Carbon Neutral Tallinn "Urban Sprawl"
Planning project where we calculated and gave practical solutions to how to plan a city district in Tallinn so that the people in there can live a carbon-neutral life.
The project is located in Tallinn and the concept evolved from seeing strong potential in the Admiraliteedi pool and the decision to make it the heart of our area. From the Admiraliteedi pool, three branches lead out in three different directions. At the end of each branch lies an attractive public space, such as an open seafront promenade, interesting city views, and memorable architecture. The branches have been solved keeping in mind the green corridors – the streets are scattered with greenery and various local businesses have their openings towards the main streets. This lead to the idea of distributing the functions of a large shopping center all around the main streets, and revitalizing all surrounding areas evenly.
The logic of building placement proceeded from the idea that the existing plan should be preserved as much as possible, and the new plan that will be created must be respectful and delicacy towards the existing architecture and urban heritage. In order to improve mobility, the plan was based on the idea that every public transport stop must be within the radius of 500 meters for people, so they would prefer using it to other transportation styles. The transportation in the area is solved via tram connections, where the trams gain their necessary energy from solar panels on top of the roofs of nearby buildings, which is much more environmentally friendly. The reorganization of transport proceeded with the carbon footprint in mind.
The construction of a tunnel was considered as an alternative for reducing the traffic load on Ahtri street, but the large carbon footprint could not be justified in this area. Instead the traffic on Ahtri street was restricted and calmed and most of the traffic was redirected to Liivalaia street through Jõe street.
The energy consumption of the buildings was also solved in an environmentally friendly manner through planning decisions. Most of the energy in the area is produced with solar panels that are installed on the rooftops of the buildings, because in Estonia the oil shale energy is around 40 times more polluting than solar energy. Considering Estonian forest land area and using the maximum of 3.8 tons of CO2 as an annual indicator, which is what every Estonian should strive for, then it is very possible to successfully live a carbon-neutral life in this planned area.
Team: Ahto Aasma, Alo Sidorov and Vladislav Kalames
View to the whole planning area
View of the Admiraliteedi Pool
Northern part of the area
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