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  • Final event

    Final event

    15 months of research have come to an end, and as part of this, the 1+X team organised an exhibition of the whole process and the final event, which took place on 29 August in the open space of EKA. The evening started with an opening speech by 1+X, where we briefly introduced the work

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  • Final project

    Final project

    The concept, the system, the design, developed over 15 months, have been brought together in the form of a project, where the housing units have been solved at different scales and also in the typology of an SOS Children’s Village. One of the project’s sub-projects has been the concept of material, or straw as a

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  • From the Past to the Future: Innovation in Construction

    In connection with the construction of the straw stage for the Arvamus Festival, we were offered time for our own discussion. The discussion “From the past to the future: innovation in construction” took place on the morning of 10.08. In addition to the members of the 1+X team (Aneth, Liispet, Roosmarii and Valerii), experienced practitioners

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  • Media mentions

    Media mentions

    In addition to the 1+X website and social media, we have received coverage in various media such as local newspapers and radio over the summer.  Local government newspapers, where our own team members are from, featured articles in Saarte Hääl and Rae Sõnumid during the summer. In Saarte Hääl, the local newspaper of Saaremaa, an

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  • PÕHULA(va)

    PÕHULA(va)

    The installation for Arvamusfestival offers different layers – opinion space, stage, pavilion, exhibition, school space. The layers themselves can also offer different variations, with different possibilities for the use of the stage as well as, for example, for school lessons. Varying functions will also invite different kinds of visitors. The installation is open on all

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  • Straw panel construction

    The 1+X team has a great opportunity to build a stage for the Opinion Festival where we can put our knowledge into practice. The idea of building something practical alongside the theoretical research was in the plan from the beginning, but in what form and where was the question. Work on the installation started at

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  • Visit to Vienna

    Visit to Vienna

    The cold Estonian weather led the 1+X team to welcome the early spring in sunny Vienna. The aim of the trip was to gather knowledge through practical examples and meetings with specialists that we could apply to our own development work. MONDAY Architects Querkraft The first stop was the Ikea Westbahnhof, a modular building by

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  • Cleantech podcast visit

    Cleantech podcast visit

    On 11.01 Roosmarii and Triinu visited the Äripäev House for a recording of the Cleantech podcast. It was our first recorded media visit, so a first experience. A big thank you to host Mart Valner. The podcast was all about who we are and what we do: why straw, why patterning and what is a

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  • Concept projects review

    Concept projects review

    7 months have now passed from the beginning of the 15-month research period, from which the first three were devoted to in-depth preliminary studies. During the following three months, we concentrated on developing the ideas for three different concept projects. In the seventh month of the research, we received valuable feedback from external critics and

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  • Materials recycling trip to Paris

    The design and construction of modular buildings cannot be limited to straw research. To find out how to build ecologically and with biogenic materials it is useful to look beyond Estonia. That’s why, on a dark November day, we took part in a short clay recycling trip to Paris, organised by the Centre of Estonian

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