Between Light and Concrete

Arno Rannaste Open House Tallinn 2025 · Future Heritage
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Linnahall stands as a powerful reminder of a complex past — a monument caught between light and darkness, freedom and isolation. Once a symbol of Soviet ambition and control, today it raises the question of what we choose to remember and preserve. Should we protect this decaying structure as part of our shared history, or let it fade as a relic of oppression?

Its massive, closed concrete form contrasts with the open sky and sea around it, reflecting the tension between the desire for freedom and the weight of a controlled past. As we look to the future, Linnahall challenges us to reconsider the meaning of heritage — not just as something beautiful or proud, but as a reflection of the full spectrum of human experience: light and dark, memory and forgetting.