartu Science park will extend enormously. There are plans to add 25 000 sqm of an extra space to the mall and one of the main tenants will be Rimi hypermarket which claim 8000 sqm. There's going to be a 8 story hotel also. So, Lõunakeskus will be half bigger than today. Tartu Science park will get 40 000 sqm additional space in up to 8 fl buildings. But there is major problem with traffic planning because jams are strangling LK even today. If the developers find suitable traffic planning for their projects, then construction might start.

Rendering:
http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/5/1/991154654618c9fd47.jpg
Light brown is an extension, red buildings belong to the Science park planning

22 and 25 storey highrises to Tartu?
http://www.postimees.ee/foto/2/9/1033924675841c1bc56.jpg

HMMM rather cool, I think:):)

good for tartu then :D

This is not all, Rein Kilk wants to build 25 and 9 floorers near the open market:
http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/4/9/10339446758424a6735.jpg
But all these are yet only proposals :wink2:

22 and 25 storey highrises to Tartu?
http://www.postimees.ee/foto/2/9/1033924675841c1bc56.jpg
:puke: :ohno:

It's time to make updates of Tigutorn and Tasku progress:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010297.jpg
Topping is near, works on 23th floor and spire is about to take a form.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010308.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010313.jpg

Tasku progress:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010300.jpg

1.07.
http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070702/P1.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070702/P2.jpg

Max zoom!
http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070702/P3.jpg

Some comments from me too. Somewhy Tigutorn doesn't impress me. It's too slim, it's not rectangular, it has rounded windows between rectangular ones... But I like it's height and the nonusual pattern of windows.

Highrises near Atlantis look good.

A question about Lõunakeskus: if Rimi goes there, what happens to the Maksimarket? Or it is already "changed" to Rimi?

Very good that butchery building area gets new face.

I also like that Vasara buildings will be renovated. I remember when in the second half of 90's when I didn't live in Tartu yet I visited this building with mother and uncle because there were clothes and stuff to buy. Nice memories; pirated CD-s from Anne market... Anyway. Some year ago this building looked like abandoned and.... [ah, kell on juba 1:30 öösel ja ma ei suuda enam meenutada, kuidas on inglise keeles vandaalide poolt rikutud ja lõhutud...] vandalized.

I'll put the renderings of planned highrisses up again with better quality:

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/6/9/1038964678e7cd08285.jpg

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/8/9/1038984678e818f38b6.jpg
A 13fl Hotel building planned on the Vanemuise hill across the road from the Vanemuise concert hall and will be linked with it hall via skybridge over the Vanemuise street. Developer is Mart Avarmaa and an architect is Hemi Sakkov.

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/9/9/1038994678e860390e0.jpg
Although seen, this rendering represents the surrounding area much better than the first posted rendering.

Tigutorn is topped out by now and these are views from above(sorry about their size, they are from Tartu Postimees:

http://www.postimees.ee/foto/2/9/10959246a63ff20a2f1_3.jpg

http://www.postimees.ee/foto/1/9/10959146a63fe519cc9_3.jpg

http://www.postimees.ee/foto/0/9/10959046a63fd7843bf_3.jpg

http://www.postimees.ee/foto/9/8/10958946a63fc1768c4_3.jpg

^^ If these were the views from the top, then I'm gonna post pics of topped Tigutorn itself. This is the final shape but hopefully not the final look ;):

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010497.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010500.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010510.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/p1010507.jpg

:cheers:

tigutorn is cool, yesterday i was in tartu too. this part of the city around plasku and bus-terminal will be very interesting soon.

uh, i want more highrises and bigger density :D

10.10.07:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20071010_Tartu_Emaj6e_2rikeskus_2.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20071010_Tartu_Emaj6e_2rikeskus_3.jpg

New 6-floor office building is U/C. It will be built next to Emajõe Business center. I do like it.
http://www.postimees.ee/foto/2/2/108922469fac6cdd1e1_3.jpg

On the place where garages were? In front of Triip printhouse? Next to market? Very nice indeed.

On the place where garages were? In front of Triip printhouse? Next to market? Very nice indeed.

its connected with the old hotel, and will face towards Turu Street, the old hotel with the new part will form a T

OK, so the street we see in the rendering should be Kaluri (Fisherman) street toward which one might get at last to Zeppelin.

Southern part of Tartu ringroad will be under reconstruction at the end of 2009 and construction may take several years because it is impossible to shut down the southern section at once. An existing roadsection from Ilmatsalu traffic circle to Uhti traffic circle will be turned into 2+2 first class road with separated junctions and 3 tunnels(one under Viljandi road traffic circle, one under Riga traffic circle and the third under Tartu-Orava railroad)along the section. Preproject is done already.

Renderings below
http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/3/0/13330347656c39413ec.jpg

http://www.mnt.ee/atp/failid/tardo.jpg

^^ ;)
1. Below this bridge is the future Rail Baltica:
http://www.foto24.ee/photo.php?photoID=1202454
2. Riga traffic circle
http://www.foto24.ee/photo.php?photoID=1202455
3. Riga intersection when coming from Tallinn
http://www.foto24.ee/photo.php?photoID=1202456
4. And Riga traffic circle from the air.
http://www.foto24.ee/photo.php?photoID=1202457
I had some more renders, but since they changed the plan a bit, they're not accurate any more.(at first they planned to make only half of the section's length 2+2 lanes)

Construction works of Tehvandi K90 Ski jumping complex in Otepää(43km from Tartu) ended in december the 19th. This has to be the biggest ski jumping tower in baltics if I'm not wrong(and its K90 size is something that scandinavian guys would definitely laugh at). Random pics from last summer:

http://www.tehvandi.ee/lthumb.php?ID=351

http://www.tehvandi.ee/lthumb.php?ID=350

Some pics of constructs.

26.01.2008
On the edge of Emajõgi.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080126_Tartu_3.jpg

The railway station is being renovated; same day.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080126_Tartu_raudteejaam_1.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080126_Tartu_raudteejaam_2.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080126_Tartu_raudteejaam_4.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080126_Tartu_raudteejaam_6htul_2.jpg

Emajõe business center or something like that in 09.02.2008.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080209_1.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080209_2.jpg

Something in the corner of Sõbra and Turu street in 09.02.2008:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8224/20080209turus6braristmizf7.jpg

http://www.tartuekspress.ee/upload/510x170/1211401830280027.jpg
Some blueprints of new office and apartment complex, located next to Riga st. close to Lõunakeskus. Main building 20fl,total 70,000m2 and parking house for 1000 cars. Architect Peeter Pere.

omfg! i LOVE peeter pere, he's a fantastic guy! but but but what the hell?!?! this project looks just like the one in singapore by office for metropolitan architecture / ole scheeren... --> http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1943

It just shows the proportions of the building. I'm pretty sure it won't be built like that, if it gets built at all though.

It just shows the proportions of the building. I'm pretty sure it won't be built like that, if it gets built at all though.

nah, it doesnt just show proportions. Its his design.

no, it's not. the eventual design will be different. read: http://www.tartuekspress.ee/?page=7&n=40&id=309

nojah, aga ma mõtlesin seda disaini asja, usun, et silmeees ikkagi scheereni "stackitud" majad. fassaad ja maht nojah.

tõeliselt "ainult mahud" oleks siis kui need augud oleks täidetud, ehk ta näitaks ära ainult ekstreempinnad ühtsena. pmst. või midagi. noh.

lugesin veel, tal on mitu võimalikku varj[i)anti... niiet tuleb ükskõik mis.

bläblöö

Two pics of Hotell Tartu extension:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/tartu/p1010003.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/tartu/p1010004.jpg

From 16.08.2008.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080816_Uus_Tartu_sild_1.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080816_Uus_Tartu_sild_2.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/poolryhm/20080816_Uus_Tartu_sild_3.jpg

^i would sooooooooooooooo have preferred the salto proposal for the bridge :cry:

if anyone's wondering - this one was proposed by salto architects.

http://www.tartu.ee/data/Vabadussild_Salto_foto.JPG

btw, the interactive map of modern architecture in tartu --> http://www.tartu.ee/nyydisarhitektuur

Only in Estonia is a pedestrian bridge replaced by a car-bridge in an university town. That 100 million kroons could've been used to build bike path's, but noooo...car traffic is their priority. I sometimes wonder whether we'll ever be a civilized country or not.

can someone upload new pictures of the railway station -i'm very interested in seeing how its coming along.

been 4 years since my last visit...

Nwe proposal for Fortuuna street in the city center. It is clear, that possibility to complete this project will not come into reality before the end of economic rundown. Arcitects from Künnapuu & Padrik, Developer is Albatrek

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/7/9/165497492310c39b65d_3.jpg

Very nice one! Real city.

DAAAAMN those goddamn historicists künnapu & padrik!!

http://tartu.postimees.ee/foto/7/9/165497492310c39b65d_3.jpg

wait, do i get this straight? in the left-side background we can see narva street, and fortuuna street is in the lower left corner? therefore the small tower in the foreground will look onto the river?

if so, why wasn't the big tower planned along fortuuna street to form a little highrise streetfront together with the existing 10-12 storey building? hmm.

this planning seems very weird in its context.

^hahahha! yessss!

the town architect tiit sild also questioned the location of the tallest tower (:

plus, the current detailed planning allows only 10 storeys in the area. also, it is required that the developer organizes an architectural competition!

in short - the quarter and the building will most probably not look like seen in the render when / if completed! yay!

^^
yay indeed, because it seems that the tops of the small towers look quite similar to the ones they used on Triumph Plaza, and which imo are hideous. Of course the project itself is nothing special also.

i kinda like it heh!

^you kinda have shitty taste!

a tule tlna, lumi maas = mustsõstravein.

i put more emphasis on the planning.

A ei tule, ma pean tegema projekti ju. Varsti, varsti, kariniga kätt suruma, siis.

Here's the new Freedom bridge in Tartu, it should be ready by now but they have only completed the arc.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2008/12/21/108396t41hd3e2.jpg

It was announced that the old deparment store / mall will be demolished to make room for a new bigger building, mainly intended for business purposes. On the corner of Riia and Turu street, a 14-storey business/office building is planned, for comparison, the Pläsku building is also 14 storeys high. The other parts of the building will be about 6-8 storeys. The new complex will also have the biggest underground parking lot in Tartu.
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/03/01/141739t41h601c.jpg

^about time! i'm counting on kimmel & ch1le & co to organize an invited competition for the new buildings (;

Does Tartu have a limit of height for skyscrapers like Tallinn?

Some pictures of Tartu University Hospital new additional complex: (29500m², 64mln€)
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/alartarto/DSC_0082.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/alartarto/DSC_0188.jpg

^about time! i'm counting on kimmel & ch1le & co to organize an invited competition for the new buildings (;

im not 100% sure, but i find that render a bit wtf. Im pretty sure the competition will be for max 5 floors.

So its wrong to say "Planned 14 storey", as its just developers (?) proposal.
anyhow will have more info when i get my ass into the office.

It was announced that the old deparment store / mall will be demolished to make room for a new bigger building, mainly intended for business purposes. On the corner of Riia and Turu street, a 14-storey business/office building is planned, for comparison, the Pläsku building is also 14 storeys high. The other parts of the building will be about 6-8 storeys. The new complex will also have the biggest underground parking lot in Tartu.
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/03/01/141739t41h601c.jpg


This looks really awseome..

Tartu Consumer Cooperative's director Tarmo Punger finds that the old Kaubamaja should connect with the new Kaubamaja either on the land or from the ground, as well as Tasku

i wonder how these sort of developers' wet dreams become NEWS. i mean, so what if he's dreaming of stuff mentioned above, if (as in this case) the current det plan doesn't allow a 14-storey building on the site, then... why such news, prophetically headlined "a new tall building to arise in tartu"...

i wonder how these sort of developers' wet dreams become NEWS. i mean, so what if he's dreaming of stuff mentioned above, if (as in this case) the current det plan doesn't allow a 14-storey building on the site, then... why such news, prophetically headlined "a new tall building to arise in tartu"...

prepping public and thus the city hall to possibly change the detail plan, or atleast consider it. So... no one would do it if there wasnt any need.

^ no doubt there's need but i don't quite understand the motif of newspapers that publish such stuff as news. do they get $$ for that or are they just desperate to publish anything as long as they sell?

Tartu will get in the future a new park or we could call it also recreation place called " Lodja park ".

In the link the project isn´t ready but even now in the blog you can see a lot of pictures of it:

http://www.lodi.ee/park/

half truth + half rubbish = newspapers!!! woaala!

Well, when I still lived in Tartu more than three years ago I knew that the old department store will not last much after the new one was ready already. So I made the pictures of that old department store - so nice and cozy building, should be taken under heritage protection... Like a beautiful example of soviet architecture.

^^ Nope. I don't think so at all. I would rather see a 14 story highrise there instead of space wasting two story gray building regardless all my respect to sovet time pearls (Sakala centre demolition in Tallinn was a cultural crime :bash:) but I dont consider "Old dep" as a brilliant worth preserving for future generations :ohno: Only thing which frightens me is that the Businessmen or those commisions who approve the winners of design competitions don't seem to have taste to choose worthy winner in most bigger cases (like the new Department store which ruins the centre with its gray bathroom wall tones and its monotone design).

Any updates of Lõunakeskus extension ?

I m happy of Tilts ! Tartu people do know why !:)

^^ Nope. I don't think so at all. I would rather see a 14 story highrise there instead of space wasting two story gray building regardless all my respect to sovet time pearls (Sakala centre demolition in Tallinn was a cultural crime :bash:) but I dont consider "Old dep" as a brilliant worth preserving for future generations :ohno: Only thing which frightens me is that the Businessmen or those commisions who approve the winners of design competitions don't seem to have taste to choose worthy winner in most bigger cases (like the new Department store which ruins the centre with its gray bathroom wall tones and its monotone design).
I agree with the new department store part. It's in the middle of the city, it could've been the attractive heart of the city but they decided to build a grey box instead.

I m happy of Tilts ! Tartu people do know why !:)

Never mention that name again!!! :tongue: Those dudes just can't build. One mess after another. I'm sick and tired of those delays with the Vabaduse bridge.

http://www.arileht.ee/pic.php?suurus=s&file=185974

Anyone knows about status of new railway station ?

as far as i know (thanks to ch1le) this thing should be under development - but the current design is somewhat different from the one seen above. anyway, i really hope it will be built.

I dont want it to be built, it reminds too much the case of bus station :soapbox: .I would rather see the main building in its proper use again but those businesspoliticians from Reformierakond have spoilt all those chances. And it'll be much better If we had train and bus station in the same building there, but seems that this hope will never come into reality :bash:

Are they building Ahhaa center on no ? To today news the work will start next month and it has to be ready next year december.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/02/12/132470t41h2bf4.jpg

Yes they are, they have the money! :D

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/04/16/164482t41h9398.jpg

new road bridge just not far from Tartu:P

New sporting facilty to EMÜ.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/04/09/161231t41h8e91.jpg

Are they building Ahhaa center on no ? To today news the work will start next month and it has to be ready next year december.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/02/12/132470t41h2bf4.jpg

Construction of AHHAA centre has begun Yesterday :banana:
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/06/01/187794t41h259a.jpg

Is taht red buildin under " muinsuskaitse " ?

In addion i found that the chemistry building for TÜ has been entering in the ending phase.

http://www.u-disain.ee/keemiahoone_3.jpg

Is taht red buildin under " muinsuskaitse " ?

Nope. It's being demolished at the moment. Only core structure of it was left today when I passed by the construction site.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/06/03/189206t41hc631.jpg

Addinol is building its new headquarter for Estonia and near reagion.

but i think is awful--

Omg, saw that also today in newspaper.. looks like sh** !

It's just a small office building, no need for all this fuss around it, I would understand if it would be built in the centre of Tartu but it isn't. Companies like that don't need so fancy buildings.

http://www.ahhaa.ee/v3/photos/large/uus_maja_1.jpg

http://www.ahhaa.ee/v3/photos/large/uus_maja_2.jpg


http://www.ahhaa.ee/v3/photos/large/uus_maja_3.jpg

http://www.ahhaa.ee/v3/photos/large/uus_maja_4.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/02/12/132470t41h2bf4.jpg
Source: postimees.ee
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Tartu's airway is now connected to Riga by AirBaltic and Estonian Air is going to create a route to Stockholm in autumn!

187 m - Soinaste TV-mast
97 m - Turu Street chimney
83/70 m - Tigutorn
70 m - Fortum chimney in Annelinn
52 m - Emajõe Ärikeskus

Tartu is awesome!

my stand-up comedy persona also says that IT is awesome and FIERCE at the same time!

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/07/14/207327t1h3a36.jpg

The East pass is decided only the one section isn´t decided yet.

any updates on the office building by emil urbel on vanemuise street?

I only have seen that they are costructing 3. level last weekend.

http://www.arileht.ee/pic.php?suurus=s&file=185974

Anyone knows about status of new railway station ?

http://www.tartupostimees.ee/?id=143155

according to news, would be this building done to end of this year . Somehow this :banana: and otherway alsou :ohno:.

http://www.tartupostimees.ee/?id=143155

according to news, would be this building done to end of this year . Somehow this :banana: and otherway alsou :ohno:.
I don't get it, can't they just use the old railway station?

Who does?

I don't get it, can't they just use the old railway station?

i quote: "Kuna vana vaksalihoone on sattunud erakätesse, tuleb reisijate teenindamise tarbeks rajada täiendav ootepaviljon."

more about the pavilion: http://www.tartu.ee/index.php?lang_id=1&menu_id=2&page_id=4163

btw the pavilion has been slightly redesigned, ch1le should know more about this.

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/07/14/207327t1h3a36.jpg

How many lanes Tartu's new bypass will have?

They will build it first 1+1 , in some places 2+2 between Võru and Turu ( below left ), but they will leave a possibilty for future to build it 2+2. :)

Tartu has in mind to build north bypass, to lower down the east bypass capacity. That is why they will build first 1+1.

From that plan I see that Tartu eastern bypass will cross Raadi airfield,so are they building a tunnel there?

no

Sorry for my ignorance,I've mistaken Raadi airfield (not in use) with Tartu airfield ( in use)

i quote: "Kuna vana vaksalihoone on sattunud erakätesse, tuleb reisijate teenindamise tarbeks rajada täiendav ootepaviljon."

more about the pavilion: http://www.tartu.ee/index.php?lang_id=1&menu_id=2&page_id=4163
Do you know when did it happen?

Thanks for the info tho'.

^ i think it was sold to rein kilk when andrus ansip was the mayor of tartu, ie between 1998 and 2004.

or more precisely: i don't know :D

any updates on the office building by emil urbel on vanemuise street?

6th floor under shaping

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/07/30/214239t41hb287.jpg
Source: www.postimees.ee

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/08/18/223119t41h6b61.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/08/18/223120t41h9e59.jpg

Mis seal peal siis hakkab olema ?

oodake, panen varsti konkursitööd ülesse.

NOH!

enne pean tartu kodukale laadima....

ERM-ile siis anti täna ehitusluba :D

Speaking only Estonian in this forum is really ignorant. Get yourseves together.

why? latvains speak here all the time saldejumps language

Dude, that was kinda lame of you. It's self-explanatory that we all should try to speak in English here.

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/09/23/239642t1hb34f.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/09/23/239641t1hb514.jpg

I like the first one. I think it is not so futuristic like the second one.

The first one is by Karisma architects, the other one, Salto!

Both are good. Win win win!

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/04/20/166099t41hcc3c.jpg

^ mmm kinda pointless to post just pictures without any explanations?

anyway, apt building by salto, featured at archdaily: http://www.archdaily.com/35887/aleksandri-st-apartment-building-salto-ab/

^ mmm kinda pointless to post just pictures without any explanations?

anyway, apt building by salto, featured at archdaily: http://www.archdaily.com/35887/aleksandri-st-apartment-building-salto-ab/

thanx, for the link i guess, the buildings are on the salto web alsou :D

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/09/23/239642t1hb34f.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/09/23/239641t1hb514.jpg

There's a third entry on the contest aswell... doesn't look much though.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/09/23/239914t41h016b.jpg

^ mmm kinda pointless to post just pictures without any explanations?

You mean not, like pointillism, what so ever.
I really don't have time to explain everything that you already comprehend, I do not and am not going to work for this forum as a f* reflecting mindless and naive volunteer;
Cheese and Peace!

I have not noticed that Tartu will get a new boatbridge ( paadisild, arvan, et see on vale tõlge ) . It will be connected with Sõpruse bridge, that is what is makes a little more exiter :) But the building date is not set.
Project is in PDF, from Tartu city page.

PDF (http://info.raad.tartu.ee/webaktid.nsf/fc7763c017c9f110c22568cd004625d4/b7c53c92fdd75d9cc22571dc0067cfcb/$FILE/ATT347QK/s%C3%B5pruse_silla_paadisadama_eskiis.pdf)

In addition i found this , and this was accepted in Tartu city council.
Fortuuna, Pikk, vaheline detailplaneering.
http://www.veeprojekt.ee/UserFiles/Planeerimine/Valik%20t%F6id/__thumb_-3-Fortuuna.jpg
additonal information:
at veeprojekt (http://www.veeprojekt.ee/et/Planeerimine-ja-maastikukujundus/Avalik-info/Avalikustamisele-saadetud-planeeringud)

Tartu University is opening new 12k sqm Chemicum today, which would provide world class science in chemistry in Tartu. 300 scientists and 600 students of chemistry will work there. The cost of the building was half billion EEK ie slightly over 32 mio EUR.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/10/22/254782t41hefff.jpg
image from Postimees.

^^This is next to Tartu Healthcare College, where I study, Children's Hospital, Tartu University Hospital, BioMedicum and Institute of Technology.
An annex that will look the same is also being planned for this building and the healthcare college is going to get a new building nearby in 2012.

The railway crossing in Betooni street will be shifted 500m northwards and current crossing is to be left for bicycle and pedestrian use only. Two roundabouts are to be created (one to the spot of the current and other in front of new crossing) and new crossing will be under the railway. This will be connected to the street network via new planned street.
Scheme below:

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/11/03/260659t1h5524.jpg
from Tartu Postimees

The covering of the building on the corner of Ülikooli and Vanemuise Streets was removed yesterday. This is a quite black building and makes nice [high] contrast with the town centre area. It seems that Tartu is becoming a tiny city. Only Tartu Kaubamaja looks way too commercial.
Also, AHHAA Science Centre has got first part of its roof.

I really don't have time to explain everything that you already comprehend, I do not and am not going to work for this forum as a f* reflecting mindless and naive volunteer;
Cheese and Peace!

Easy, Rene! :) It's probably true that Jarmo and your fellow Estonians don't need much explanation of projects as they are familiar with things, but think of the poor visitors who come to this section of SSC because they want to learn about what's going on Estonia: we need all the help we can get! :yes:

Everybody who has free time and money, come to Tartu and check this out, there is full-size and real-life barge [(lodi) or ship] "Jõmmu" just in the middle of the Town Hall Square as the christmas decoration and movie theatre. Definitely you have not seen something like that.

http://www.lodi.ee/components/com_spgm/spgm/gal/Lodi_s%F5it_raekoja_platsile/lodi_ratastel_19.jpg

http://www.lodi.ee/components/com_spgm/spgm/gal/Lodi_s%F5it_raekoja_platsile/lodi_ratastel_29.jpg

^^

Damn thats a stupid idea.

The river is next to the square, why not park it there? This just illustrates how the river emajõgi is totally missing from the city and the minds of the residents.

Estonian cities are painfully hydrophobic.

Are you sure that these are not your own problems?

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/09/23/239642t1hb34f.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/09/23/239641t1hb514.jpg

psst - salto won - psst.

I am going to create a photothread of Tartu soon - views that you have never seen before!

some model photos of the planned boat house (?!) by salto architects -> www.salto.ee

photos by salto architect pelle-sten viiburg.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4267840441_bc4eaa4033_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4268582414_81a0baaf79_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4267834457_4547313a7d_b.jpg

some model photos of the planned boat house (?!) by salto architects -> www.salto.ee

photos by salto architect pelle-sten viiburg.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4267840441_bc4eaa4033_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4268582414_81a0baaf79_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4267834457_4547313a7d_b.jpg

fantastic! They improved it over the first proposal, atleast, seems like so. And the model is just extremely nice. Simple, clean, nice.

Lodjakoja meestel oli septembris õigus, nii tuligi. Kusjuures, lodi 'Jõmmu' sõitis eelmisel suvel ka Peterburgi.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/01/26/302459t41h181b.jpg

Northern sectoin of Tartu ringroad is being put on the paper. It'll consist of three major intersections with viaducts. This road section will be about 4 km's long, although it is a long term plan I hope it'll get built in some 10 years time.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/313056t1hbdb0.jpg

Awesome. Nice to see that Tartu will have a modern bypass in the future. Btw, is there any information on the planned eastern bypass? When the construction will start?

Awesome. Nice to see that Tartu will have a modern bypass in the future. Btw, is there any information on the planned eastern bypass? When the construction will start?

The construction of the interchange that connects the eastern bypass with the western bypass should begin in 2010 and finish in 2011. The rest is yet unknown. The money needed for it exists but there are some issues with the route.

Haven't posted pictorial news from Tartu for quite a while. I'll post two Pictures. One from the office building in the centre and the second one shows the progress of Ahha centre. Pics from today ;)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/ahhaajm270310006.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/Rivkin/Ehitus/ahhaajm270310007.jpg

That's a nice looking office building :drool: Who's the architect?

oh yea, i forgot to post my photos of the office building on vanemuise / ülikooli... the pics are a bit older than rivkin's but what the hey. the building was designed by andrus mark & emil urbel - http://www.emilurbel.ee/cms/portfell

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4420538010_cb887ebe53_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4419767645_2ee43ff3c7_b.jpg

fantastic building. Only thing which i dont like is the ground floor, and the balcony windows. Otherwise, awesome.

Damn, that office building is sweet!

And the greatest things about this building: it has a firewall so in the future it's possible to build a companion on it's side.

Fits well in the area. Love them big windows.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7820/nessaja.png




http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2144/frozen.png

The center looks better with 2-3 extra floors - way too down to Earth for a town center.
Ohhh, I so love critiqués.

The center looks better with 2-3 extra floors - way too down to Earth for a town center.
Ohhh, I so love critiqués.

yep, its quite suburban.

ses mõttes, et see ala [kas võin kasutada sõna 'liivakast'?]on justkui igasuguseid kuupe täis visatud ja küllatud, Inimene on kuskile tagaplaanile jäetud. Minu kiunumine ja undamine on ka siinkohal piiratud.
Aga, kui uued tõusud ja lained tulevad, nii paarikümne aasta jooksul, siis ...
..hmmm..
...murdub ja peegeldub ka valgus teise nurga alt

ses mõttes, et see ala [kas võin kasutada sõna 'liivakast'?]on justkui igasuguseid kuupe täis visatud ja küllatud, Inimene on kuskile tagaplaanile jäetud. Minu kiunumine ja undamine on ka siinkohal piiratud.
Aga, kui uued tõusud ja lained tulevad, nii paarikümne aasta jooksul, siis ...
..hmmm..
...murdub ja peegeldub ka valgus teise nurga alt

Taskut, pläskut, bussijaama ja tartuhotelliasja ja uut Swedbanki maja küll inimesekaugeteks kuupideks ei kutsuks. Suhteliselt linlikud. Kunagi statoil annab ka järele ja ehitab 5-6 korruselise maja, rääkimata vana kaubamaja kvartalist.

Täpsustan, sul on õigus, sest viitasin vaid kiirtoidlustuskohale, spordihoonele, ujulakompleksile, sääne kaubandus- ning teaduskeskusele, või ka vanale soojusjaamale. Lihtsalt, võib-olla palju tahetud, aga sellel alal on hästi palju funktsionaalsust ja ka 'odavamalt saadut'. Aga, antud asukohana ootaksin ka >Inimese sisemist (ekstravertsuse) avaldumist, ja mitte ainult 'too-kogu-oma-raha-mulle'<, rohkem kvartali-sisest sünergiat, rõõmu ja naudinguid.
Igatahes, võimalik et see kõik toimub ainult minu peas.


!point> väääääga palju piiritletust, krundilisust.

Täpsustan, sul on õigus, sest viitasin vaid kiirtoidlustuskohale, spordihoonele, ujulakompleksile, sääne kaubandus- ning teaduskeskusele, või ka vanale soojusjaamale. Lihtsalt, võib-olla palju tahetud, aga sellel alal on hästi palju funktsionaalsust ja ka 'odavamalt saadut'. Aga, antud asukohana ootaksin ka >Inimese sisemist (ekstravertsuse) avaldumist, ja mitte ainult 'too-kogu-oma-raha-mulle'<, rohkem kvartali-sisest sünergiat, rõõmu ja naudinguid.
Igatahes, võimalik et see kõik toimub ainult minu peas.


!point> väääääga palju piiritletust, krundilisust.

fenomen mida kirjeldad tegib planeeritud majade/funktsioonide vahel, mitteplaneeritud ruumis. Vaja on aega ja rohkem majadevahelist ruumi. (NB! majadevahelist ruumi, mitte lihtsalt ruumi).

no vod

Ahhaa center location would have been an excellent spot for some highrise,for stronger defining of Tartu center (sry,I just don't like lowrise buildings in the middle of the city)


Btw,does anyone know,whats up with Tartu train station (the planned new one)? Will the new building be built or not?

Ahhaa center location would have been an excellent spot for some highrise,for stronger defining of Tartu center (sry,I just don't like lowrise buildings in the middle of the city)


Btw,does anyone know,whats up with Tartu train station (the planned new one)? Will the new building be built or not?
No, it won't. And since the old one is still being renovated :lol:, Tartu has little hope of getting a working station building anytime soon.

I'm actually 5m from the train station now and yeah it's being renovated. Most of it is done though, and it looks quite nice. I'll take a picture when I go out and post it when I'm back in Viljandi.


edit:

http://wover.be/images/SSC/P1030844.JPG

And the Hostel next door (where I stayed overnight) is also very nicely renovated. And cheap: 300 EEK per night for a two-person room. 200 EEK for one-person room.

http://wover.be/images/SSC/P1030847.JPG

Damn,that's a nice renovation! :drool: Then again,the proposed new railway station building was nice...but meh...

Nice photos,Wover!

I'm actually 5m from the train station now and yeah it's being renovated. Most of it is done though, and it looks quite nice. I'll take a picture when I go out and post it when I'm back in Viljandi.

^^ No offence but the railway building has been renovated for a very long time and if you didn't see any workers there while staying in Tartu, then I really think it has become to a halt.

^^ No offence but the railway building has been renovated for a very long time and if you didn't see any workers there while staying in Tartu, then I really think it has become to a halt.

I can't remember any workers, but the fences on the picture do suggest some work being done.

Also, the underground passage to track 2 really looks horrible, so they should renovate it. Maybe with the crisis the project is on a halt?

^^ The project is on hold due to political/city governing issues over the spot. At first, there was a decision to build a new pavillion for passengers which didn't came into existence and I'm seriously happy about that (we just don't need yet another business rape on our common transport facilities, which happened in city centre and central bus station). Rein Kilk (a Local tycoon sorta businessman who owns the building atm) wanted to use the main building as a commercial facility but he ran out of money and he lost his possible tenders and Edelaraudtee's (train service company) refusal to rent the Pavillion from Kilk blew up the pavilion possibility for good, so the situation forced him to negotiations with the city government to sell the main building to the city (although this railway station building shouldn't have got into his hands at all and it is pity that it did). Whole situation is ironic, because either our mayor Urmas Kruuse or Rein Kilk is form the same political party which promised to reclaim the trainstation to the city in last elections they won. :bash: They made that soup and now they promised to remove it in elections.

Estonian Flight Academy will complete its new main building near the airport of Tartu next spring. After that all educational and organizational work is being done there.
Here is the rendering from Postimees:

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/03/30/340791t41h80f2.jpg

^ project by the local lunge & ko.

http://www.lunge.ee/site%20pilt/arhimg/lennuakadeemia/lenduks.jpg

http://www.lunge.ee/site%20pilt/arhimg/lennuakadeemia/lendkaks.jpg

Nice,simple design :) I like it!

I only hope flight academy won't look 'cheap'. Many buildings with good design have been ruined by selecting cheapest materials available. So many buildings with bare concrete walls,cheap packet glass windows & ugly colour selection.. :ohno:

New extension for Ellery music school.

I like it:)

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2010/08/30/424683t1he538.jpg

By Järve & Tuulik architects.

I like it too.
But mby would be better if they integrated the entrance with something other then that staircase.

Detail planning of new Tartu art museum & public library is waiting for approval by city officials. Location is surrounded by Kompanii,Munga & Magistri streets,Vabaduse avenue and Tartu town hall square. Planned building would be up to 3978 square meters size and 4-storeys high.

If the planning gets approved,then international competition will be held for finding the architect. In another words - there's a good chance of having awesome art museum there! :)


Renders of allowed construction volume on site (these are not renders of final building design!):
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/05/20/371329t41h3785.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/o/2009/03/05/143784t1h5454.jpg

Source: http://www.tartupostimees.ee/?id=310253

that is fantastic!

If only I could take part in the competition...

youd surely win.

youd surely win.

yeah :D I know everything about designing librariers :nuts:.
But once the competition brief comes through Ill go over it with a magnifying glass to see if its okay for me to take part in it.

Initial project of Tartu eastern bypass is done by Ramboll Eesti AS and Ramboll Finland Oy. If everything goes as planned, construction of phase one will begin in July '11.

Some figures about bypass:

Length: 12,2 km
Connector roads: 14,8 km.
Light traffic paths: 19,9 km.
400 m bridge across Emajõgi river
7 junction- or crossing viaducts
3 light traffic viaducts
5 light traffic tunnels
1 road tunnel.
Penetrates 4 municipalities
Estimated initial cost 44,9 mio eur 700 mio EEK.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/10/07/445623t41hc1d6.jpg

More renderings and info in estonian at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38878537/Idaringtee-veebi

Initial project of Tartu eastern bypass is done by Ramboll Eesti AS and Ramboll Finland Oy. If everything goes as planned, construction of phase one will begin in July '11.

Some figures about bypass:

Length: 12,2 km
Connector roads: 14,8 km.
Light traffic paths: 19,9 km.
400 m bridge across Emajõgi river
7 junction- or crossing viaducts
3 light traffic viaducts
5 light traffic tunnels
1 road tunnel.
Penetrates 4 municipalities
Estimated initial cost 44,9 mio eur 700 mio EEK.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/10/07/445623t41hc1d6.jpg

More renderings and info in estonian at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38878537/Idaringtee-veebi

I happened to attend the conference where they "published" the initial project. To be honest, they didnt have very convincing arguements why the bypass should be built... True, the projections indicated heavy traffic on the section between Turu and Võru streets, but the section with the bridge over the River had 10 (!) times less traffic. And the section between Ihaste and Tartu - Narva road had even less. Plus, as soon as the road project came up - everyone is now interested in building new "lõunakeskus" style projects on it - planned Põhja Keskus, Ida Keskus so on. This sucks!

^^ It's ironic how the Eastern bypass is a relatively new project compared to the Southern bypass but is still built earlier that the latter one. And Southern bypass is definitely a more important one, considering that it has higher traffic densities and is also part of a major cross-country highway route.

^^ It's ironic how the Eastern bypass is a relatively new project compared to the Southern bypass but is still built earlier that the latter one. And Southern bypass is definitely a more important one, considering that it has higher traffic densities and is also part of a major cross-country highway route.

southern? which is that?

southern? which is that?
Sorry, I meant western bypass. http://www.mnt.ee/atp/?id=2609

^^ It's ironic how the Eastern bypass is a relatively new project compared to the Southern bypass but is still built earlier that the latter one. And Southern bypass is definitely a more important one, considering that it has higher traffic densities and is also part of a major cross-country highway route.

It is not that ironic at all :D Because western bypass doesn't add any bridges across Emajõgi. Thus Ringtee bridge basically in the borders of the city serving mainly the need to connect Annelinn and Ropka is the main issue which turns Eastern bypass to priority compared to western bypass. And Tartu needs an extra bridge in its borders like air because most important bridges (Võidu and Sõpruse) we have are in alarming shape mainly due to years of not maintaining them and are not repairable without months of tracffic chaos on both sides of the river. And Vabaduse bridge with its 160 mio EEK cost is a dead end :bash:

I personally would prefer Western bypass as a priority instead as you do. But who could understand those Reformists' policy without vision but loaded with lobby groups' interests anyway? So there is just lack of political will and money to complete the western bypass on both sides- maanteeamet and Tartu :bash:.

Tartu Tervishoiu Kõrgkooli juurdeehitus is U/C
http://www.tartu.ee/data/Nooruse5_kk_1.jpg
I hope this is the correct object.
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Reconstruction of old Railway station tunnels and platform

......

any more ?

^ FANTASTIC news! the world needs more kavakava buildings (;

Playtech Estonia (online gambling solutions developer) moves its production units from plasku to former central post office of Tartu. Latter will be rebuilt.
Project by Sammas.

rendering:

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/10/10/447107t41ha8e3.jpg

And Vabaduse bridge with its 160 mio EEK cost is a dead end :bash:

A major mistake by the current city government. Think how many km of bicycle roads they could've built with that money. And Tartu is pretty much the perfect size for cycling - any bigger and the distances would become too great, any smaller and the students would choose walking instead(although a lot of them walk to school even today).

A major mistake by the current city government. Think how many km of bicycle roads they could've built with that money. And Tartu is pretty much the perfect size for cycling - any bigger and the distances would become too great, any smaller and the students would choose walking instead(although a lot of them walk to school even today).

meh...I have heard, that Tartu people dont like cycling...they say they have hills :D
But nevertheless the front of Tartu Univ main building is covered quite nicely with rolling iron.

The new Playtech building looks so booring, they should build a complete new building instead of moving into postimaja

http://encc.ee/wp-content/themes/encc/images/encc_08.gif

In this week construction of largest nanotechnology lab in Baltics will begin in Tartu Science Park. The Nanolab will be 1013 m2 large laboratory for nanotech research. Cost of project is 27,75 million EEK. Architects are from Projekt Kuubis OÜ,main construction works contractor is Eviko and deadline is set in late 2011.

Renders:
http://www.teaduspark.ee/UserFiles/Pildid/Uudised/__thumb_-3-nanolab_3d_vaade.jpg

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/10/25/454991t41h310a.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7820/nessaja.png




http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2144/frozen.png

but what is it and where? I mean the tower

^^

It's called Tigutorn (or Snail Tower in English,built 2006-2008) and is located in Downtown Tartu,right on the shore of Emajõgi.

Here's it's homepage if you are interested: http://www.tigutorn.ee/eng/

It's old (architectural competition was held in August),but it's worth showing,as it's quite interesting design - new Tartu Loodusmaja (nature house?) on Lille street 10. Let's just hope material selection doesn't ruin it's design ;)

Loodusmaja should be finished by 2013 and construction should start soon,as government has already financed this project with 44 million EEK (total cost should be somewhere around 55 million EEK)

It's joint design by Urmas Lõokese Arhitektuuribüroo and KARISMA arhitektid OÜ. According to design,building size is 2060 m2.

Renders & plans:
http://www.tartu.ee/data/Lille10_1_kand_1.jpg

http://www.tartu.ee/data/Lille10_1_kand_3.jpg

http://www.tartu.ee/data/Lille10_1_kand_2.jpg

Btw,Tartu forumers should post here more often about stuff going on in Tartu :D Aren't you ppl ashamed that Tallinn forumers know more about your new architecture? j/k

Btw,Tartu forumers should post here more often about stuff going on in Tartu :D Aren't you ppl ashamed that Tallinn forumers know more about your new architecture? j/k

oops.

www.tartu.ee/aeo

oops.

www.tartu.ee/aeo

Nooooo! My source has been exposed!

:cripes:

^ btw at least a few of those competitions have been uploaded there by ch1le :D :D

^ btw at least a few of those competitions have been uploaded there by ch1le :D :D

oh just 1. I had more attending matters than informing the great unwashed masses (read, informing you -.-).

Unwashed masses deserve to be informed ;) Otherwise they might turn into nimby's...

Anyway,back to development.

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/11/11/464751t41h6b73.jpg

New 5-storey gene research & biotechnology science centre is U/C in Tartu,Riia Highway 23. Geenivaramu & Tartu University Molecular & Cell Biology Institute are main users of this building. Building is designed by Tõnis Tarbe Arhitektuuribüroo and has cost of 60 million EEK. Construction deadline is early 2011,but centre itself will be opened in November 2011.

Source: http://www.tartupostimees.ee/?id=340846

There are also several other science & education related construction projects planned or U/C in Tartu,but they are bit confusing and I tend to mix them up :P So I'll avoid posting them - I might get bashed for posting wrong information about some projects...

jesus christ -.-

WAIT WHAT!? IT IS IN DOWNTOWN AREA? WTF

so, as we've now found out - this project is from before the era of tiit sild... no wonder it's shit. (AND, it's by a supermarket architect.)

^^
BTW it is built to inner yard of Tartu University Molecular & Cell Biology Institute (so quite in the middle of city block) and cannot be seen from Riia or Vanemuise street anyway. Neither is it next to any public pedestrian area...

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/11/11/464754t41h2938.jpg
current u/c building is the upper part of the blue house

...so to lower project costs, architecture value is.....- just plain functionality and nothing else to find :sleepy:

i think it's not soo bad at all compared with some other new buildings what we have..

something that needed to be said out loud: http://www.arhliit.ee/uudised/artiklid/ylikool-p6llu-peale/

Estonian Flight Academy will complete its new main building near the airport of Tartu next spring. After that all educational and organizational work is being done there.
Here is the rendering from Postimees:

http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/03/30/340791t41h80f2.jpg

They've done a pretty good progress. Photo from yesterdays newspaper:
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2010/11/18/469268t41h84d3.jpg

News mentioned that subcontractor had some problems with main contractor over work payments,but they've seem to have sorted out those problems: http://www.tartupostimees.ee/?id=344388

looks like noone has mentioned the last 2 competitions, both in the soviet suburb of annelinn.

annelinna youth center: http://www.tartu.ee/data2/aeo/ANK_Annelinnas.html
won by kalle komissarov together with his students aet ader, mikk meelak, grete soosalu, karin tõugu, kaidi õis.

annelinna shopping center 'prisma': http://www.tartu.ee/data2/aeo/Prisma_luunjas.html
won by salto architects. worth a look (; btw the cornerstone will be laid on march 8th this year. they are fast!

^^ Yikes, that Prisma is tacky!

I'm disappointed with this Tartu Prisma. Tbh,I'd expect smth lot more exiting from Salto...

AHEMM (:

what would you have expected from an invited competition where there were only 3 participants, plus, all they had to do was design the facade with a very limited budget.

there's one more thing about the "competition" but i'm not sure if i should tell about it. anyway.

comparing with urmas lõoke's and martin kink's projects, the one by salto is way cooler.

the second prisma project (Karisma OÜ) was much more beautiful than the winner, but i don't think it soo bad.

the recently completed emü sports hall was published on archdaily: http://www.archdaily.com/104586/sports-hall-of-the-estonian-university-of-life-sciences-salto-ab/

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