FIELD NOTES / EST / Northern Europe
Estonia
Merchant houses & medieval streets.
START WITH A PLACE
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
Tallinn developed as a Hanseatic trading centre around a medieval castle and town. Its surviving houses and public buildings reveal the relationship between commerce, domestic space and civic prominence.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare a merchant house’s narrow frontage with the depth of its plot. Follow how repeated parcels shape the street as a whole.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)