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Marienholm residential buildings

Marienholm residential buildings

2025 / Completed 2025/ 4927 m2

Category: Residential, Planning

Authors: Lisette Eriste, Gert Guriev, Ilmar Valdur

Project Team: 3+1 arhitektid (Lisette Eriste, Gert Guriev, Ilmar Valdur, Pirko Võmma)

Interior architecture: Kamp arhitektid (Jan Skolimowski, Jaanus Saarepera)

Landscape architecture: Tajuruum (Edgar Kaare, Margit Prükk, Elina Õunsaar)

Constructor: Püloon OÜ (Riho Martin, Evi Teltow)

Photo: Tõnu Tunnel 

The unique natural environment of Marienholm offers the opportunity to create a new kind of living environment.

Residential solutions are designed with potential flooding in mind, while maintaining a strong connection to the coastline, surrounding landscape, and planned promenade. A key challenge is ensuring privacy in a location that is publicly accessible and lively during the high season. The buildings are raised on “stilts” for flood protection and additionally shielded by landscaped dunes, which also help define zones between the public promenade, semi-private front yards, and private terraces and balconies. Thoughtfully designed balconies, courtyards, and terraces provide versatile spaces for different weather conditions and uses. Parking is hidden beneath the building or between the dunes to keep vehicles discreet in the landscape.

The apartment building, or “Seavilla,” is designed with staggered, articulated volumes. This creates a smaller scale in line with Haapsalu’s character and opens views across the peninsula. Wooden façades reference Haapsalu’s historic architecture, complemented by light elements inspired by functionalist resort design and expansive glass surfaces. Apartments spanning two floors are emphasized in the façades, giving the building a more villa-like appearance that distinguishes it from typical apartment blocks.