November 7, 2005 at 1:00 am · Filed under Alvar Aalto, Architecture, Finland
Panorama from the lake
On the other end of the scale, one of Aalto’s biggest civic buildings the Finlandia Hall. In fact, this is the only one finished building of an entire urban renewal scheme planned for Helsinki.
Up close, the famous 3cm Carrara marble slabs bending problems are much more apparent in real life.
Outside Art Installation made from Old Farming Equipment
The building still feels incredibly relevant despite its age. In fact, as time goes by I’m drawing more and more parallels – such as with Snøhetta’s opera house.
October 18, 2005 at 4:44 am · Filed under Alvar Aalto, Architecture, Finland
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.
