Seminar “Making of Olympic Cities: Architecture, Planning and Design”

You are warmly invited to participate in the seminar “Making of Olympic Cities: Planning, Architecture, and Design” taking place on Thursday, September 25 as part of the closing programme of the exhibition “Sailing Forward. How the 1980 Olympic Regatta Changed Tallinn”.

The seminar will focus on Olympic Cities through the lens of their planning, architecture, and design. We will explore: How different cities have prepared for hosting the Olympic Games? What it means for a city to host such a large-scale event? How far-reaching the impact of Olympic urbanism can be? What kinds of design phenomena have accompanied the Olympic Games? How did Tallinn prepare for the 1980 Olympic sailing regatta?

The programme of the seminar:

13.00–13.15 Opening of the seminar (EE/EN), Karen Jagodin (Director of Estonian Museum of Architecture)

13.15–13.45 Keynote: Olympic Urbanism Reimagined: the changing agendas of host city planning (EN), Prof. John R. Gold (Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London)

13.45–14.15 Keynote: Leveraging benefits from megaevents: planning, legacy and sustainability (EN), Margaret M. Gold (London Metropolitan University)

14.15–14.45 Tour-presentation: Sailing forward. How 1980 Olympic Regatta Shaped Tallinn (EN), Grete Tiigiste (Estonian Museum of Architecture)

14.45–15.15 Break

15.15–15.20 Introduction II

15.20–15.50 Olümpiamängud ja disain. Kuidas mänge kujundatakse? (presentation is in Estonian), Ivar Sakk (Eesti Kunstiakadeemia)

15.50–16.20 Filling the gaps. Tallinn 1980 and designers (EN), Kai Lobjakas (Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design)

16.20–16.50 Introduction to installation making: Sail-away-it’s-time-to-leave (EN), Liisa Ryynänen (artist-architect)

16.50–17.10 Kümme päeva juulikuus. 1980.aasta olümpiaregati ülevaade (presentation is in Estonian), Kalev Vapper (sports journalist, sailor)

17.10–18.00 Closing words, informal exhibition opening (EE/EN)

Participation is free of charge, but we ask you to pre-register. All presentations but two are in English, the language of keynote is marked after each presentation’s title.

Additional questions: eliise.nogel@arhitektuurimuuseum.ee