EKA Arh Conference 2026 “To Be Continued….From Scattered Facts to Shared Concerns“

10 September 2026

EKA Arh Conference 2026 takes place as Day 1 of the two-day Tallinn Architecture Biennial TAB Symposium.

Tickets for the EKA Architecture Conference and the entire TAB Symposium can be purchased on Fienta.

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The 2026 EKA Arh Conference focuses on one of the central questions facing architecture and urban development today: how do we move forward when starting from scratch is no longer a viable option? While knowledge about climate transition, resource limits, and the built environment is abundant, translating that knowledge into collective action remains a challenge. Rather than asking only what comes next, the conference asks what can and should continue.

Across urban, building, and material scales, international speakers and researchers explore adaptation, reuse, and transformation in the built environment. The programme brings together perspectives from architecture, planning, construction, and research to discuss how existing places, buildings, and resources can support meaningful change, and how scattered knowledge can become shared concerns capable of shaping long-term action.

Participants can earn 10 Estonian Architects Union continuing professional development (CPD) credits for attending the conference.

Programme

09:30–09:45

Opening Words

09:45–10:30

Transformation Keynote

Aleksi Neuvonen (Demos Helsinki, Finland)
From Fragmentation to New Norm(ative)

Climate action in cities is pulled in different directions by varied priorities, worldviews, data sources, and levels of ambition. Shared, time-bound climate and carbon neutrality goals have helped, giving everyone a common target. But a goal alone isn’t enough. Every city’s material culture (buildings, infrastructures, technologies) shapes not just how it behaves today, but what future it can imagine. Because different cities inherit different material cultures, often shaped by past technology and finance decisions, they move towards the future at different speeds. The challenge is building a shared direction that still recognizes these differences.

10:30–10:45 — Coffee Break

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Parallel Session I

10:45–12:15

Spatial and Architectural Transformation

Location: Main Hall
Chair: Kaja Pae

This session explores processes of spatial transformation across urban and architectural scales, examining how cities, landscapes, and built environments adapt to changing social, ecological, and cultural conditions. Contributions address themes such as urban restructuring, adaptive reuse, spatial continuity, and the relationship between territorial systems, public space, and architectural intervention.

Ivana Angelova
Farms and Buried Rivers as Connective Infrastructure in Nerima, Tokyo
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University

Elina Liiva
Architectural Practice and Institutional Systems in Transition
Estonian Academy of Arts

Jaak-Adam Looveer
How E-Scooters Made Tallinn Cycle: Induced Disruption as a Planning Strategy
Estonian Academy of Arts

Helmi Marie Langsepp
Energy as Site: Place-Responsive Renewable Energy Infrastructure in Baltic Sea Edge Conditions
Tallinn University of Technology

Gizem Bakioğlu Apaydın
Futures Foreclosed: Scenario Thinking and Urban Design in Post-Disaster Antakya
Istanbul Technical University

Soenke Zehle and Dan Dubowitz
Sounding Archipelagic Imaginaries: Holding Relations of Sense and Care across Stranded Sites
K8 Institut für strategische Ästhetik / HBKsaar

In parallel

Prefabrication, Retrofit, and Adaptive Reuse

Location: Monumental Studio
Chair: Siim Tuksam

This session examines prefabricated and industrialized approaches to the transformation of existing buildings and urban fabric. Contributions explore themes such as adaptive reuse, modular retrofit systems, circular renovation strategies, and the extension of building lifecycles, addressing how contemporary construction methods can support more sustainable and resource-conscious forms of spatial transformation.

Chieh-Hsuan Jasmy Chen
Multi-Resolution Fabrication: A Notation-to-Fabrication Framework for Volumetric Point Printing
University of Innsbruck

Andriy Golovchenko
Designing for Continuity: Environmental and Production-Informed Development of the 3Cycle Modular Timber System for Crisis Response and Long-Term Reconstruction
Estonian Academy of Arts

Kaiko Kivi
Topological Modelling for Design–Fabrication Continuity: A Case Study in CLT Panel Systems
Estonian Academy of Arts

Alvin Järving
Building Longevity as a Heterogeneous Design Question: Mapping Preservation and Transformation Across Scales
Estonian Academy of Arts

Katrin Stöhr
The Seasonal Plan: Spatial Gradients and Seasonal Patterns of Inhabitation
University of Innsbruck

Anni Martin
The Bar We Set: Making Architectural Critique Actionable in Mass-Housing Renovation
Estonian Ministry of Climate

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12:15–13:15

Lunch

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13:15–14:00

Adaptation Keynote

Hiroto Kobayashi (Keio University, Tokyo, Japan)
Do-It-Together-Anyway: Design-Build Action toward Participatory Architecture
The Veneer House Project, developed by Hiroto Kobayashi and the Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University, is an affordable, participatory architecture system using CNC-fabricated plywood panels. Inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, its interlocking components can be assembled and disassembled without specialized tools, nails, or heavy hardware. Originally conceived after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the project enables communities, students, architects, and volunteers to build flexible and resilient shelters and community spaces together. Adaptable to local climates and cultures, Veneer House projects have been realized in Japan and internationally, exploring new possibilities for self-build, disaster recovery, and community empowerment.

14:00–14:15 — Coffee Break

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Parallel Session II

14:15–15:45

Material Systems and Circular Construction

Location: EKA Main Hall
Chair: Sille Pihlak

This session focuses on material systems, construction processes, and circular approaches to the built environment. Contributions examine themes such as material reuse, prefabrication, tectonics, fabrication methods, and resource-aware design strategies, addressing how construction systems can support more adaptive and sustainable spatial practices.

Xiao Wang
Abductive Reasoning for Bio-digital Computational Design: Generating Relations Across Fragmented Nonhuman Domains
University of Innsbruck

Samantha Ratanarat
Building with Byproducts: Circular Construction and Land Use in the Plantation Landscapes of Southern Thailand
MIT

Kateřina Klímová
Pop-up Learning Landscape: Towards a Modern Educational Environment Through Furnishing Rather Than Construction
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague

Eva Toom
Building an Unfinished Transition: Negotiating Bioconstruction, Local Practices and Habitability in a Rural Off-Grid House in Southern Chile
Ecotectura

Muchen Yan
Rubbles: Material Features as Design Data
University of Innsbruck

In parallel

Participatory Planning and Urban Transformation

Location: EKA Monumental studio
Chair: Panu Lehtovuori

This session explores participatory approaches to urban transformation through digital mapping, GIS-based spatial analysis, and collaborative planning tools. Contributions address themes such as tactical urban interventions, community engagement, and urban greening strategies, examining how localized actions and participatory processes can inform broader spatial and policy frameworks and vice versa.

Juulia Aliide Salulaid
Between Rules and Practice: Emergent Practices in Urban Planning Systems
Tallinn University of Technology

Kimmo Lylykangas
Climate Jeopardy: Representational Mismatch in Urban Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Tallinn University of Technology

Milda Kuraitytė and Gediminas Viliūnas
From Visual Graph Analysis to Eye-Tracking Stimuli: A Methodological Framework for Three Urban Genotypes
Vilnius Academy of Arts

Antti Heinonen
Immersive Co-Design as Posthumanist Pedagogy: A Studio Study of Collaborative XR Sketching
LAB University of Applied Sciences

Chiara Chioni
From UTOPIA to Practice: Technology-Mediated Participation for Climate-Responsive Public Spaces
Aalto University

Hawke Gihm
Between Compliance and Character: Architectural Diversity Under Carbon Limits
Tallinn University of Technology

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15:45–16:00

Coffee Break

16:00–16:45

Panel Discussion

16:45–17:00

Closing Words

EKA Arh Conference 2026 forms the first half of the two-day Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) Symposium. We thank our partners and supporters: the Estonian Centre for Architecture, TAB, the City of Tallinn, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Estonian Research Council, and the Estonian Doctoral School. The project “University Cooperation in Promoting Doctoral Studies” (2021-2027.4.04.24-0003) is co-funded by the European Union.

/please note that the event will be in Estonian only!/

The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA), Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), and Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (TLÜ BFM) invite you to this season’s last Science Café!

Clothing is not merely an object, but an environment that influences our perception, emotions, and behavior. This year’s final Science Café introduces artistic research that approaches fashion as an embodied system — a dynamic environment shaping the wearer’s physical and psychological experience. Drawing on concepts of embodied interaction and affective technology, we explore how material, sound, movement, and smart textiles function not only as aesthetic elements, but as sensory agents.

At the Science Café table, design, technology, body awareness, and traditional embodied knowledge come together to interpret clothing as a sensitive and responsive interface between the body and the environment — a system in which historical material practices and contemporary technology intertwine to create a new experiential space.

The discussion will be moderated by senior researcher Kristi Kuusk (EKA)

Speakers:

• Prof Piret Puppart (EKA)
• Prof Paula Veske-Lepp, (Tallinn University of Applied Sciences)
• senior lecturer and doctoral student Einike Leppik (EMTA / Milan Conservatory)

Thank you for signing up here so that we know how many people to expect!

The event is free and open to all interested participants and is supported by the Estonian Research Council’s science popularisation programme.

EMTA, EKA and BFM invite you to the Science Café!

On Tuesday, 28 April at 18:00, an evening of discussion will take place at Apollo Plaza bookshop, bringing together artistic researchers from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA), the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) and the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School at Tallinn University (TLÜ BFM) to share the thinking behind their practice and research, and to explore the nature, methods and outcomes of artistic research.

This edition of the Science Café focuses on the theme “Artistic Research: Reality and Fiction”. The creative process involves imagination: the ability to envision things and bring new objects and worlds into being. The research process, including artistic research, involves argumentation, verification and the scrutiny of facts. How, then, can artistic research reconcile factuality with imagination and fantasy, which are, in essence, forms of fabrication, or the making and presenting of things in ways they ordinarily are not? This Science Café explores the connections between reality and fiction in artistic research through the interests and works of researchers from different fields.

The discussion will be held in English.

Moderator: Liis Nimik (TLU BFM)

Participants: Sveta Grigorjeva (EMTA), Jaak Sikk (EMTA), Jaana Päeva (EKA), Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopez (TLU BFM),

To participate, if possible, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSf07GGetTWMi2…/viewform

The event is free and open to all and takes place with the support of the Estonian Research Council’s science outreach programme.

Come to the book launch and panel discussion on March 31 at 6 PM!

Jurriaan Benschop’s Why Paintings Work was published in Estonian at the end of 2025 – now Kristi Kongi and Kaido Ole will discuss the book and painting, with the conversation moderated by Anu Allas. Everyone is welcome to listen and take part in the discussion.

In the book, Benschop navigates the multifaceted landscape of contemporary painting. By presenting the work of numerous contemporary painters, including Kaido Ole and Kristi Kongi, he seeks to answer the question of why a painting has an impact at all. In what way is it meaningful and convincing? He examines the visible aspects of painting, such as subject matter and use of color, and relates them to the invisible factors of art – the artist’s motivations, worldview, and background. The book touches on many themes that emerge when viewing contemporary painting: nature, the body, materiality, touch, identity, memory, and spirituality.

The book is published by the Estonian Academy of Arts, translated by Katrin Laiapea, edited by Neeme Lopp, and designed by Maria Muuk.

We will gather for the presentation and discussion in the new event corner of the EKA Library. We kindly ask you to sign up, so we know how many will be attending: https://forms.gle/h6aXonQvRpFiEHHW9

Time: March 31 at 6 PM
Place: EKA Library

The discussion will be held in Estonian, with no translation available.

On 12 December, 2025 Margus Tamm, external doctoral student of Art and Design curriculum, will defend his doctoral thesis „Artistic Interventions in the Public Space: Tactical Media and the Communicative Turn in Protest Culture at the Turn of the Millennium“ („Kunstilised sekkumised avalikus ruumis. Taktikaline meedia ja kommunikatiivne pööre protestikultuuris aastatuhande vahetusel“).
The public defense will take place at 11.00 at EKA (Põhja pst 7), room A101.

Thesis is available in EKA digital repository.

Supervisors: Prof. Andres Kurg (Estonian Academy of Arts)
Prof. Marek Tamm (Tallinn University)
External reviewers: Dr. Ingrid Ruudi (Estonian Academy of Arts)
Prof. Daniele Monticelli (Tallinn University)
Opponent: Prof. Daniele Monticelli (Tallinn University)

Summary:

The political culture of the 21st century is increasingly shaped by protest movements and protest politics. Against the backdrop of weakening traditional democratic institutions, protest activism has become a fertile ground for civic participation and democratic renewal – revitalizing political debate, creating new collective identities, and expanding the ways of political engagement.

This research focuses on the spectacular dimensions of contemporary protest culture and on the period 1990–2010 – an academically under-studied transitional era during which a radically democratic and artistically interventionist protest repertoire emerged. The dissertation consists of five articles that, through case studies and theoretical discussion, examine the defining features of interventionist artistic activism, accompanied by an introductory umbrella chapter that frames the research topic and situates it within a broader discussion.

The study addresses the following questions: what kind of social role do protest movements and popular protest politics play in contemporary Western democracies; how has the communicative turn in the social sciences shaped the conceptualization of protest movements; what is the role of artistic practices in contemporary protest culture; what developments characterize democratic protest culture during the period of 1990–2010; and finally – and most crucially – how can the passion for political change be reconciled with institutional sustainability?

The broader aim of the dissertation is to examine contemporary protest culture as a point of intersection between artistic and political expression, to contribute to the critical discourse on its expanding social role, and to highlight both the challenges and opportunities that arise from employing artistic practices for activist purposes.

EMTA, EKA and BFM invite you to the Science Café!

On Wednesday, 15 October at 6 p.m., a discussion evening will take place in AnkruSAAL at Põhjala Factory (Ankru 10, Tallinn). Researchers from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA), the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) and Tallinn University’s Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (TLU BFM) will share insights into their creative practice and research, exploring the nature, methods and outcomes of artistic research. The event will be held in Estonian.

This Science Café focuses on “Artistic Research and the Audience.”
Until now, studies of theatre, film, art and concert audiences have largely come from a sociological perspective. Artistic research offers new angles, examining the relationship between performer or creator (musician, conductor, actor, artist and others) and listener/viewer, and how their roles and functions shift in different situations. Some art forms draw the audience directly into the creation of the work—eliciting a wide range of reactions. A good example is co-created or “life-based” theatre. How can an encounter between performer and audience become truly equal within a performance? Such questions provide fertile ground for conversation with Science Café guests: what are their own experiences and expectations?

Moderator: Mihhail Gerts (EMTA)
Panelists: Kadri Noormets (EMTA), Alisson Kruusmaa (EMTA), Sten Kauber (TLU BFM), Joanna Kalm (EKA)
Musical performance: Kristjan Kannukene (EMTA)

The Science Café on 15 October is part of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre’s flagship festival MÜRIAADfest.

Participation is free of charge, but please register in advance by 9 October  HERE.
The event is supported by the Estonian Research Council’s science popularisation programme and is open to everyone interested.

Estonian Academy of Arts Science Cafe is hosting a roundtable talk on the changing roles of religious and industrial buildings in contemporary Europe on the 4th of September from 1 to 3 pm at the Narva Art Residency (NART, Joala 18) as part of the Station Narva festival.

The event will be held both onsite and online from HERE.

Estonian Academy of Arts Science Cafe focuses on the shifting roles of religious and industrial buildings in contemporary Europe. As congregations shrink and industries relocate, churches and factories alike are increasingly left vacant, raising complex questions about reuse, heritage, and identity. The discussion will address how these spaces are being reimagined—as museums, cultural centres, or residential developments—and what this reveals about broader societal transformations in both secular and post-industrial contexts.

The discussion will feature musicologist and journalist Brigitta Davidjants, associate professor of social innovation at the University of Tartu Marko Uibu, Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Lisbon (Portugal) and Associate Professor at the Portuguese Catholic University – Faculty of Theology Alexandre Palma. The talk will be moderated by art historian and semiotician Gregor Taul. 

The event requires pre-registration by August 29. A free bus service is provided from Tallinn to Narva and back, departing from EKA. More information is available upon pre-registration.

After the Science Café, you are welcome to attend the Station Narva opening concert featuring Estonian Voices at 5:30 PM in the Rugodivi Culture House, Grand Hall. Admission is free, and doors open at 5:00 PM.

More information: triin.kao@artun.ee
Facebook event.

The event will take place under the auspices of the Transform4Europe Alliance — a collaborative network of 11 European universities focused on climate change, digitalisation, and social challenges — and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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The English saying “keep the church in the village” means “do not cause an uproar.” There are similar sayings in German, French and many other European languages. With some differences, they denote that the church forms the centre of community, the basis of identity, but also, in a figurative sense, the embodiment of common sense. Despite the geographical scope and cultural differences in Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran countries this has been the case in all of Europe. However, recent times have brought changes. Industrialisation, secular modernisation and large-scale urban planning schemes have shifted the principles of how communities are formed. This was especially so in the fundamentally atheist Soviet Union. For example in Soviet Estonia only a few religious edifices were erected between 1944 and 1991. 

The number of church-goers has also declined. As a result some churches have lost their congregations. This has raised the question of how to treat the disused churches? The situation resembles that of the post-industrial shift. Starting from the 1970s European manufacturers have left the continent in search of cheaper labour and thus the abandoned factories have made way for the birth of ‘creative cities’ – we have seen empty factories first used as squats and informal project spaces, then as gentrified creative quarters and eventually becoming expensive lofts. As for the repurposed religious buildings there are more thought-provoking examples where former religious buildings have been turned into museums, bookshops, concert halls or even swimming pools. As adaptive reuse of spaces and materials is becoming a legislative requirement in Europe, we will see more such examples in the near future. 

At the backdrop of a contemporary music festival, Narva’s fabled industrial legacy and the crossroads of divergent (religious) identities this roundtable will look at both historic case studies and current disputes concerning religious and industrial heritage in Europe.

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Brigitta Davidjants is a journalist and researcher at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Estonia. In her academic research, she looks at national identity constructions and the marginalities of subcultures.

Marko Uibu is an Estonian social scientist and Associate Professor of Social Innovation at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu. His 2016 doctoral dissertation in University of Tartu was called “Religiosity as Cultural Toolbox: a Study of Estonian New Spirituality”.

Alexandre Palma is a theologian, Auxiliary Bishop and university professor. He is an assistant professor at the Catholic University (courses: Mystery of God; Christology; and Theology of Religions) and a researcher at the CITER – Research Center for Theology and Religion Studies. He also serves as Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Lisbon (Portugal) and is a member of the European Society for Catholic Theology and of the Seminar of young scientists of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Gregor Taul is a teacher, critic, and curator based in Tallinn, working as an associate professor in the Departments of Interior Architecture and General Theory Classes at the Estonian Academy of Arts. In his academic research, he focuses on art in public space, with a particular interest in Soviet-era monuments and murals as well as contemporary public art commissions.

Each year, the Estonian Academy of Arts Research and Development Office, in conjunction with the Tallinn Strategic Management Office, holds an applied research and development projects competition to motivate the Academy’s members to apply to a greater extent the results of their academic and research work in the public, business and third sectors; to increase the quality and extent of knowledge services provided by the Academy to society and businesses and to raise public awareness of the application of the Academy’s know-how in the economy and society.

The main prize of the competition, provided by the City of Tallinn, is 1000€. The total prize fund is up to 3600€, and at least two prizes will be awarded. If numerous outstanding works are submitted for the competition, additional work(s) will be awarded.

The competition welcomes submissions from:
– Course or graduation projects by EKA students that have a practical application, for example if the results could potentially be used by a company or another organization.
– Research or project work by EKA staff and researchers that has practical applicability beyond the academic environment.

The works must be completed between 01.09.2024–31.08.2025.

To submit a project to the competition a completed form together with additional materials must be sent to koostoo@artun.ee no later than 15 September 2025. The e-mail addresses of all authors of the work must be included among the e-mail recipients.

The competition is co-funded by the City of Tallinn.

See last year’s winners HERE (short clips).

Materials for applying:

Procedure for Competition of Applied Research and Development Works

Submission form

EKA Design Showcase will take place on January 23, 2025.

For the eighth year, we are celebrating the best collaboration projects of Estonian Academy of Arts students with companies and public sector organizations. All EKA cooperation partners and future design enthusiasts are welcome.

Register for the event here.

The presentation will feature innovative product and service concepts, prototypes and ready-made solutions created by EKA Faculty of Design students over the past year for companies and organizations.

The projects to be presented have grown out of the EKA Faculty of Design’s entrepreneurial collaboration program LAETUS, which brings together fresh ideas from a new generation of designers and challenges from companies and public organizations.

The most impactful and innovative projects will also be awarded.

You are welcome to the Design Showcase and gain new knowledge and inspiration on how to take your organization’s products or services to the next level in cooperation with EKA through new generation design and open innovation.

Program:

14:00 EKA campus tour for interested participants (pre-registration required)
15:00 Exhibition opening in the foyer
16:00 Start of the EKA Design Showcase Gala. Welcome speech by the Dean of the Faculty of Design, Ruth-Helene Melioranski
16:20 Presentations of collaboration projects
17:45 Coffee and snacks
18:15 Presentations of collaboration projects
19:30 Words of gratitude and presentation of acknowledgments
19:45 End of the event

The event will be moderated by Jan Teevet.

Collaborations to be presented:

– How to turn production waste into profit and new products?*
Circular Design MA students of & Granitop OÜ

– Mobility and energy independence – what will the energy consumer’s user experience be like in 2035?*
Interaction Design MA students & Eesti Energia AS

– How might we enable meaningful engagements with Tallinn City’s Digital Twin?
Interaction Design MA students & Tallinn Strategic Management Office

– Join the queue – Rohetiiger`s (Green Tiger) guerrilla campaign*
Visual Communication BA Students & Green Tiger

– From colleague to colleague: job shadowing*
Social Design MA students & North Estonia Medical Centre

– The preoperative journey of a patient undergoing planned major surgery*
Social Design MA students & North Estonia Medical Centre

– Redesign of PERH’s insulation labelling*
Graphic Design BA students & North Estonia Medical Centre

– How might we empower family doctors in the transition to genetics-informed personal healthcare?
Interaction Design MA students & TeamPerMed

– Packaging solutions for Bank of Estonia commemorative coins*
Design Faculty BA and MA students & Bank of Estonia

17:45 – 18:15 Coffee and snacks
18:15 – 19:30 Presentations of collaboration projects

– Designing the outdoor area of Laulasmaa School as a multifunctional space*
Social Design MA students & Laulasmaa School, architects, and the community

– Creating the interior design and visual identity of Sydney Estonian House*
Design and Innovation BA Students & Sydney Estonian House

– An invitation to home – how to reduce loneliness among Estonian returnees?*
Industrial and Digital Product Design BA students & Integration Foundation

– A supportive checklist for independent returnees
Industrial and Digital Product Design BA students & Integration Foundation

– From Classroom to Practice: A Service Design Journey
Industrial and Digital Product Design BA students & Integration Foundation

– The Tallinn Housing Manager Compass
Service Design Strategies and Innovation MA students & Tallinn Strategy Centre

– Tallinn Housing Lab: Co-creating housing solutions for living, not for profit
Service Design Strategies and Innovation MA students & Tallinn Strategy Centre

– Accessible Tallinn: The Housing & Urban Futures Forum
Service Design Strategies and Innovation MA students & Tallinn Strategy Centre

– Design of the State Budget Dashboard*
Digital Product Design BA students & Ministry of Finance

– What to do after the end of the cooperation project – how to implement the ideas?*
Industrial and Digital Product Design BA students & Estonian Manor Builders Association, EKA’s Department of Cultural Heritage & Conservation

– Introduction to Laetus 2.0, Maarja Mõtus

19:30 Acknowledgements and awards ceremony
19:45 End of the event

Presentations marked with * are in Estonian.

The presentations will be in Estonian and English, without translation.

It is possible to participate both on site at EKA (room A101) and watch the broadcast at EKA TV.

Video reminder from last year’s Design Showcase Gala

Each year, the Estonian Academy of Arts Research and Development Office, in conjunction with the Tallinn Strategic Management Office, holds an applied research and development projects competition to motivate the Academy’s members to apply to a greater extent the results of their academic and research work in the public, business and third sectors; to increase the quality and extent of knowledge services provided by the Academy to society and businesses and to raise public awareness of the application of the Academy’s know-how in the economy and society.

The author(s) of the best project are awarded 1000€. If numerous outstanding works are submitted for the competition, additional work(s) will be awarded.

The competition is open BOTH for EKA’s students, whose course or graduation project has reached the stage of developing an applied output, i.e. the results of the work can be applied in businesses or other organisations, AND the applied research or projects by all EKA´s employees and researchers.

The works must be completed between 01.09.2023–31.08.2024.
To submit a project to the competition a completed form together with additional materials must be sent to koostoo@artun.ee no later than 15 September 2024. The e-mail addresses of all authors of the work must be included among the e-mail recipients.

See last year’s winners HERE.

Materials for applying:

Procedure for Competition of Applied Research and Development Works

Submission form