Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla Tüüne-Kristin Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla is a spatial researcher and an The practice-based research deals with the re-purpos- interior architect who explores the social and artis- ing of historical buildings to find modes and mod- tic dimensions of space. She graduated from Estonian els for expanding the concept of professional spatial Academy of Arts as a designer (1987). She is a super- intervention. The research focuses on the possible visor of transdisciplinary projects in EAA and has interaction between phenomenological knowledge gained international experience at RMIT University and spatial investigation, design activism and the of Melbourne School of Architecture and Design as a gentrification process. The thesis investigates, on the lecturer and guest research fellow. INTERVENTION OF SPATIAL AND POTENTIAL THE ROLE RE-PURPOSING SPACE: basis of case-studies – the Pärnu Mud Baths, Tallinn Linnahall and Hiiumaa Paluküla Church – the activa- Tüüne-Kristin is the curator of the Estonian exhibition tion of space and forms of spatial intervention tactics, at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale and the SISU focusing on physical, mental and social strata of space. interior architecture symposium in Tallinn. Since 2014, she has served as the editor-in-chief of the SISU—LINE In interior architectural practice, the physical and the interior architecture research journal. In 2015 she emotional approaches are in an inversely proportional was elected to the board of the European Council of relation to each other. The research focuses on the rela- Interior Architects (ECIA). She is currently working tionship of the past (buildings) and the future (users), with the spatial design project of the Estonian presi- evaluating spatial layers and human behavioural pat- dency of the EU Council 2017 in Tallinn and Brussels terns. The author is interested in the impact of space: (Vaikla Studio). how it is possible to direct people’s behaviour through physical space and how space affects the human atmosphere. Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla RE-PURPOSING SPACE: 2013. (NSW), Sydney Wales South of New Art GalleryFig 1: Collection of aboriginal art (a fragment), the THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF SPATIAL INTERVENTION 22 Dissertationes Academiae Artium Estoniae 22 Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla Tüüne-Kristin Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla is a spatial researcher and an The practice-based research deals with the re-purpos- interior architect who explores the social and artis- ing of historical buildings to find modes and mod- tic dimensions of space. She graduated from Estonian els for expanding the concept of professional spatial Academy of Arts as a designer (1987). She is a super- intervention. The research focuses on the possible visor of transdisciplinary projects in EAA and has interaction between phenomenological knowledge gained international experience at RMIT University and spatial investigation, design activism and the of Melbourne School of Architecture and Design as a gentrification process. The thesis investigates, on the lecturer and guest research fellow. INTERVENTION OF SPATIAL AND POTENTIAL THE ROLE RE-PURPOSING SPACE: basis of case-studies – the Pärnu Mud Baths, Tallinn Linnahall and Hiiumaa Paluküla Church – the activa- Tüüne-Kristin is the curator of the Estonian exhibition tion of space and forms of spatial intervention tactics, at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale and the SISU focusing on physical, mental and social strata of space. interior architecture symposium in Tallinn. Since 2014, she has served as the editor-in-chief of the SISU—LINE In interior architectural practice, the physical and the interior architecture research journal. In 2015 she emotional approaches are in an inversely proportional was elected to the board of the European Council of relation to each other. The research focuses on the rela- Interior Architects (ECIA). She is currently working tionship of the past (buildings) and the future (users), with the spatial design project of the Estonian presi- evaluating spatial layers and human behavioural pat- dency of the EU Council 2017 in Tallinn and Brussels terns. The author is interested in the impact of space: (Vaikla Studio). how it is possible to direct people’s behaviour through physical space and how space affects the human atmosphere. Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla RE-PURPOSING SPACE: 2013. (NSW), Sydney Wales South of New Art GalleryFig 1: Collection of aboriginal art (a fragment), the THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF SPATIAL INTERVENTION 22 Dissertationes Academiae Artium Estoniae 22 Dissertationes Academiae Artium Estoniae 22 Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla Re-purposing Space: The Role and Potential of Spatial Intervention Ruumi ümbermõtestamine: ruumilise sekkumise roll ja järelmõju Dissertationes Academiae Artium Estoniae 22 Supervisors Prof Ranulph Glanville, PhD Prof Mart Kalm, PhD External reviewers Suzie Attiwill, PhD Lilian Hansar, PhD Opponent Prof Morten Lund (Chalmers University) Public defence 14 June 2017 Editor Epp Lankots, PhD Translation Peeter Tammisto Liis Kivirand Copy editor Richard Adang Design and layout Stuudio Stuudio The research has been supported by Estonian Academy of Arts Archimedes Foundation Cultural Endowment of Estonia Estonian Association of Interior Architecture © Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla, 2017 All photo credits Vaikla Studio (if not mentioned otherwise) ISBN (trükis) 978-9949-594-10-8 ISBN (pdf) 978-9949-594-11-5 ISSN 1736-2261 Printed by Printon Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla RE-PURPOSING SPACE: THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF SPATIAL INTERVENTION Ruumi ümbermõtestamine: ruumilise sekkumise roll ja järelmõju Doctoral Thesis Estonian Academy of Arts 2017 Content 1. CONTEXT – Motives and Research Questions ................................................. 11 1.1 Space and Re-purposing ..................................................................................... 16 1.2 Space and Gentrification ....................................................................................20 1.3 Space and Form .................................................................................................22 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND CREATIVE METHODS ...............................31 2.1 About Theory and Practice in Interior Architecture ..............................................32 2.2 Creative Methods and Concepts ........................................................................38 2.3 Multi-layered Space ...........................................................................................44 2.4 Phenomenology .................................................................................................47 2.5 Spatial Values and Remodelling ..........................................................................52 2.6 Gentrifying the Environment .............................................................................58 3. METAMORPHOSES OF SPACE .........................................................................67 3.1 Spatial Metamorphoses, the Transformation of Buildings ...................................69 3.2 Spatial Interventions ..........................................................................................86 3.2.1 Site-specific Art .................................................................................................87 3.2.2 Social Works of Art ............................................................................................92 3.2.3 Design Activism .................................................................................................93 4 4. CASE I – Pärnu Mud Baths ..............................................................................99 4.1 Pärnu Mud Baths and Summer Resort: The Story of the Building and Context .. 101 4.1.1 The Story of the Mud Baths ............................................................................. 104 4.2 Exhibition Project Spatial Snapshot, Pärnu Mud Baths, 10–13 November 2011 ...110 4.3 Restoration of the Historic Mud Baths Building: Modernisation and Extension .. 121 4.4 Conclusions ..................................................................................................... 127 5. CASE II – Tallinn Linnahall Concert Hall ......................................................... 131 5.1 Declining Modernity. Demolish? Forget? ‘Hibernate’? Reconstruct? ................. 133 5.2 The Life of the Linnahall Concert Hall ............................................................... 144 5.3 Exhibition Project How Long is the life of a Building? 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, 29 August – 25 November 2012 .................... 152 5.4 Conclusions ..................................................................................................... 160 6. CASE III – Hiiumaa Paluküla Church .............................................................. 165 6.1 Re-purposing the Past ...................................................................................... 167 6.2 Functional Changes in Sacred Buildings in Europe and Estonia ......................... 169 6.3 Exhibition Project Housewarming, Hiiumaa’s Paluküla Church, 12 July – 4 August 2013 ................................................................................... 180 6.3.1 Spatial Change: Context – Action – Ideas ........................................................ 181 6.3.2 Open Workshop Re-vitalisation ......................................................................... 185 6.4 Conclusions ..................................................................................................... 190 7. SUMMARY .....................................................................................................