Arvo Pärt Centre / Arvo Pärdi Keskuse

The Arvo Pärt Centre was founded in 2010 by Arvo Pärt and his family with the aim of creating opportunities to preserve and study the creative heritage of the composer in his homeland. The plot chosen for the centre is situated in Estonia, 35 km from Tallinn, on a peninsula covered with a pine forest very characteristic of the northern coast of Estonia. The initial reason why this location was chosen was that it is a place familiar to Arvo Pärt because he spent summers in his youth around this area. There are also summer cottages of several well-known Estonian musicians, writers and artists nearby.

The aim of the centre is to facilitate comprehensive archiving of the creative legacy of Arvo Pärt, on-site research work, the editing of materials, and the arrangement of master classes for musicians and thematic lecture-series and seminars on topics related to the music of Arvo Pärt. The Arvo Pärt Centre also plans to arrange general philosophy and music listening seminars, concerts, conferences, non-official and official receptions and art exhibitions, etc., there.

The architectural design contest was announced on 25 November 2013. The objective for the first stage was to identify architects whose creative output to date best fits with the the concept and requirements of the Arvo Pärt Centre. Seventy one applications for entry to the contest were received from all over the world, with 20 entrants invited by the jury to the second round of the design contest according to the ranking based on the results of assessment. They were expected to produce a thorough sketch-level elaboration of a concept for the Centre building.

The nature of the second stage of the contest is unique as the subject of the assignment is a composer, whose work, now famous all over the world, is extremely distinguished and often clearly recognisable. In addition to an architectural style of high level, the architectural solution of the centre shall express a certain harmony with the music and creative attitude of the composer.

The founders of the Arvo Pärt Centre have expressed that the centre should be like a small private university and is meant to be:

• a means to keep alive and interpret the creative legacy of Arvo Pärt;
• a place to learn, teach, study, create and express one’s creativity;
• a living environment, not a museum;
• growing and developing as is Arvo Pärt in his work;
• unconventional;
• a place where Christian values are expressed in a discreet, yet courageous, manner.

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Arvo Pärdi keskuse hoone rahvusvaheline kaheetapiline ideekonkurss korraldatakse eesmärgiga tellida ideekonkursi võitjalt Arvo Pärdi keskuse hoone – Kellasalu – projekteerimistööd. Teenuste hankeleping ideekonkursi võitnud ideekavandi realiseerimiseks sõlmitakse väljakuulutamiseta läbirääkimistega hankemenetluse käigus.
Ideekonkurss toimub kahes etapis. Esimese etapi eesmärk on selgitada välja osalejad, kelle varasem erialane looming ja visioon harmoneerub enim Arvo Pärdi keskuse kontseptsiooni ja vajadustega. Esimese etapi käigus on osalejad kohustatud esitama osalemistaotluse koos osaleja hankemenetlusest kõrvaldamise aluste puudumist ja kvalifitseerimistingimustele vastavust tõendavate dokumentidega ning vormikohase portfoolio. Portfooliot hindab hankija poolt moodustatud komisjon, kelle hindamistulemuste alusel tekkinud pingerea alusel valib hankija ideekonkursi teise etappi osalema 10–20 osalejat, kellele teeb hiljemalt 1.3.2014 ettepaneku osaleda ideekonkursi teises etapis ja esitada Arvo Pärdi keskuse hoone eskiisprojekt. Teises etapis hindab žürii esitatud ideekavandeid arvestades ideekonkursi teise etapi eeskirjas kirjeldatud kriteeriumeid ja selgitab välja ideekonkursi võitja.