Sel suvel kantakse piirkond nö kaardile nii teiste linnaosade elanike kui ka Soodevahe kohalike jaoks, lähenedes sellele kui päris linnaosale, millel on oma infrastruktuur ja toimimisloogika. Soodevahesse luuakse uusi avalikke institutsioone, mis kutsuvad linnarahvast avastama seda Tallinna vähetuntumat piirkonda ning loovad kohalikes kogukonnatunde. Soodevahe on miljööväärtuslik piirkond, milles
levinud ehitusstiiliks on pilpa-arhitektuur. Ka suvel toimuvates kinnisvara arendusprotsessides on kavas kohalikest tavadest kinni pidada. Projekti raames rajatakse SoMu - Soodevahe muuseum, millest saab Soodevahe linnaku süda. Soodevahe ajalugu ja olustikku tutvustava ekspositsioonile lisaks saab muuseumist infopunkti kui ka kohtumispaik. Siiani kitsamale ringile mõeldud „Linnujaam“ avab uksed ka teisele lennukivaatlus-huvilisetele. Suurenenud turistide hulga tarbeks rajatakse kahekohaline DIY-hotell „Baldahhiin“. Kohalikele toimub läbi suve kestev ning sügisel kulmineeruv „Soodevahe põnevaima aia konkurss 2011“. Lisaks toimub terve suve jooksul linnakus jooksvalt sündmuseid ja üritusi, mis püüavad kohalikke põlluharijaid nende toimetustes mitte segada, küll aga pakkuda oma tegevusega nii neile kui teistele Tallinna elanikele uusi vaatenurki Soodevahe piirkonnale. PROJEKTI KODULEHEKÜLG: http://soodevahe.timo.ee
LIFT11 festival on osa Euroopa Kultuuripealinn Tallinn 2011 ametlikust programmist.
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This project will focus on one of Tallinn’s most unique regions, Soodevahe Village, which has evolved at the discretion of its creators as an illegal seasonal shanty town and agricultural area next to the airport. The region will be ‘mapped’ in summer 2011 both for the residents of other city districts and for the ‘locals’ of Soodevahe, regarding it as a real city district that has its own infrastructure and logic of functioning. As it is an area of environmental and cultural value, characterised by its ‘shingle architecture’, the development and construction planned within the framework of LIFT11 will also stick to the local traditions. New public installations will be set up in Soodevahe, inviting people to come and discover this un-known area of Tallinn. SoMu - the Soodevahe Museum will be established to serve as an information and meeting point, offering various materials which describe the historical development and future prospects of the district. Already earlier, Timo T***s has established the Linnujaam, a plane-watching centre in Soodevahe for a narrower circle of people (the name being a word play based on the Estonian word lennujaam, which means ‘airport’). Now the centre will open its doors to all plane-watchers. To accommodate the growing number of tourists, a DIY hotel Baldahhiin with one double bed will be set up. The local people can participate in the Competition for the Most Exciting Garden in Soodevahe 2011, which will last throughout the summer and climax in the autumn. In addition, there will be other events in the area which aim not to interfere with the activities of the local farming people but, instead, to offer them and other residents of Tallinn new perspectives of the Soodevahe area. In May 2011, the owner of the plot disclosed his plan to demolish a large part of the area to give way to the expanding airport: the locals will have a chance to collect their harvest in autumn and then the bulldozers will roll in. Therefore, anyone interested will probably have the last chance to experience the shingle village of Soodevahe in its present form this summer. MORE INFO: http://www.lift11.ee/installation/soodevahe
