4. Composition with primary elements
•Linear elements are found in his design.
Finlandia hall
•curve lines can also be seen.
Saynatsalo town hallHousing complex, Italy
5. Use of planes
Depressed base plane
In both of these examples, Alvar Aalto
defined a reading area within a larger
library space by dropping its floor plane
below the main lavel of the library.
The vertical surfaces are the storage
for books .
Vyborg library
Library in Rovaniemi
Vertical planes
6. Use of planes
Overhead planes
Alvar Aalto mainly used the
overhead planes as the source of
skylight and diffused light.
Helsinki University of TechnologyRiola Perish ChurchKunsten Museum of Modern Art
8. Use of planes
U shapped planes
Hotels for students at Otaniemi
9. Use of Forms (regular / irregular)
Aalto used both regular and irregular
types of shapes.
Cemetery, Lyngby(Denmark)
10. Use of Forms (regular / irregular)
Aalto used both regular and irregular
types of shapes.
Church, Imatra
11. Use of Forms (regular / irregular)
Irregular shapes within regular form.
Water tank at polytechnic, Otaniemi
12. Spatial Organization
Mainly two types of spatial organizations can be seen in the projects of Alvar Aalto.
1. Linear organization
2. clustered organization
13. Spatial Organization
Example of linear organization
Paimio Sanatorium
M.I.T. Senior Dormetory, CambridgeTown Hall, SenazokiEkennas Savings Bank
14. Spatial Organization
Example of clustered orgnization
Lappia radio building and theatre, Rovaniemi
Vyborg libraryExtention to the university swimming
pool, University of Jyvaskia
19. Types of Openings
Alvar Aalto used regular openings. Almost
three kind of openings (within planes, at
corners and between planes) can be found in
Aalto’s designed built forms.
24. Works on light
kunsten museum of modern art
His works on skylight
and diffused light in
the kunsten museum
of modern art is
world famous. This
museum is called the
light machine .
25. kunsten museum of modern art
Circulation elements
Entry
An oblique entry
26. kunsten museum of modern art
Circulation elements
Configuration of path
Spiral
Path space relationship
pass through spaces
Form of circulation space
enclosed
27. kunsten museum of modern art
Circulation elements
Color and texture
Highly pleasant color
and texture
29. Sources:
Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia
Works and projects of Alvar Aalto : Karl
Fleig
Archdaily.com
Kunsten museum : The light machine-
Youtube
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