Article source: Peter Sand

The approach of this proposal has been to develop a residential area with a strong connection to the context. By being located on the very edge, where the city and the forest merge together, there has been given an unique opportunity to make an area in the city and in the forest at the same time with the advances it is giving.

Rakvere Linnametsa residential area spatial planning

• Architect: Peter Sand
• Name of Project: Rakvere Linnametsa residential area spatial planning
• Location: Rakvere, Estonia
• Year of design: April 2011
• Role of Peter Sand: Lead Architect
• Clients: KredEx, IFHP (International Federation for Housing and Planning), the Union of Estonian Architects and the City of Rakvere
• Program: Houses, kindergarten and community centre for the elderly
• Size of site area: 90.000 m2
• Size of built area: 10.000 m2

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