The renovation of Machinery Hall of the A. M. Lutheri Furniture Factory

Tallinn, Estonia
Photo: Tõnu Tunnel
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Photo: Tõnu Tunnel
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Photo: Madis Tüür
Photo © HGA
Photo: Madis Tüür
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Photo: Martin Siplane
Photo © HGA
Photo: Madis Tüür
Photo © HGA
Interior Designers
Hayashi-Grossschmidt Arhitektuur
Location
Vana-Lõuna, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia
Year
2017
Client
Lutheri Ärimaja OÜ
Team
Hanno Grosschmidt, Tomomi Hayashi, Liis Voksepp, Marianna Zvereva, Anna Endrikson, Jüri Nigulas, Andres Ristov, sander treijar
Interior Architect
Kadri Tamme Sisearhitektuur
Structural Engineer
Ekspertiis ja projekt
Mechanical and plumbing Engineer
SWECO Projekt
Electrical Engineer
ITK Inseneribüroo
FP Engineer
VP Projekt
General Contractor
Nordecon

The original machinery hall is a part of A.M. Luther’s Furniture Factory which existed between 1877–1940, which was know for bent-plywood furniture trademarked with Luterma. The machinery hall was completed in 1912, whose architects were Nikolai Vassiljev and Aleksei Bubyr from Saint Petersburg. The quarter kept producing furniture and plywood throughout the Soviet period but ceased its production in 2004 due to relocation to outside of the city. It stood empty for more than 10 years until it came to our drawing board.

Our process started with to understand what is the quality of the space and practical requirement of office space. For organizing of the space the tools were used: “plaza” – the open space in the central nave, “plane”- the single-story open office, and “row-house” -multi-level office space.

We limited a tools of intervention: differentiating newly inserted structure by material and color, and utilizing as much plywood as possible to commemorate the production of the past.

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