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Project Rohejälg (Green Trace) zooms in on the spatial interventions in Tallinn City in 2023. SEI Tallinn’s experts assessed the experimental spatial interventions carried out in the Rohejälg project based on the feedback gathered from public space users, their evaluation of the redesigned public space and their behavioural changes in these spaces.
The aim of the spatial interventions includes improving the living environment for the citizens and enhancing biodiversity. Photo: Maria Varaksina/Getty Images.
The spatial interventions and follow-up analysis carried out in the Rohejälg project gave valuable insight into planning urban rearrangements and similar spatial experiments in the future.
The aim of spatial interventions was to improve the urban living environment, enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change risks and implement sustainable practices in cooperation with city district authorities, enterprises, educational institutions and citizens.
The study focuses on two spatial interventions in Tallinn: a temporary park at the historic Town Hall Square and a redesigned area around the old concert hall Linnahall. SEI Tallinn analysed the effects of spaial interventions on people’s well-being and (economic) activities. The study includes views from locals who use the public space daily, as well as impressions from visitors and tourists. Experts conducted observations and interviews and mapped the changes in people’s behaviour from summer to fall.
A temporary park at the historic Town Hall Square.
Photo: Kaidi Tamm/SEI Tallinn
A temporary park at the historic Town Hall Square.
Photo: Kaidi Tamm/SEI Tallinn
Project Rohejälg included different spatial initiatives related to Tallinn’s European Green Capital programme in 2023. The project followed Tallinn’s development plans “Tallinn 2035” and “Climate Neutral Tallinn”. The project was led by the Space Design Department of Tallinn’s Strategy Centre. Construction procurements were led by Tallinn’s Environmental and Engineering Services Department.
Head of Unit, Senior Expert (Sustainable Cities and Resilient Communities Unit)
SEI Tallinn
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