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26-06-2009
The jury found that Celander Projekt OÜ submitted the best standard house design in the design contest for the preliminary design of a substitute home for children living in children’s homes.
The work with a titled„NaguEiKusagilMujal" (“LikeNowhereElse”) ranked first and received and award of EEK 100,000.
The work with titled "Muhv nõudmiseni" (“To Muff on Demand”), submitted by Rein Murula Arhitektuuribüroo OÜ won the second prize and the work titled „OnOnn” (IsHut)", submitted by Hirvesoo Arhitektuuribüroo OÜ won the third prize. The second and third prize winners were granted an award of EEK 60,000 and EEK 30,000 respectively. A purchase credit of EEK 20,000 was awarded to the work titled “Kodumaja (“Home house”) by Arhitektuuribüroo T. Sooväli OÜ.
”The goal of the competition was to find the best architectural solution for family-like accommodation of children living in children’s homes”, said Deputy Mayor Eha Võrk. “All the 10 competition projects were at high level”.
According to Deputy Mayor Merike Martinson, an aim has been set to ensure a family-like living environment for children in children’s homes, to replace the so-called camp-like group homes with small houses where 6 to 8 children live in a separate family, as is the case in the Maarjamäe unit of Tallinn Children’s Home.
A concept competition was announced for finding the best project of a substitute home, and the deadline for submitting the drafts was 1 June 2009.
The construction of the new accommodation units will be financed under the project “Family-like living environment for children”. The aggregate cost of the project is EEK 45 million, of which the own funding of the City of Tallinn accounts for 15%. The project is financed with the help of the EU structural resources within the framework of the measure “Development of urban regions”.
All in all, five semi-detached houses, two detached houses and a 10-place safe house will be constructed. All buildings will be constructed on the registered immovables in the ownership of the City of Tallinn. The first one to be completed already in 2010 is a semi-detached house in Männiku, at 1b Pihlaka St. The last house under the project will be completed in 2012.
A substitute home will help children living in children’s homes become better prepared for living on their own and integrating into everyday life. The more a children’s home is like a real home, the better prepared for independent life the children are.
Accommodating children in small houses located dispersedly all over the city will reduce anonymity, increase the responsibility of families for arranging their everyday life, help control the problematic behaviour of such children, support homeliness and promote their integration into the society.
Tallinn Children’ Home is a substitute home for over 200 children.
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