Submission: January 22, 2014
Registration: January 22, 2014
Language: English or Estonian
Location: Laulasmaa, Estonia
Prizes: 1st Prize € 10.000 2nd Prize € 8.000 3rd Prize € 6.000 Honorable Mentions € 6.000
Type: Open competition for architects in two stages
In collaboration with the Union of Estonian Architects, the Arvo Pärt Centre has announced a two-stage architecture competition for designing a building for the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, near Tallinn. The aim of the competition is to find the best architectural solution for the building, which will house the Arvo Pärt archive at its core.
The competition will be carried out in two stages. The second stage will see up to 20 architect teams complete design concepts with technical drawings.
The Arvo Pärt Centre was founded in 2010 by Arvo Pärt and his family with the aim of creating opportunities for preserving and researching the creative heritage of the composer in his native land, Estonia. The centre is situated in Laulasmaa, 35 km from Tallinn, on a peninsula with magnificent natural surroundings within a pine forest near the sea.
The archive of the Arvo Pärt Centre brings together the entire creative legacy of the composer and related information and documents, both in physical and digital form.
The building of the Arvo Pärt Centre will be located in Laulasmaa, on the Lohusalu peninsula. The heart of the centre is the Arvo Pärt archive and the new building can accommodate visitors and researchers. “We plan to extend the centre’s scope – to work together with researchers, include educational programmes, hold conferences, exhibitions, music and film nights and be more open to the public,” says Kivilo.
