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We aim to create an architecture of local adaptation; to climate,
environment and culture.

Our approach is to attempt to avoid falling into preconceived solutions to design problems through a process of detailed analysis of site and brief prior to any design phase, and have experience in many sectors and at all scales - from master planning to product design. Working with an extensive range of consultants, teaching, and collaborations with architects, craftsmen and artists, all enrich the outlook of the studio.

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Gianni Botsford Architects Ltd.
5th Floor
83-84 Berwick St
London W1F 8TS

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Gianni Botsford Architects, Italy
Via Euganea, 22
35141 Padova
Italy

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Client
Baltland Grupp OU, Estonia

Structural Engineering
Arup, Ed Clark

Optimisation
Arup Lighting, Giulio Antonutto

Environmental Engineering
Arup, Martin Hockey

Landscape Architects
Luszczak Associates, Ben Handley, Pippa Henshaw, Mike Luszczak, Bob Thomas

Digital Image
Studio Toni Yli-Suvanto

 

 

 

Following our success in the Estonian National Museum competition, the City Planner of Tartu invited us to compete in a limited competition to develop a proposal for the re-use of redundant industrial land on a beautiful site with unique views overlooking the Emagjogi river in Tartu.

We carried out a detailed environmental analysis and created a model master plan considering aspects of views, solar ingress and daylight and ensuring the privacy of homeowners. Our concept is a series of buildings, embedded in a landscape of parks, walkways, playgrounds and waterways, overlooking the beautiful river and beyond - 'seven views' opening up between the housing blocks near the river.

The towers are made of stacked elements rotating around a core with floorspace increasing the higher the building rises.

 

 

 

 
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