At the beginning of each summer , the Eesti Kunstiakadeemia / Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) , a partner in the Eu-Repair project, hosts an extensive exhibition showcasing graduation works from its students. This annual event, which focuses on the formal defense of student works, is also accompanied by a wide-ranging satellite programme.
– Last year’s TASE ’25 festival featured graduates from the faculties of architecture, design, art, culture, and fine arts at both bachelor’s and master’s levels, with nearly 250 different works presented. The exhibition offered insights into the general outlooks of emerging creators and revealed recurring and interwoven themes.
– Many of the 2025 graduation projects from EKA’s Faculty of Architecture addressed urgent issues in preserving the built heritage . Themes closely aligned with the goals of the Eu-Repair project, such as adaptive reuse of buildings, sustainable renovation , circular economy principles , and CO₂ footprint reduction, were present and thoughtfully explored.
– The festival was held in the soon-to-be-demolished Soviet-era Designers’ House at Rävala 8, Tallinn. The architectural theses were poignantly displayed and defended in the building’s amphitheatre-style main hall, marking the space’s final chapter with symbolic elegance. The TASE ’25 exhibition in the iconic building thus became not just a fitting backdrop to emerging new ideas, but also a poetic farewell to a space that once nurtured generations of designers.
