http://www.zaha-hadid.com/masterplans/port-of-tallinn-masterplan-2030-for-the-old-city-harbour/
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https://www.dezeen.com/2017/08/31/zaha-hadid-architects-wins-tallinn-port-contest-architecture-news/
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TALLINN
Waterfront Development / Masterplanning / Reuse of Industrial Sites
STREAM CITY
Client- Port of Tallinn
Architect- Zaha Hadid
Program-
Cost- Unknown
As one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe, Tallinn’s Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while the Estonian capital is a global leader in advanced digital information technology, establishing one of the world’s most connected societies. The new masterplan celebrates this diversity and links together disparate districts of the city, creating a vibrant new community near the city centre that will provide an alternative to the city’s Soviet-era housing stock.
The masterplan re-establishes and reinforces the links with the Port of Tallinn and the Old Town, as well as the links between the city and the sea; providing connectivity from the ferry and cruise terminals to the city centre, and at the same time creating an integrated new neighbourhood for the people of Tallinn. With vastly improved access to the waterfront and new public spaces, the masterplan ensures the Port of Tallinn will become a popular civic focus for generations to come.
While contemporary in concept, the new masterplan deliberately preserves the city’s urban fabric, its vistas to historic landmarks and its views to the sea. The new city blocks within the masterplan will continue the existing scale of adjacent districts. The flexibility of the masterplan’s civic zones allows for a rich combination of uses – including culture, entertainment, shopping and hotels – to serve Tallinn’s residents and its growing number of annual visitors (anticipated at over 5 million in 2017). The new pedestrian quayside incorporates terraces served directly by cafés and restaurants.
While contemporary in concept, the new masterplan deliberately preserves the city’s urban fabric, its vistas to historic landmarks and its views to the sea. The new city blocks within the masterplan will continue the existing scale of adjacent districts. The flexibility of the masterplan’s civic zones allows for a rich combination of uses – including culture, entertainment, shopping and hotels – to serve Tallinn’s residents and its growing number of annual visitors (anticipated at over 5 million in 2017). The new pedestrian quayside incorporates terraces served directly by cafés and restaurants.
