Discussion:
Going back to the main questions.
(Everyone talked of the problems/questions/issues that seemed most important or interesting or necessary for them)
Karina from Pekka group: new centres in suburbs- schools, kindergartens etc. How to find/ create new centres?
Kaija- Luisa: find out different typologies, focus on things that exist, small communities out of Tallinn. Future orientation?
Not look only Tallin centre but a wider area or Body with diverse set of areas and centres. Some are more connected, some more potential to separate and have individuality.
Alvin: How do the suburbs work in post- boom times. Image of the suburbs. Find tendencies. 2 page article, overview about real estate advertisements, how they have changed over times and after the boom. Myth creation or branding. Focusing on real-estate images.
New topic: Media reflection. Looking for old newspapers, advertisements, Maja magazine, household magazines. Gardening and interior topic separately.
Martin: empty space and new developments in the city. How to integrate the new to the old city. Part of the city and independent but also influenced. Space between city and new developments- what happens there? Feeling of distance between city and developments. Built areas are quite small compared to the empty space around. Forest and field development- the visibility and invisibility. How to create high quality urban landscape, how to evaluate what you look at?
The landscape quality declaring the developments quality.
Mari: Lack of resources don’t allow final development of infrastructures. How local people react to that? Incompleteness. What are the reasons for post boom price changes or stability in different areas?
Ott: when Viimsi does not feel like a pleasant place to live…The background- the incomers from Mustamäe and Lasnamäe enjoy the environment, locals are starting to doubt in it. Young people are moving away to the city.
From here on, NEW GROUPS ARE FORMED ACCORDING TO THEMES!
New Groups:
New sociality - Evelin, Katharina, Martin
Morphology, type - Kaija Luisa, Annika, Ele, Damiano
Landscape - Martin, Mari
Values&Identity - Ott
Governance - Karina, Maris
Money, economic aspect - Lidia
Others should join or create a new theme group.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Estonia to get a billion-kroon golf club and housing estate
04.02.2010, 16:11
Spanish businessman Javier Ortiz de Artiñanol who is CEO of FTr Consultants and founder of Risti Klubi plans to invest about a billion kroons on developing a golf club and a housing estate in Risti in Läänemaa county. The construction works are scheduled to start this summer.
Artiñano who has been active in the Estonian real estate business since 2004 said he started to developed the golf club project in 2006.
"Golf is not yet very popular in Estonia, but its popularity is growing similarly with Scandinavia. For instance, Finland has 20 golf clubs per a million residents, Sweden has 50 clubs. I think Estonia has five clubs at present so there is definitely room," he said.
According to Artiñano, Risti Golf Club will be more than just a golf club. "We will offer also other activities like billiards, squash, tennis, rowing, horseback riding and swimming. There will be restaurants in the club. Estonians love sports and I am very optimistic about this project," he added.
The 162-hectare area will include residential buildings. "We will develop one-family houses, row houses and apartments for about 750 people. Sales price will be relatively cheap, about 2 million kroons. We will not be able to sell them for 7 million, but Estonians will buy if the price is good."
Speaking of problems in Otepää and Saaremaa golf clubs, Artiñano said that they focus too much on golf. "They don't have enough club members, this is a problem. But we will not depend only on golf and this will be our advantage."
"Our target group is not business elite, but young families, medical doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc.," said the businessman, adding that the objective is to sign up 1,500 club members. 50% of them would be living in the housing estate since anyone who buys housing in the estate would automatically become golf club member.
The Spaniard said that he hoped to start construction works this summer. The whole project would take about five years to complete. He adds that the project has backing from investors and there are no plans to take a loan for the development.
By Toomas Hõbemägi
Spanish businessman Javier Ortiz de Artiñanol who is CEO of FTr Consultants and founder of Risti Klubi plans to invest about a billion kroons on developing a golf club and a housing estate in Risti in Läänemaa county. The construction works are scheduled to start this summer.
Artiñano who has been active in the Estonian real estate business since 2004 said he started to developed the golf club project in 2006.
"Golf is not yet very popular in Estonia, but its popularity is growing similarly with Scandinavia. For instance, Finland has 20 golf clubs per a million residents, Sweden has 50 clubs. I think Estonia has five clubs at present so there is definitely room," he said.
According to Artiñano, Risti Golf Club will be more than just a golf club. "We will offer also other activities like billiards, squash, tennis, rowing, horseback riding and swimming. There will be restaurants in the club. Estonians love sports and I am very optimistic about this project," he added.
The 162-hectare area will include residential buildings. "We will develop one-family houses, row houses and apartments for about 750 people. Sales price will be relatively cheap, about 2 million kroons. We will not be able to sell them for 7 million, but Estonians will buy if the price is good."
Speaking of problems in Otepää and Saaremaa golf clubs, Artiñano said that they focus too much on golf. "They don't have enough club members, this is a problem. But we will not depend only on golf and this will be our advantage."
"Our target group is not business elite, but young families, medical doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc.," said the businessman, adding that the objective is to sign up 1,500 club members. 50% of them would be living in the housing estate since anyone who buys housing in the estate would automatically become golf club member.
The Spaniard said that he hoped to start construction works this summer. The whole project would take about five years to complete. He adds that the project has backing from investors and there are no plans to take a loan for the development.
By Toomas Hõbemägi
Friday, February 5, 2010
data links
here are some links for the start:
- planning
www.harju.ee
www.hendrikson.ee
- real estate data
http://www.adaur.ee/index.php/graafikud/
http://www.maaamet.ee/kinnisvara/htraru/Start.aspx
- articles (in estonian)
http://www.solness.ee/maja/?mid=111&id=27
http://www.solness.ee/maja/?mid=111&id=413
katrin
- planning
www.harju.ee
www.hendrikson.ee
- real estate data
http://www.adaur.ee/index.php/graafikud/
http://www.maaamet.ee/kinnisvara/htraru/Start.aspx
- articles (in estonian)
http://www.solness.ee/maja/?mid=111&id=27
http://www.solness.ee/maja/?mid=111&id=413
katrin
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Film
American film: "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3uvzcY2Xug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3uvzcY2Xug
task 5.2. - scenario steps
dear all,
tomorrow 5.2. we start with the project tutoring at 10.15 - Kalle Komissarov's lecture is at 12.15
The groups were asked to develop last week's discussions one step further and provive about 2 pages / group:
Group 1. Interests and actors, agendas, competition btw municipalities, organising capacity...
Group 2. Identity, local qualities, differences btw suburban locations, cultural resources...
Group 3. Structural developments, demography, change of work and leisure, local food...
(The group who missed last week is expected to present as well. )
These three themes will help us proceed towards next step in scenario process, after main question:
driving trends
key actors
Tomorrow we should make a clear study plan for each group and student, so that we can start to act more independently.
See you tomorrow
Panu & Katrin
tomorrow 5.2. we start with the project tutoring at 10.15 - Kalle Komissarov's lecture is at 12.15
The groups were asked to develop last week's discussions one step further and provive about 2 pages / group:
Group 1. Interests and actors, agendas, competition btw municipalities, organising capacity...
Group 2. Identity, local qualities, differences btw suburban locations, cultural resources...
Group 3. Structural developments, demography, change of work and leisure, local food...
(The group who missed last week is expected to present as well. )
These three themes will help us proceed towards next step in scenario process, after main question:
driving trends
key actors
Tomorrow we should make a clear study plan for each group and student, so that we can start to act more independently.
See you tomorrow
Panu & Katrin
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