It is the second year we carried through a photo contest “Old times house” to bring the beauty and value of old housed onto the spotlight. Participated 181 photos from 50 authors.
It was a pleasure to get so many works into the category “before and after”. The selection on the website tries to inspire every old house owner – look and you’ll believe that everything is possible!
Here are the winners and selection of contest works.
Vanaajamaja in cooperation with the Estonian Heritage Board has initiated conservation works of tiny wooden Orthodox Church in South-East Estonia, close to the Russian border. The church is not in the active usage and the state of the building is dilapidated, but it has essential place in the identity of local community and important part in the local history.
In the fall of 2015 the log walls will be reinforced by the forestry students of Estonian University of Life Sciences under their practice lessons. In the spring of 2016 a crew of international volunteers are invited to restore the tower and change the roof cover to wooden shingle roof.
Architectural office TEMPT together with the Estonian Woodhouse Cluster are the organizers for
the Yakisugi workshop and lecture on the 13th october 2015 in Mooste, Põlva county. Yakisugi,
also called Shou-Sugi-Ban is a centuries-old Japanese wood surface carbonisation technique –
this is probably the oldest method of protecting wood known to man. For this we invited the
unique Japanese architect and professor, a living legend, Terunobu Fujimori, to visit Estonia. He
will teach us this peculiar wood finishing technique by giving a lecture about traditional
japanese materials and later on conducting a workshop for making Yakisugi. This unique event
will be another cultural bridge between Japan and Estonia – countries so similar, but so far apart
at the same time.
Lecture and workshop takes place 13. october starting at 13:00 in Mooste, Põlvamaa.
Participation fee is 50€ until 9.10, later 70€. The event is in japanese, translated to english.
For registering email tempt@tempt.ee or register HERE .
