Challenging The City Scale. Tallinn

Located on Saaremaa Island, Villu Veski’s family home is in the middle of what looks like a wild version of paradise. It’s April, and although winter has passed, the trees are still bare. The white, wooden building stands alone in a sweeping landscape of fields and forests. We meet Villu Veski on his terrace after a 3-hour drive and a 30-minute ferry trip from Tallinn. It’s hard to imagine that there is a music festival for two thousand people here every summer, but when you look closely there are a few indications. “This wooden platform is used as the main stage,” Villu Veski says as he shows us around. “And here we build a big fire at night. And over here are the tiny hotels we constructed for the festival.” Four small structures are dotted around a field. They have accommodated guests since the 2015 edition of Villu Veski’s “Juu Jääb Festival”. The famous jazz musician first decided to organise a music event far from the capital in 1997. “I think people get frustrated just going to a concert hall nowadays,” he explains. “They don’t only want music but want to have an experience.” The wild landscapes of Saaremaa provided an inspiring and relaxing backdrop to the festival. But there was a problem: Saaremaa might be the largest Estonian island, but it’s sparsely populated and doesn’t offer much accommodation for festival visitors. “There are a few hostels, but they are expensive,” Villu Veski says. “There are also not a lot of bed and breakfasts.”

• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
• Repositorio: Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/17164
• Acceso en línea: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783035618013-015/html; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/17164; https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035618013-015
• Palabra clave: Arquitectura; Edificio de madera; Estructura de madera; Diseño
• License: Abierto (Texto Completo)