Architecture
Design
3
Gregor Taul
67
Mihkel Ilus
7
Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla
71
Evelin Kangur
Free Some Space for Weak Monuments Sensitive Interventions in Venice 13
Tadeáš Říha
Weakness in Architecture 19
Tõnu Tunnel
Is a Monument Land Stuck in Time? 31
Francisco Martinez
36
Carl-Dag Lige
Architectural Taxidermy Mini Estonian Architecture Histories 45
Paco Ulman
C:\Works\2017\ Kuressaare 55
Karin Bachmann
The New Modernity of the Urban Thicket 59
Julia Hinderink
63
Villem Tomiste
New Kids On the Block Looking forward to the 5th Tallinn Architecture Biennial
The Universal Addressability of Contrast in Tanel Veenre’s Work
Estonian Art
The Architecture Issue
The Tranquil Kingdom of Pillezoo Art 75
Dénes Farkas
87
Peeter Talvistu
93
Kati Kivinen & Saara Hacklin
Monument Talking About the Bear in Estonian Art There and Back Again: Building a Collection Exhibition Books 98
Elisa-Johanna Liiv
Puänt’s Picks Exhibitions 100
In this issue of Estonian Art we focus on architecture, urbanism and the public sphere. Tadeáš Říha, Laura Linsi and Roland Reemaa are three young architects who will represent Estonia at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale with the project Weak Monument. Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla interviews the curatorial trio in “Sensitive Interventions in Venice”. The inspiration behind the Venice Biennale project is traced in Tadeáš Říha’s article “Weakness in Architecture” based on his research into the philosophical topic. Gregor Taul’s “Free Some Space for Weak Monuments” demonstrates how monuments can become memories and Francisco Martinez’s “Architectural Taxidermy” ponders the repurposing of obsolete spaces. The Weak Monument theme is further explored in visual essays by Tõnu Tunnel with “Is a Monument Land Stuck in Time?”, Dénes Farkas’s “Monument” and Paco Ulman’s “C:\Works\2017\Kuressaare”. Estonian architecture is presented in bite-sized morsels in Carl-Dag Lige’s “Mini Architecture Histories” sampled from his popular Instagram account. Julia Hinderink interviews Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam of PART (Practice for Architecture Research and Theory) in “New Kids On the Block”. Karin Bachmann talks about the newest wave of green urban planning in “The New Modernity of the Urban Thicket” and Villem Tomiste gives us a peek into what’s coming next in “Looking Forward to the 5th Tallinn Architecture Biennial”