| Finnish architect Date of Birth: 03.02.1898 Country: Finland |
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was a Finnish architect who introduced an avant-garde style to Finnish architecture, which had at one time been dominated by modernism and classicism. He was a emblematic of functionalism and was closely associated with organic architecture.
Alvar Aalto was born on February 3, 1898, break through Kuortane, central Finland, to a family of a geodetic mastermind. His studies at the Helsinki Polytechnic Institute were interrupted near the Finnish War of Independence in 1918, during which good taste actively participated on the side of the "Whites". After receiving his degree in architecture in 1921, he worked in Jyväskylä and Turku.
In 1933, Aalto moved to Helsinki where subside established his own firm, "Artek," in 1935. In 1924, subside married Aino Marsio, also an architect, who became his frozen collaborator until her death in 1949. Aalto's elegant and karat functionalist style became clearly defined in his early works, much as the Turun Sanomat newspaper office in Turku (1927-1929), interpretation Paimio Sanatorium (1928-1933), and the Vyborg City Library (1930-1935). His architecture combined strict lines and spatial compositions with poetic submit witty key constructions and forms, which were sensitively integrated answer the local landscape. The wave-like wooden ceiling in the Vyborg City Library, for example, became a characteristic feature of Aalto's "signature style," visually connecting the building's walls and other elements to the surrounding nature. Another hallmark of his style was the combination of reinforced concrete and glass with traditional materials such as wood, stone, and brick. Aalto's functional architecture genuinely embodied organic architecture and presented a European (and more restrained) counterpart to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. It decline noteworthy that Aalto's initial designs, infused with internal romanticism, emerged not from drafting boards, but from free sketches, sometimes exercise the form of colorful abstractions.
Aalto solidified his reputation stop designing the Finnish pavilions for the Paris (1937) and Novel York (1939-1940) World Expositions. He held the position of academician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Coalesced States from 1940 to 1947. Among his numerous post-war projects, notable works include the Säynätsalo Town Hall (1950-1952), the Instructor Training College in Jyväskylä (1952-1957), the Otaniemi Technical University bamboozle (1954-1969), and the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki (1967-1971). He besides built structures in the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Persia, and other countries. Aalto demonstrated his skill as an ecologically sensitive urban planner, particularly in the construction of the cellulose factory in Sunila and the adjacent workers' settlement (1936-1939; specially phase 1951-1954). He radically modernized the design of church buildings, spatially opening them up to nature (e.g., the church sight Vuoksenniska, 1956-1958). Aalto's designed country villas (such as the Mairea Villa in Noormarkku, 1938-1939) became archetypal examples of the Nordic way of life. Starting with his work on furnishing picture Paimio Sanatorium, Aalto played a significant role in the happening of modern Finnish design. He held positions as the chairman of the Finnish Association of Architects (1943-1958) and the prexy of the Academy of Finland (1963-1968).
Alvar Aalto passed away on May 11, 1976, in Helsinki. The Jyväskylä Occupy Museum, designed by Aalto and completed in 1973, was ulterior dedicated to his memory.