b210

b210 is an architecture office with a think tank approach to everyday spatial challenges. We believe that positive change in the built environment is driven by a smart design process where architectural ideas are as important as methods of developing them. We like to design ways of thinking as much as physical spaces.

Photo: Tõnu Tunnel

Mari Hunt
architect / partner
mari@b210.ee
+372 5565 5330

Kadri Klementi
architect / partner
kadri@b210.ee
+372 5669 0626

Karin Tõugu
architect / partner
karin@b210.ee
+372 517 1039

Aet Ader
architect / partner
aet@b210.ee
+372 5648 4931

Nele Šverns
architect
nele@b210.ee
+372 5349 5355

Anni Kotov
interior architect
anni@b210.ee
+372 55524541

Mari Möldre
architect
moldre@b210.ee
+372 5900 8777

Collaborators: Zane Kalnina, Grete Soosalu, Mikk Meelak, Helena Koop, Arvi Anderson, Kalle Komissarov

Past: Lenka Juchelková, Kaisa Lindström, Kaidi Õis, Alina Nurmist, Madli Kaljuste, Liina Soosaar, Kirke Päss, Kaspar Krass, Merlin Kaup, Taavi Lõoke, Britta Kodres, Silver Liiberg, Anne Kaljas, Karolin Kaup, Hanna Piksarv, Katrin Koov, Marika Stokkeby, Marja Viltrop

CLIENTS

Eesti Ajaloomuuseum / Estonian History Museum
Eesti Arhitektide Liit (EAL) / Estonian Association of Architects
Eesti Arhitektuurikeskus / Estonian Center of Architecture
Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum / Museum of Estonian Architecture
Eesti Kunstiakadeemia / Estonian Academy of Arts
Eesti Kunstimuuseum (KUMU) / The Art Museum of Estonia
Eesti Meremuuseum / Estonian Maritime Museum
Eesti Rahva Muuseum (ERM) / Estonian National Museum
ELL Kinnisvara / ELL Real Estate
Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus (EAS) / Enterprise Estonia
Goethe Instituut Eestis / Goethe-Institut Tallinn
koolid / schools
Kultuurikatel / Tallinn Creative Hub
Kultuuripealinn Tallinn 2011 / European Capital of Culture 2011
Linnalabor
Riigimetsa Majandamise Keskus (RMK) / State Forest Management Centre
Soome Instituut / Finnish Institute
Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Kuressaare kolledž / Kuressaare College of TUT Campus
Tartu Linnavalitsus / Tartu Town Hall
Tartu Ülikooli sporditeaduste ja füsioteraapia instituudi liikumislabor / Tartu University Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy Research Group of Physical Activity for Health
Väätsa Vallavalitsus / Väätsa Municipality

PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS

2019 The Museum Council of the Ministry of Culture main award Museum Rat (Muuseumirott): exhibition design “My free country” in Estonian History Museum
2018 Estonian Association of Architects award SMALL (VÄIKE): Installation Tootem
2018 Estonian Association of Interior Architects award, shortlisted: Laste Vabariik
2018 Estonian Association of Architects annual award, shortlisted: Installation Tootem
2017 Estonian Association of Interior Architects award, shortlisted: RÖST Bakery
2017 Estonian Association of Interior Architects award, shortlisted: Exhibition design POLAARRUUM
2017 Estonian Young Architect Award 2017, shortlisted: b210 architects
2015 Estonian Association of Architects annual award, shortlisted: Kuressaare College towing tank building
2014 Mies van der Rohe Award, nomination: Kuressaare College towing tank building
2012 Estonian Design Prize Bruno, best design project: Culture Chicken

COMPETITIONS

2018 II-III prize, Saaremaa State Gymnasium competition
2018 II prize, Tabivere primary school competition
2017 II prize, Haapsalu Primary School competition
2017 III prize, Kohtla-Järve State Gymnasium competition
2016 II-III prize, Kuressaare kindergarten competition
2016   honourable mention, Viimsi State Gymnasium competition
2016 I prize, Estonian History Museum playground area and exhibition design
2016   honourable mention, Elva public space competition
2015 honourable mention, Narva castle competition
2015 II prize, Haapsalu castle competition
2014 II prize, Rail Baltic Pärnu terminal competition
2014   honourable mention, Rail Baltic Tallinn terminal competition
2014 II prize, Estonian History Museum renovation competition
2014 honourable mention, Port of Tallinn urban quarter competition
2014 I prize and II prize, curatorial competition for Estonian Architects Union annual exhibition: The Playing Man and Estonian Polar Station
2012 invited participation, 72 Hour Urban Action in Stuttgart: installation Kuku!
2012 I prize, curatorial competition for Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013: Recycling Socialism
2012 III prize, Viljandi song festival grounds competition
2012 honourable mention, Tondiraba sports complex competition
2011 I prize, international competiton for small craft testing tank and laboratories building for Tallinn University of Technology Kuressaare College
2010 I prize, invited competition for Anne youth center in Tartu
2010 I prize, competition for Seminari Street linear park and block housing renovation
2010 I prize, vision competition for connecting Kultuurikatel culture factory and Telliskivi Creative Quarter

COMMISSIONS

2018 Smuuli urban planning vision
2017 Caviar and fish shop with offices, Tallinn
2016 RØST bakery in Rotermanni, Tallinn
2016 private house in Otepää
2015 private house reconstruction in Luite, Tallinn (under construction)
2014 loft in Veerenni, Tallinn
2014 private house in Pirita, Tallinn (completed in 2016)
2014 loft in Kalamaja, Tallinn
2013 landscape design for educational trails in the Russian Arctic national park in Franz Josef Land
2012 Anne youth centre in Tartu
2012 guest house for a private house in Jõelähtme
2011 Tallinn University of Technology Kuressaare College Small Craft Competence Centre testing tank and laboratories building (completed in 2014)
2011 Seminari Street linear park and block housing renovation

EXHIBITION DESIGN

2019 E-Estonia showroom, Gate nr 3, Tallinn Airport
2018 “DIY Estonia”, in Estonian National Museum
2018 “My Free Country”, permanent exhibition in Estonian History Museum
2018 “100 Years Of Literature” in National Library of Estonia
2018 “The State is not a Work of Art” in Tallinn Art Hall
2018 RIBOCA – Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, invited participation for exhibition design
2017 “100 Moments” by Finnish Institute in Viru Shopping Center
2016 E-residency showroom, Slush startup and tech event, Helsinki, Finland
2016 “Viking Era Treasures from Estonia” in Fat Margaret, Estonian Maritime Museum
2016 “Polar Space” in Lennusadam, Estonian Maritime Museum
2015 “Children and War. 1941–1944” in Estonian History Museum
2014 “Estonian Academy of Arts Centennial Exhibition” in Kumu Art Museum
2014 “Merike Estna and I’m a Painting” in Kumu Art Museum
2013 TAB 2013 Curators’ Exhibition in the Sprat Tin Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

CURATING, EXHIBITION WORKS

2018 “Vacation is Work” Kunstnikud Kogudes exhibition in Narva-Jõesuu
2017 Europe’s Common Ground, “BEL:EST – A Laboratory for Europe in Brussels”
2016 “Polar Space” in Lennusadam, Estonian Maritime Museum
2014 Estonian Architects Union annual exhibition “The Playing Man. Nine Visions of Contemporary Kindergarten Architecture”
2013 Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013: Recycling Socialism
2013 participation, curatorial project While Walking on Secret Paths / While Walking on Salads, part of the exhibition Afterlives of Gardens in Kumu Art Museum
2012 participation in the Estonian Architects Union annual exhibition Lasn: Ping-Pong

INSTALLATIONS, ART PROJECTS

2018 Sild, monument for hikers in Aegviidu, tutoring the 1st year interior design students of Estonian Academy of Arts
2018 Bog Hotel, shelter in Soomaa, Flooded summer school
2018 Totem, Warming Huts installation festival, Winnipeg, Canada
2017 Trepp, birdwatching tower in Tuhu bog, tutoring the 1st year interior design students of Estonian Academy of Arts
2017 Vala, floating sauna in Soomaa, Flooded summer school
2016 Vari, shelter in Emajõe Suursoo,tutoring the 1st year interior design students of Estonian Academy of Arts
2016 Veetee, floating platform in Soomaa, Flooded summer school
2016 Woodscapes, part of The Baltic Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2016
2015 Forest Megaphones in Pähni, together with the 1st year interior design students of Estonian Academy of Arts
2012 Kuku, 72 Hour Urban Action, Stuttgart, Germany
2012 Installation Ping-Pong, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 O, part of urban installations festival LIFT 11
2011 Audio Tour of Street Space, part of urban installations festival LIFT 11
2011 Countdown, for the opening ceremony of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011
2010 The Pool, part of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 warm-up programme 52 Surprises and Ideas
2010 ARTificial Queue, part of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 warm-up programme 52 Surprises and Ideas
2010 Chairs III, part of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 warm-up programme 52 Surprises and Ideas

WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, TEACHING

2019 course on private house project, Estonian Academy of Arts, architecture and urban planning programme (ongoing)
2018 Mati ruum, workshop in Von Krahl Theater
2017 lecture about b210, in Czech Technical University in Prague
2016 Flooded summer school, Estonian Academy of Arts (ongoing)
2016 workshop Polar Space, Estonian Academy of Arts
2015 lecture about b210, Lviv Polytechnic
2015 lecture Kohanemise vajalikkusest, TEDxTallinn
2015 course on small scale architectural project, Estonian Academy of Arts, interior design programme (ongoing)
2013 course on urban intervention, Estonian Academy of Arts, graphic design programme
2013 lecture about b210, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
2012 workshop on TAB 2013: Recycling Socialism, Estonian Academy of Arts, architecture programme
2011 workshop on spatial planning, Estonian University of Life Sciences, landscape architecture programme
2011 workshop on teaching architecture, Tallinn University, art teachers’ programme
2011 co-founding of and teaching at the Architecture School for Kids (ongoing)
2011 lecture, the 24th lecture night of the Estonian Centre for Architecture on architecture and criticism
2010 lecture On Streets, international conference Urban and Landscape Days VII: Social Street

PUBLICATIONS, TEXTS, RESEARCH

2016 Schoolhouse for Exercise!, a booklet explaining the relationship of space and wellbeing in school architecture, published by Tartu University Liikumislabor
2014 exhibition catalogue, The Playing Man. Eight Visions of Contemporary Kindergarten Architecture
2014 visualisations, Estonian Energy Management Development Plan 2030+
2014 article in the teachers’ newspaper about the potential of learning about space: Kooli teeb huvitavamaks ruumiõpe (Õpetajate Leht 28.02.2014)
2014 article in a daily newspaper about the importance of learning about space as a part of the official curriculum: Ruumiteadlikkus aitab elu nautida (EPL 11.02.2014)
2014 spatial and functional analysis of the planned Narva City Library
2012 Kadri Klementi and Aet Ader Editors-in-Chief of Ehituskunst: Investigations on Architecture and Theory
2012 Karin Tõugu and Aet Ader co-editors of Public Participation in Tallinn Urban Planning. A Participant’s Manual
2011 guest editing the Estonian architectural review Maja (Maja 3-2011 (69): Maja taga / Beyond Building)
2010 guest editing the Estonian architectural review Maja (Maja 3-2010 (65): Tüüpmaja)