Competitions

An open international architectural competition of reconstruction of Rakvere’s St Paul's church

30.03.2009

 

 

The announcement of the winning entries of the architectural competition of reconstruction of Rakvere’s St Paul's church and planning Vabaduse Square


The jury of the architectural competition of Arvo Pärt’s Hall made the decision that the prize winning entries are Hortus Musicus, Kolmnurkne, Lighthouse and  tintin’na:buli. The pseudonyms are given in alphabetical order.

The authors of the prize winning entries and the distribution of prizes will be announced at a ceremony where the name card envelopes are opened. The ceremony will take place on 7. September 2009 at 4 PM in the Rakvere Cultural Centre.  Kreutzwaldi Street 2.

Also a public exhibition of the best and most interesting entries will be opened on the ceremony. The exhibition will be on for two weeks, until 21. September 2009.

An open international architectural competition of reconstruction of Rakvere’s St Paul's church and planning the Vabaduse Square was held 30.03 - 9.07.2009 by the City of Rakvere. There were 136 timely submitted entries from 29 different countries. The total of  25,500 EUR will be awarded as prizes and purchase, the first prize being 10,000 EUR.


The City of Rakvere plans to transform the church building, which is currently used as a sports venue, into the Arvo Pärt Hall. An Estonian architect, Alar Kotli designed the St Paul’s church as a church that would symbolize Estonia’s freedom. The church was almost completed and consecrated just two days before Estonia was deprived of its freedom in June 1940. Since 1950s the church building has been used as a sports venue.



City Government of Rakvere

August 19. 2009
for more information contact Raul Järg +372 530 100 90, raul.jarg@rakvere.ee

 

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Press release

The City of Rakvere (Estonia) is organizing an open international architectural competition for the design of Arvo Pärt’s Hall by reconstruction of Rakvere’s St Paul's church and planning the surrounding area called Vabaduse Square (Freedom Square).
The goal of the competition is to choose the best architectural idea that would contribute to the high quality of the public space of the City of Rakvere.

The total of 25,500 EUR will be awarded as prizes and purchase, the first prize being 10 000 EUR.

The architectural competition is open to all participants who have ideas and wish to contribute to Rakvere's urban space.

The competition conditions and its annexes are available to everyone free of charge on Rakvere’s website. The conditions are available in Estonian and English and the entry must also be submitted in Estonian or in English.
 
The competition is announced on 30 March 2009.
The deadline for queries is 2 July 2009 and the deadline for submitting competition entries is 9 July 2009.
The results of the competition are made public in August 2009.

According to plan, the church building which is currently used as a sports venue will be transformed into a multifunctional public building.  The concert hall would introduce the works of Arvo Pärt as well as other Estonian classical music composers and other great figures of Estonian music, while also serving as a venue for seminars, training classes, conferences and a wide range of other events.

St Paul’s church in Rakvere was designed by an Estonian architect Alar Kotli as a church that would symbolize Estonia’s freedom. St Paul’s church in Rakvere is an important work among Alar Kotli’s creations as it combines the features that were characteristic of the architect’s implemented projects as well as features that were supposed to appear in his designs but were never built. 

Additional information:
Raul Järg, City Architect of Rakvere, raul.jarg@rakvere.ee