
This museum offers a record of the phases of Estonian culture and history and serves as an introduction to a cultural archipelago, Fenno-Ugric languages and cultures. Rather than existing as a spatial continuity, these cultures are geographically scattered. Consequently, the museum is conceived as an archipelago as well: The exhibition spaces are ‘islands’, surrounded by a ‘flood’ of spaces. Islands exist in ‘water’ – oceans, rivers, or lakes which sort material into geological layers, becoming sedimentary rock and islands.
Client
State of Estonia
Role
competition entry, building design
Scope
competition entry, building design
Time
2005
Team
Antti Ahlava in collaboration with Kivi Sotamaa; assistant Teddy Pauly