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Project timeline
2004 – 2010
Type
Civic
Location Change this
Estonia
Current state
Original
Architect Change this
Team
Maarja Kask, Karli Luik, Ralf Lõoke, Kristiina Arusoo, Margit Argus
Client Change this
Sõmeru parish
Sõmeru Community Centre Change this
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Sõmeru Community Centre, located just outside the North-Estonian town of Rakvere, combines parish administration, library and a club with a hall. The new centre has to enhance a sense of identity in the quite scattered, mostly Soviet-time settlement. The solution is a compact blend of various functions with enough common spaces and various possible usage ways. The interior and exterior are intermingled, creating a park-like structure – cosy gardens as concentrated pieces of nature offer a counterpart to sparse density of the surrounding environment. The community centre is single-storeyed, undulating roofline is a result of varying heights of the rooms. Its distinct character stems from using colourful straw-like wooden bars attached to the black-and-white concrete facade. The same aesthetics continues in the interior, only this time the slats are hanging freely from the ceiling, creating a lively accent above the black walls.
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