Maarjavälja Recreational Area Landscape Architecture Competition

Date: July-Aug, 2022
Location: Tartu, Estonia
Authors: 3+1 Architects (Anne Vingisar, Johannes Madis Aasmäe, Ilmar Valdur), TajuRuum Landscape Architecture (Terje Ong, Hannes Aava as intern)
Result: 2nd Prize

About: During an internship in one of the leading landscape architecture bureaus in Estonia, TajuRuum, I had the opportunity to participate in the end-to-end process of a landscape architecture competition for an experimental green space in Maarjavälja, the science district of the Tartu University. 

The competition entry, titled “Archipelago” proposed a grid structure for the site that was informed by the street network of the surrounding residential area and divided the area into different zones of ecological interest and regimes of management. The borders included a biofiltering water retention zone that collects water from the neighbouring buildings and parking lots.