Once again, the Estonian Academy of Arts’ graduation project festival TASE is here—the annual highlight of young art, design, architecture, and art culture.
The TASE ‘26 festival opens on Wednesday, May 27, at 5:00 p.m. at the EAA campus, Põhja pst 7 / Kotzebue tn 2, 4, and 10.
The TASE ‘26 online program and list of graduates is available at tase.artun.ee.
At the heart of the festival is an exhibition of EKA students’ final projects, featuring all graduates from the faculties of architecture, design, art and culture, and fine arts at both the bachelor’s and master’s levels. The main exhibition is accompanied by a diverse satellite program of specialized exhibitions, thesis defenses, and TASE Film.
Graduates from the Faculty of Architecture address socially relevant spatial issues, tackling the challenges of an aging society, the use of underutilized building materials, and the reimagining of existing environments and buildings. The work ranges from critical analysis of landscapes, cities, and neighborhoods to the discovery of new spatial possibilities for streets, buildings, and materials. Research focuses on the opening up and conversion of industrial heritage, the tension between administrative bureaucracy and self-management of abandoned buildings, and the creation of experimental building typologies using digital fabrication technologies and non-standard wood.
The public defenses of the Faculty of Architecture’s theses will take place:
At the Main Building, Room A501, on May 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Urban Planning, MA
Kotzebue 10, on the first floor of the White Building in the Monumental Studio:
June 2, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Interior Architecture, BA
June 4, 10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Interior Architecture, MA
June 8 and 9, 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Architecture and Urban Planning
Sille Pihlak, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture; Gregor Taul, Head of the Master’s Program in Interior Architecture; and Roland Reemaa, Head of the Master’s Studios in Architecture and Urban Planning, will lead themed exhibition tours, introduce the featured topics, the most exciting theses, and will share the future outlook of architectureTASE.
EXHIBITION TOURS are open to everyone interested in spatial design, from prospective students to industry professionals!
Register for a tour here!
The tours will take place at EKA’s White House, Kotzebue 10:
June 11 at 2–3 p.m.: interior architecture theses, led by Master’s program director Gregor Taul.
June 11 at 3:30–5 p.m.: architecture and urban planning theses, led by Master’s studio director Roland Reemaa.
June 15, 5–6 p.m.: Architecture Today, Dean Sille Pihlak presents the graduation projects of the entire faculty.
TASE ‘26 is open daily from May 28 to June 19, 1–7 p.m.; admission is free.