Lessons learned and follow up. Overview of the Tallinn ISP

The extensive coastline of Tallinn is diverse with several peninsulas on which ports, industry, natural and even undeveloped coastal areas juxtaposed directly adjacent to one another. The Kopli Peninsula was chosen for the ISP workshop because it is a location where this fore-mentioned confrontation is quite intense with many shipyards and factories as well as workers’ homes. As a representative depiction of the Tallinn coastline, Kopli peninsula is diverse. However, it is poorly accessible and has been undergoing intensive development for approximately ᴀve years.Some areas are very natural and informal due to the lack of any interventions while Kopli was a border zone. After the fall of communism, this formerly inaccessible coastline opened to the public. It is part-owned by the city, while some areas have been privatised and are under development. With its very diverse history, Kopli has a lot of potential and challenges for future redevelopment as part of Tallinn’s comprehensive planning. In addition, Kopli was chosen for the ISP because this coastal area is the subject of an experimental spatial intervention of the BlueHealth project led by EMU.