RAK x TAB 2024 “PRESENT(ING) RESOURCES” seminar

Kolmapäev, 9. oktoober kell 12:30 - 19:00

Erinevate Tubade Klubi • Telliskivi tänav 60a, 10412 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Eesti

TAB2024 “Resources for a Future” biennale satellite seminar “Present(ing) Resources” presents successful projects of material circulation in the field of space creation and looks 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. “PRESENT(ING) RESOURCES” seminar will be moderated by urban sustainability expert Tõnis Arjus (EST).

Opening words by the representative of the Estonian Ministry of Climate

Kristiaan Borret, Chief Architect of Brussels (BE)
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.

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

Juliane Greb, architect and founder of Büro Juliane Greb (DE)
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.

Laurens Bekemans, architect / BC architects & studies & materials (BE)
Laurens Bekemans, co-founder of BC architects & materials & studies, presents the studio’s projects and talks about support from the public sector in implementing experimental projects in Belgium.

Roland Reemaa, architect, lecturer / LLRRLL, EKA, London Central Saint Martins (EST)
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.

The seminar will be finished with a panel discussion TALLINN AS URBAN STOCK with Laurens Bekemans, Juliane Greb, Kristiaan Borret and others.

Tickets include a coffee break, with snacks and drinks.

Erinevate Tubade Klubi • Telliskivi tänav 60a, 10412 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Eesti

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