Aalto — Louna Lahti

Alvar Aalto 1898 1976 made a unique modernist mark Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland he designed warm curving compassionate buildings wholly set apart from the slick mechanistic geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice Whether a church a villa a sauna or a public library Aalto s organic structures tended to replace plaster and steel with brick and wood often incorporating undulating wave like forms which would also appear in his chair glassware and lamp designs An adherent to detail Aalto insisted upon the humanity of his work stating Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line Many of Aalto s public buildings such as Säynätsalo Town Hall the lecture theatre at Otaniemi Technical University the Helsinki National Pensions Institute and the Helsinki House of Culture may be seen as psychological as well as physical landmarks in the rebuilding of Finland after the ravages of war Tanıtım Bülteninden