ARCHITOUR. Campus of Estonian University of Life Sciences

SAT, November 23rd 2024

As part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, the final Architour on November 23rd will take you to explore one of Estonia’s most complete university campuses – the Estonian University of Life Sciences (Eesti Maaülikool). The architectural landscape of today’s university (formerly the Estonian Agricultural Academy) has been largely shaped by the works of architect Valve Pormeister (1922–2002).

Planning for the new campus of the University of Life Sciences, situated near the manor of Tähtvere on the outskirts of Tartu, began in the 1960s. The campus starts with the manor’s main building, designed in Heimat style in 1910, which now houses the university’s language center. Behind the manor lies Valve Pormeister’s work – the university’s main building, completed in the early 1980s, followed shortly by the forestry and land reclamation building, an iconic example of Pormeister’s architecture.

In addition to Pormeister’s designs, the tour will introduce participants to newer architectural contributions, including the sports building by Salto Architects, completed in 2009, and an extension by KAMP Architects, which was finished in 2013, continuing Pormeister’s legacy.

The tour lasts approximately 2.5 hours.

The guides are Grete Tiigiste, curator at the Estonian Museum of Architecture, and heritage conservationist Siiri-Liis Huttunen.

Meeting point: in front of the main building of the university (Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi 1a, Tartu)

Participation fee: 8 euros

Tickets sold via Piletilevi: https://www.piletilevi.ee/est/piletid/varia/tartu-2024-arhituur-eesti-maaulikooli-kampus-447111/?design=&shop_provider=tartu2024

The tour is held in Estonian, but if you would like to participate then let us know: grete.tiigiste@arhitektuurimuuseum.ee

Architours are are architecture tours organised by the Estonian Museum of Architecture. The tours are part of the main program of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024.