Arvo Pärt Centre / Arvo Pärdi Keskuse

A very interesting juxtaposition between the symmetry of a cloister and rural design. The big courtyard inside a square construction offers a nice connection to untouched nature. The room layout is unnaturally tight and narrow, and the lack of flexibility is shown by how the reading rooms are separated from the library. Also probalematic is the placement of the offices to the north and service areas to the south. It is an interesting choice to integrate the chapel into the tower. The idea of a garden fence might be found more often on a rural property rather than in a forest.