%L theses_frw3538
%X This research investigates if the meanings attached to event building legacies differ between people who
attended and did not attend a historic mega-event. As the built legacy of mega-events will decorate a city
for years to come, it is important to reflect on its social impact and how it develops throughout citizen
generations. With the case study of the Moscow Summer Olympic Regatta of 1980 in Tallinn, the current
state of its legacy buildings was used to interview the peri-event and post-event generations of citizens on
their attachment levels towards the Olympic buildings. It was concluded from 8 in-depth interviews that
attendance in the event did not have a significant impact on the meanings citizens attach to the buildings
and the meanings differ between the two population groups. It was rather the location, the architecture and
personal connections that determined if and what type of meanings were attached to the Olympic buildings.
The peri-event generation ascribed meaning to historical value and personal memories whereas the post-
event generation valued location or style of buildings more.
%A Cecilia Eero
%T Too young to care, too old to matter?- Meanings of historic event legacy buildings in the current day context
%D 2021