Jeff’s architectural mission is here, to experience Aalto’s work firsthand. His home and studio is a good place to start.

This is Alvar Aalto’s home and his first studio. His office is behind the door ahead, but he spends most of his time at the desk where I am standing.

His living room. A sliding door, also shown ahead in this picture, leads to the studio above but unlike what you see, it was closed for the whole duration of Aalto’s occupation at this house.

When they finally ran out of space, they built a much larger studio. Note the models and chairs, they are the original prototypes of the famous designs.

Jeff accidentally ran into his tomb. Pretty neat, I’m sure he designed it, I think there’s a lot of analogies on his tombstone you can draw to his principles and practice.