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On October 9th, the satellite seminar “Present(ing) Resources” of this year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennale will take place at Erinevate Tubade Klubi.

The seminar will present successful projects of material circulation in the field of space creation and look for visions of how to deal with Tallinn’s vacant or depreciated building stock. Theoreticians and practitioners of European architecture are invited to offer their ideas in the panel and the seminar will be moderated by urban sustainability expert Tõnis Arjus.

Tickets can be purchased from Fienta.

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

12:30 gathering, coffee

13:00–13:15 Opening words*

13:15–14:15 Kristiaan Borret “Reuse in Brussels: from pioneering to mainstreaming”
Chief Architect of Brussels (Belgium) Kristiaan Borret is the “bouwmeester” of Brussels Capital Region (2015-2024), advocating for spatial  quality in urban development. Formerly serving in Antwerp and now also supervising two major  transformation areas in Amsterdam, he embraces an independent position in his role. Additionally, he is  a professor of urban design at Ghent University since 2005.

14:15–15:00 Erlend Seilskjær / FutureBuilt
Erlend Seilskjær is an architect who holds a special interest for building materials and circular economy.  He was a designing architect in KIMA arkitektur for ten years, mostly doing buildings transformations,  before joining FutureBuilt in 2019 – a collaborative program initiated by ten metropolitan municipalities in  Norway, aiming to reduce carbon footprint of the built environment. In more than 70 pilots already built,  FutureBuilt showcases architecture and urban developments with a strong emphasis on topics such as  circular economy, biodiversity, plastic reduction, low-carbon materials, green mobility, and clean  construction. https://www.futurebuilt.no

15:00-15:20 Intermission, snacks and coffee

15:20–16:20 Juliane Greb “Open for Maintenance” architect, founder / Büro Juliane Greb
Büro Juliane Greb is dedicated to anti-exclusive, i.e. accessible architecture in social, physical and  emotional dimensions. In 2023, the studio curated the German pavilion at the Venice Architecture  Biennale. The “Open for Maintenance” concept encouraged discussions in the context of the existing  stock of buildings, sustainability and resource conservation from a historical and social perspective.  julianegreb.com

16:20–17:20 Laurens Bekemans  architect / BC architects & studies & materials Laurens Bekemans
co-founder of BC Architects, Materials & Studies, presents the studio’s projects and  talks about support from public sector in implementing experimental projects in Belgium. bc-as.org

17:20-17:40 Intermission, snacks and coffee

17:30–17:50 Roland Reemaa architect, lecturer / LLRRLL, EKA, London Central Saint Martins
Introduction to panel discussion “Tallinn as an urban stock”
Roland Reemaa, together with Laura Linsi, established their practice LLRRLLRR in 2018. Their design,  research and academic work focuses on material-led methods, transformation of the existing and  situated construction techniques.

17:50–19:00 Panel discussion – “Tallinn as an urban stock”