tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82071198610814078782024-03-04T12:55:25.415+02:00Alvar Aalto's ArchitectureWelcome to my blog about Alvar Aalto's Architecture. I am a big fan of Aalto's work, a passionate traveller and photographer. My ambitious goal is to visit all 80+ Alvar Aalto sites in 11 different countries all over the world! This blog is designed to document all my trips, stories and pictures of this undertaking. In case you are looking for a particular building you can browse the list on the right which contains all 80+ buildings I have visited so far.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-76574209570716415622020-10-31T18:32:00.003+02:002020-10-31T18:33:33.005+02:0010 years of Alvar Aalto's Architecture<p>Dear readers,</p><p>today I visited the Alvar Aalto museum in Jyväskylä exactly as I did 10 years ago for the first time. It was back then in 2010 when I formulated the ambitious goal of visiting all 80+ Alvar Aalto sites located in 11 different countries around the world. With setting this goal I also established this blog in order to document this undertaking with pictures and stories. Today 10 years later I have achieved my goal as I have visited altogether 86 Alvar Aalto sites in 11 different countries around the globe. Altogether I have travel more than 80 000 km and shared almost 2 000 pictures of Alvar Aalto's architecture on this blog. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFC5LJN0jyA-KNNOc4cMZ4wJM4CCSLLt_g7U6Pts9UflbvTJVu7ssqanm6VAGiZ-FGd4wBa0OTviMwihlGXI7XwkprQEV_GG4wH6WmR0roo0Oru7q2loZPW0nk6A9rK760rQyxJPBTReV-/s778/1328.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="778" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFC5LJN0jyA-KNNOc4cMZ4wJM4CCSLLt_g7U6Pts9UflbvTJVu7ssqanm6VAGiZ-FGd4wBa0OTviMwihlGXI7XwkprQEV_GG4wH6WmR0roo0Oru7q2loZPW0nk6A9rK760rQyxJPBTReV-/w320-h213/1328.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>While I have visited every building designed by Alvar Aalto outside Finland, there still remain some buildings within Finland that I have not visited but have now also decided not to visit those anymore. The reason for this decision is that all remaining buildings are private and are either factories or housing. This means they are in many cases not accessible or only viewable from outside. While I have visited some of the private houses that are viewable from outside, I feel, out of respect for the residents, that I no longer want to do such visits. There is still quite a list of private houses as well as several factory grounds designed by Alvar Aalto in Finland that I haven't documented in this blog. However, given their age and conditions as well as their geographical location, making it very difficult to be accessed by public transport, I decided to <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmXTXO65cPPv2mofSOdRtEznLtLoPLu3zWQxc6-VakE2lsq0uyuXDn14Kw8R_QwyhjX6zHdQodxAkSulIVCSTudQG9-5rrBxZn5Htop6E2y57zJpX3GIn9qrQhqHqcKtzLB39PazljTtV/s779/1440.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="519" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmXTXO65cPPv2mofSOdRtEznLtLoPLu3zWQxc6-VakE2lsq0uyuXDn14Kw8R_QwyhjX6zHdQodxAkSulIVCSTudQG9-5rrBxZn5Htop6E2y57zJpX3GIn9qrQhqHqcKtzLB39PazljTtV/w133-h200/1440.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>leave those sites out. I therefore decided to no longer strive for those remaining buildings but rather end this undertaking after 10 years and 86 Alvar Aalto sites in total, covering all buildings outside Finland ever designed by Alvar Aalto as well as all public buildings as such. <p></p><p>Although, I am not planning to add any new buildings to the long list of visited ones, I will, nevertheless, follow the existing building's fate and will surely post updates on those. Since the start of this blog I have kept visiting many Aalto sites year by year and have also been posting updates whenever buildings had undergone major restorations or their purpose of use had changed. Besides that, some buildings were under renovation or closed during my past visits and I hope I can provide some updates on those buildings in future posts. Therefore, in upcoming years I am planning to post such updates whenever there is something new to tell. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOTuFeLNsYm4ObErurZxoFBNLohP5XxmB-6Xw58w3DDp8g7PHddlHOrM4sRGc312Il6dfxGHHbne3mDkWM551r6nhJmfb77Af161aZS-XIO3UJ0vK-EpUkFJkHXJbp8QLblA2Gav3NQla/s778/1759.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOTuFeLNsYm4ObErurZxoFBNLohP5XxmB-6Xw58w3DDp8g7PHddlHOrM4sRGc312Il6dfxGHHbne3mDkWM551r6nhJmfb77Af161aZS-XIO3UJ0vK-EpUkFJkHXJbp8QLblA2Gav3NQla/w200-h133/1759.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>During all these site visits I was always accompanied with my camera and the Alvar Aalto Architecture map which I bought on my first visit to the Aalto museum exactly 10 years ago. This map, which contains almost all Aalto buildings in the world, was one of the key inspirations for me to start this blog as it made me curious about all those exciting Aalto buildings that can be found around the globe. At the same time it was also a handy planning tool. I wanted to share pictures of the map as it has played such a crucial role during this undertaking.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0tEYXwGGgt2IHNsCcyt-XP0ULOIb-Dh5JxWezwjBxvPeFk4DwMG0vQthyMaW3eN2H_ZpJBFm-8PxTPBt-HaU1i7IgZZmR_FawVP3_pDvkxeolH1iPL12YJLap_ll4kFuILqMe0py1eSr/s778/1760.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0tEYXwGGgt2IHNsCcyt-XP0ULOIb-Dh5JxWezwjBxvPeFk4DwMG0vQthyMaW3eN2H_ZpJBFm-8PxTPBt-HaU1i7IgZZmR_FawVP3_pDvkxeolH1iPL12YJLap_ll4kFuILqMe0py1eSr/w200-h133/1760.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p>Looking back at the past 10 years many great memories remain. This is also a great moment to thank so many people who have helped me with my site visits, either by providing excellent guided tours, by opening doors to me that are usually not open to the wider public or by simply giving me a lift back to the nearest railway station. These visits have given me the chance not only to see and enjoy Aalto's great work but has also provided me with interesting new in-sights and views behind the scenes.</p><p>However, last but not least I would also like to thank all my readers (we are close to 200.000 site visits now!) that have kept me motivated all these years to go on with this ambitious undertaking. Thank you for all the comments you left on my blog, I really appreciated all of them!</p><p>Here is to another 10 years of Alvar Aalto's Architecture so stay tunned!</p><p>Stefan</p></div>Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-56509467835390906712020-09-12T17:29:00.002+03:002020-09-12T17:29:59.140+03:00Aalto in Jyväskylä - Update 4Hi there,<br />
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it is once again time for some updates on Aalto's works in Jyväskylä. After the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2020/02/re-opening-of-central-finland-museum.html" target="_blank">grand re-opening of the Central Finland Museum</a> earlier this year, there is another highlight to report about, the remodeling of Casa Lauren. I had already <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/06/aaltos-first-works-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">reported about Aalto's first works in Jyväskylä in 2018</a>, among those was also Casa Lauren, located right in the heart of Jyväskylä. Based on the latest developments in the immediate neighborhood of Casa Lauren also the almost 100 year old building has received some attention. In fact the building was brought back to its original appearance at least as much as I can say from the exterior. Based on old photographs and drawings I have seen from the building the two external staircases on each side have been again attached to the building. Also the color scheme has changed and the building no longer features its green painting as still seen in my previous post. Below are some of the pictures taken recently after the remodeling.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qXNY4-8uYmr7ctt8cIBnDwI0skfNOq2RITGK8nhuzi9ugMFx3l-ZfTdSuSCZCO_fBElfJtzOzLBQSgRnRdpah8GvP4gs3DuXn4oXeoV5CvgPkxZWOFzdkBksZ69W8ZJCsTHX-sY_RHP0/s778/1757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qXNY4-8uYmr7ctt8cIBnDwI0skfNOq2RITGK8nhuzi9ugMFx3l-ZfTdSuSCZCO_fBElfJtzOzLBQSgRnRdpah8GvP4gs3DuXn4oXeoV5CvgPkxZWOFzdkBksZ69W8ZJCsTHX-sY_RHP0/w781-h520/1757.JPG" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-Gtst75kd3kt744f_ltcacKOfqxtW69vgC9pPoT6N82-bccuRHLyZSERDmiEtdXoi_Nvd82M0dF2rfQ79_uWR2hUFUgcp-nnUhYeDd3qpCe2wj_Hu3GrOh6dCRrndxbCbDyl5AmEC0L4/s778/1758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-Gtst75kd3kt744f_ltcacKOfqxtW69vgC9pPoT6N82-bccuRHLyZSERDmiEtdXoi_Nvd82M0dF2rfQ79_uWR2hUFUgcp-nnUhYeDd3qpCe2wj_Hu3GrOh6dCRrndxbCbDyl5AmEC0L4/s320/1758.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Another recent development worth mentioning is the new-build of a commercial building right between the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2010/11/alvar-aalto-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Administrative Center of Jyväskylä</a> and the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2010/11/alvar-aalto-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Defence Corps Building</a> which has also had some impacts on the actual Defence Corps Building. It appears that the Defence Corps Building has received a new life after many years of abundance and discussions of whether the building will have to be teared down as it was no longer safe. The refurbishment is not yet completed, here is, however, a picture of the current situation.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVb8Io_Aomyyjaz_uyPQvOzRpicS3zB72RMIy_QPwCV8Uo7lSqO3kdQBrU34yylkIOyd6Fgqwb8ZlyvuF1MN7yEh21ubkQBEIhCHKLCoOvohnG3junDYwa1UjyGCuXwcSihuVQhSRKkt6/s778/1756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVb8Io_Aomyyjaz_uyPQvOzRpicS3zB72RMIy_QPwCV8Uo7lSqO3kdQBrU34yylkIOyd6Fgqwb8ZlyvuF1MN7yEh21ubkQBEIhCHKLCoOvohnG3junDYwa1UjyGCuXwcSihuVQhSRKkt6/w781-h520/1756.JPG" width="781" /></a></div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-49618860481255710392020-07-31T14:51:00.000+03:002020-07-31T15:35:40.766+03:00The Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaA4nm3gKiuLMz4SMYKNOxP84ySglyh4FuvAiE0N9fZluvykGGjGFPAFQ_f36njxwldpVwk1DKClCVgUtEWbrzpRaPPRKdbw6Nf4rTSOW1_5LeRhSpOqNZUh02HxCT2z2DvgeQ2JDr85bu/s1600/1732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="519" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaA4nm3gKiuLMz4SMYKNOxP84ySglyh4FuvAiE0N9fZluvykGGjGFPAFQ_f36njxwldpVwk1DKClCVgUtEWbrzpRaPPRKdbw6Nf4rTSOW1_5LeRhSpOqNZUh02HxCT2z2DvgeQ2JDr85bu/s200/1732.JPG" width="133" /></a><br />
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today I would like to present a very special Aalto site, one that I have kind of been saving for the end of this long journey, the glorious Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki. While the building itself, housing the restaurant on its top floor, wasn't designed by Alvar Aalto, it is the interior of the restaurant that features Aalto's special design.<br />
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<b>Site No. 86: Interior and Furnishing of the Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki (1937)</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9__JPgdbKJwzBSrQs93SNBTpFSiQ_GY3ysPD8mCtEM6Fu2G_SCLxkRwqZKfATZxBxe_jAvKi0y2c_6m0SxgW_vIRJaqYinC9vrxaiTo2JjkVmv6KumXuVfzJWKdTx6gqnlEdxha5hMX2G/s1600/1733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9__JPgdbKJwzBSrQs93SNBTpFSiQ_GY3ysPD8mCtEM6Fu2G_SCLxkRwqZKfATZxBxe_jAvKi0y2c_6m0SxgW_vIRJaqYinC9vrxaiTo2JjkVmv6KumXuVfzJWKdTx6gqnlEdxha5hMX2G/s200/1733.JPG" width="200" /></a>In 1937 Alvar Aalto was commissioned by managing director of Ahström company Harry Gullichsen and his wife Maire Gullichsen to design the interior and furnishing of the Savoy Restaurant located on the top floor of the building owned by the Ahström family. In the following years Aalto designed also the well-known Gullichsen's home <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2016/07/villa-mairea.html" target="_blank">Villa Mairea</a> in Noormarkku. The Savoy Restaurant is a high-class restaurant located right in the heart of Helsinki besides Esplanade Park, the actual Savoy Theater and across the street from the famous Kämp hotel. The restaurant is located on the 8. floor overseeing all of downtown Helsinki, Esplanade Park and providing magnificent views towards Finland's best known building, the white Helsinki Cathedral.<br />
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The sales team of the restaurant was so kind to arrange a special visit for me to give me the chance to photograph the restaurant and its interior outside its opening hours. I was even able to meet one of the staff members that was significantly involved in the latest renovation of the restaurant two years ago who could answer me the many detailed questions I had. In addition the chef the cuisine provided me with a private tour of the rooftop gardens for which the restaurant has become as well well-known in the recent years.<br />
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It was also the name of Savoy Restaurant that provided the name to Alvar Aalto's famous Savoy Vase which he originally designed as part of the restaurant's interior. It does not come at a surprise that every table in the restaurant is decorated with a Savoy Vase. However, also beyond the Savoy Restaurant, the Savoy Vase has become and icon as well as the trademark of Alvar Aalto and can nowadays been found in very Finnish home, including myself owning several pieces.<br />
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In the main dinning hall many well-known Artek classics can be found, however, the interior contains also many elements that have been designed for the restaurant exclusively. Such as there were the arm chairs which are still original from 1937. During the last renovation two years ago they have been carefully restored. Another highlight are the lamps on the roof which are lamps and ventilation at the same time. Both the roof and the lamps have as well been carefully restored two years ago. Also many of the tables have been renovated recently. Hereby the utmost was done to preserve as much from the original as possible while ensuring that the operations of a running restaurant are not compromised.<br />
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The long kanapee has received a new black and white fabric based on the famous Artek design.<br />
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Another highlight of the restaurant is the Marski table which was Finland's president during WWII marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim's favorite table. He was a regular at the Savoy Restaurant.<br />
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In the middle of the dinning hall there is also a serving table in the shape of the famous Savoy Vase.<br />
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Besides the dinning hall there is also a glassed roof terrace that features exclusive Artek furniture in addition to magnificent views. Especially worth mentioning here are the Artek chairs model 611 (Alvar Aalto, 1929) usually upholstered with fabric, however, here instead with leather. I was told that only the Artek shop in Tokyo sells exactly these same chairs.<br />
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At this point I would like to say a special thank you to the friendly staff of the Savoy Restaurant that provided me with the great opportunity to experience the great interior and furnishing at first hand. Finally, I would like to share one more picture of the magnificent view from the restaurant and its terrace provide over Esplanade Park and downtown Helsinki.<br />
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The Savoy Restaurant is open on weekdays and weekends serving both lunch and dinner. The restaurant provides a great opportunity to combine dinning in a Michelin Guide restaurant, with magnificent views of downtown Helsinki and an interior designed by Alvar Aalto preserved in its original form as of 1937.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-20815808458744615732020-07-08T17:38:00.001+03:002020-07-08T17:38:37.660+03:00Aalto in KouvolaDear all,<br />
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I hope this post finds you well. The novel COVID-19 crisis has also left its traces on this blog and jeopardized many of my travel plans this spring and summer. As the travel bans have recently been relaxed, I have been able to at least do some of my planned site visits and this time had the chance to visit two exciting Aalto sites in the Kymi Valley located in the southeast of Finland. The first site I would like to present today is the Tehtaanmäki Primary School in Inkeroinen.<br />
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<b>Site No. 84: Tehtaanmäki Primary School in Inkeroinen (1938-39)</b><br />
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The Tehtaanmäki (Factory Hill) Primary School designed by Alvar Aalto in the late 1930s is located in the industrial town of Inkeroinen, about 20 km south of Kouvola. Inkeroinen can easily be reached by train taking one of the Kouvola-Kotka commuters that run frequently during the day. The journey from Kouvola takes about 20 min. From the station in Inkeroinen it takes about 15-20 min by foot to the school. Simply make your way from the station to the nearby Inkeroistentie that runs parallel to the tracks. Follow the road in the direction from where the train came and you will find the school after about 1 km to your right. The exact address is Pihtojantie 8.<br />
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As already mentioned above, Inkeroinen is an industrial town. At the time the school was designed it was part of a larger city plan in which Alvar Aalto played a significant role. Aalto had been commissioned by Tampella to design housing for the factory workers and together with that also a new school for the worker's children. The housing area still exists, however, due to the limited time of my visit in Inkeroinen I was not able to take a closer look at those but instead focused only on the school. Both the school and the housing area are in close proximity to the paper mill and cardboard factory which are still operating today.<br />
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Despite its age the school is still in a rather good shape. It underwent renovations at the beginning of this millennium. The school is still in use today, however, due to the fact that there are school holidays at the moment in Finland I was unfortunately not able to enter the building. Also news recently reported that the school will no longer be used as a primary school as soon as a new built school will open in Inkeroinen. The fade of this building is currently unknown. I personally hope that the building will find a new purpose, perhaps even as a public Aalto site e.g. in form of a museum.<br />
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The Tehtaanmäki Primary School in Inkeroinen is definitely worth a visit as it is a great example of Aalto's early works before he entered the red-brick period. The design falls into the same time as <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2016/07/villa-mairea.html" target="_blank">Villa Mairea</a> and certain familiar patterns can clearly be identified.<br />
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Reaching back to Kouvola by train, I had the chance to visit a second Aalto site located right in the city of Kouvola, the Kasarminmäki Gate.<br />
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<b>Site No. 85: Kasarminmäki Gate in Kouvola (1925)</b><br />
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In the 1920s Alvar Aalto had to undergo compulsory military training which he completed at Kasarminmäki military base in Kouvola. During the time Aalto spent there, he designed the Gates for the military base.<br />
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The military base is not in use anymore today but instead houses the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Science (XAMK). The gate stones had disappeared at some point and where rediscovered in the 1990s and re-erected at their original location where they can be viewed today. Kasarminmäki is located about 1 km from the city center of Kouvola and can easily be reached by foot.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-10360714702829126412020-02-22T17:49:00.002+02:002020-02-22T17:53:20.102+02:00Re-opening of the Central Finland Museum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdX7otfEPFoXsF2cADkbgP-65zDqsLYEPYVfpnvLaxkR7MengNSKisQuzLSRgK0bCVRBrGzoGukEuAHsGHxBylXt74KWsrUSNsWEzpwDewiuqJ49Gh4W3puu_PTbJ4csXf3aBNTavlj1xH/s1600/1707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdX7otfEPFoXsF2cADkbgP-65zDqsLYEPYVfpnvLaxkR7MengNSKisQuzLSRgK0bCVRBrGzoGukEuAHsGHxBylXt74KWsrUSNsWEzpwDewiuqJ49Gh4W3puu_PTbJ4csXf3aBNTavlj1xH/s200/1707.JPG" width="200" /></a>As already mentioned in my previous post the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2010/11/alvar-aalto-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Central Finland Museum in Jyväskylä</a> had undergone a major renovation and finally today opened again its doors for visitors. I arrived to the museum just a couple of minutes before the official opening time at 11 am. Despite the rainy weather, there was quite an amount of interested visitors waiting in front of the still closed doors, when those opened just on time. I had already the chance to take a closer look at the exterior of the building last summer when the renovations had been completed outside. However, it still took another 7 months for the interior to be finalized before the museum was finally ready again to re-open for visitors. Therefore, I would like to first share the exterior shots I took last summer which I had saved for this post, before showing more of the museum's interior.<br />
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While exterior hadn't been alternated a lot, the building somehow appeared different to me. I had a similar impression also when I entered the building and indeed the lobby had undergone some major changes. All appeared much lighter and roomier to me.</div>
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I was the third visitor today to put my name into the guest book of the museum that had a special page today dedicated to all visitors that had attended the re-opening of the museum. </div>
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However, as the exhibitions were not designed by Alvar Aalto I didn't pay too much attention on those but focused more on the lobby, the staircases and additional rooms that were not part of the exhibitions. Besides those, I took also a closer look at the fourth floor which again celebrates Aalto's genius abilities to bring in as much natural light to the art exhibition, housed on that level, as possible. </div>
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The absolute highlight of the renovation, however, was the changes made to the conference/class room on the fourth floor which featured <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-aalto-library-in-vyborg.html" target="_blank">Aalto's beautiful wave-shaped wooden roof, similar to the one that can be found at the Vyborg Library</a>. To my knowledge this room didn't feature such a wave-shaped wooden roof before.<br />
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In summary I would say that the long and certainly also costly renovation has really transferred this building into a jewel and into a must destination for all Jyväskylä visitors, not only Aalto fans. The close proximity to the Alvar Aalto Museum, which is literally located next doors, makes a visit even more appealing. <br />
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Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-86654907925264367862019-10-29T12:09:00.001+02:002019-10-29T12:10:02.162+02:009 yearsG'day,<br />
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and warm regards from down under! I am currently in Australia on a 3 months research visit at Griffith University, far away from any Aalto building. Nevertheless, it is once again time to look back at another year of following Alvar Aalto's architecture reflected in this blog. It has been nine years since I started this blog in 2010. Also this year has been full of great site visits and I was once again able to tick off quite a number of outstanding buildings from my list. <br />
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Probably most remarkable for me this year was the visit to the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-aalto-library-in-vyborg.html" target="_blank">Vyborg Library</a> as I have had this visit on my list for so many years.Visiting the Vyborg Library also meant that I have now seen all Aalto buildings outside of Finland. Altogether I have traveled 11 countries to see Aalto's work. The other highlights certainly were the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/08/finlandia-hall-update-2.html" target="_blank">guided tour of the Finlandia Hall</a> and visiting <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/08/villa-kokkonen.html" target="_blank">Villa Kokkonen</a> in Järvenpää. In addition I also visited some less known Aalto sites such as the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/05/hidden-alvar-aalto-in-kainuu.html" target="_blank">Adult Education Institute in Kajaani</a>, <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/04/aalto-in-rovaniemi-update.html" target="_blank">Maison Aho and Korkalorinne Housing Area</a> both in Rovaniemi as well as <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/08/aalto-housing-in-helsinki.html" target="_blank">Harjuviita and KELA housing areas</a> in Helsinki. <br />
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Another remarkable aspect worth mentioning here is also the growing readership of this blog. Just recently it reached a new record having attracted more than 160 000 readers. At this point I would like to say thank you for your loyal readership which I really appreciate a lot.<br />
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Also for the upcoming year more site visits are planned. One remarkable building that I have already reported earlier about and which has undergone a major renovation is the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2010/11/alvar-aalto-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Museum of Central Finland</a>, located in Jyväskylä, right next to Aalto's own museum. This museum had been closed for almost two years and will finally reopen again in early 2020. During summer 2019, after the renovations of the exterior had almost been completed, I had a chance to already take a first look at the building (picture below). It looks as if a lot of effort was put into bringing the building back to its original stage and I am already quite excited to see how the building's interior has changed once the museum opens again. Other sites that I am planning to visit in the upcoming year are the Primary School in Inkeroinen, the Power Station in Lieksa and I am currently playing with the idea to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this blog with a festive meal at the Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki that was entirely designed by Alvar Aalto. <br />
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Although I thought I am very far away from any Aalto building down
here in Australia, my opinion completely changed last weekend when I
made my way down to Sydney to see the most iconic building this country
has to offer, the Sydney Opera House. While wondering through the
building and taking a closer look at its exterior I could just somehow
see also Aalto's work reflected in this building. It was just some small
details that made me think so. I then started to read more about the
architect Jorn Utzon and it came to me at no surprise when<a href="https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/our-story/sydney-opera-house-history/who-was-jorn-utzon-history.html" target="_blank"> I learned that Jorn Utzon actually had worked with Aalto for some time</a> and had
also named Alvar Aalto as one of his great influencers. So although 15
000 kilometers away from Aalto's (and my) home, still I keep running
into what he has created during his lifetime which remains after all
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and keep following me on this journey.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-39384332272842330892019-08-28T11:57:00.004+03:002019-08-28T12:22:19.059+03:00The Aalto Library in VyborgDear all,<br />
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today, it is my great pleasure to share with you that I have finally visited the Aalto Library in Vyborg! After seeing the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2019/08/finlandia-hall-update-2.html" target="_blank">interior of the Finlandia Hall</a>, this has been the missing puzzle piece for me, the remaining Aalto building that I wanted to see for so long and one of the key works that defined Aalto as an architect. At the same time I am also proud to announce that I have now visited all Aalto buildings ever designed and built outside of Finland. Altogether I have visited 18 Aalto sites and traveled to 10 different countries starting in 2012 when I visited first Aalto buildings in <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/06/alvar-aalto-in-estonia.html" target="_blank">Estonia</a>, <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/07/alvar-aalto-in-denmark.html" target="_blank">Denmark</a> and <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/07/alvar-aalto-in-iceland.html" target="_blank">Iceland</a> followed by <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/12/alvar-aalto-in-germany.html" target="_blank">Germany</a> and my <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2015/06/us-aalto-summer-trip.html" target="_blank">U.S. Aalto Summer Trip</a> in 2015. In 2017 I went to see an Aalto building in <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/01/alvar-aalto-in-switzerland.html" target="_blank">Switzerland</a> followed by my <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/04/european-aalto-summer-tour.html" target="_blank">European Aalto Summer Tour</a> that took me to Aalto buildings located in <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-1.html" target="_blank">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-2.html" target="_blank">Germany</a>, <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-3.html" target="_blank">France and Italy</a>. Visiting Russia, the tenth country in which Aalto's work has been realized made my list of foreign Aalto sites complete. Although the Aalto Library in Vyborg is the closest Aalto building to the Finnish border, arranging for visa and actually getting to Russia has for a long time appeared to me as an obstacle. The more happy I am that I finally had the chance to do this visit and I must say it was really great!<br />
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By the time Alvar Aalto designed the library, Vyborg was still part of Finland. In fact Vyborg was the second largest city in Finland and its cultural center as well as the gateway to the world. Vyborg dates back to the 11th century and has been a Hanseatic city. Ruled by Sweden and Russia as well as the German influences through the Hanse made it a multicultural city in which Swedish, Russian, German and Finnish were all commonly used languages. The city as well as large parts of Carelia were lost during the WWII and former inhabitants of the city had to resettle in Finland. Among those were also some of my ancestors. The library survived the war but decayed over the years. In 1994, first efforts were made to preserve and renovate the building. The restoration gained more momentum in 2010, after the Finnish president had met with the Russian prime minister. Restorations were completed in late 2013. Almost 80 years after its completion in 1935, the library had been brought back to its original condition and has certainly become one of the main attractions among visitors of Vyborg today.<br />
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The Aalto Library is located in Torkkeli park right in the city centre of Vyborg and can easily be reached by foot. To travel to Vyborg, I took actually the ferry from Finland. There are regular visa free day cruises organized during the summer months by ferry from Lappeenranta. Vyborg will be reached during a 5 hour crossing through the Saima Canal, a eight lock canal that connects lake Saima and Lappeenranta with the Baltic Sea and Vyborg. This is certain an interesting and exciting way to travel to Russia and I can only highly recommend this route also because it allows visa free entry intro Russia. The time in Vyborg is with three hours rather limited, but certainly there is enough time to go and see the Aalto Library as I did.<br />
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Vyborg Library was build between 1927 and 1935 and it is regarded as one of the major examples of 1920s functionalist architectural design. The building is in particular famous for its wave-shaped ceiling in the auditorium which Aalto argued was designed for acoustic reasons. </div>
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The ceiling was entirely renewed during the renovations and is once again the highlight of the building, that can be seen both from inside the auditorium as well as from the outside.</div>
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The library features also a significant amount of literature on the library and Aalto himself.</div>
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The staircase shares similarities with that of the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-paimio-sanatorium.html" target="_blank">Paimio Sanatorium</a>, designed by Aalto around the same time as the Vyborg Library.</div>
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In addition to the upper level library and reading rooms, there is also a children's section on the lower level right behind the lobby.</div>
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Finally, from the street level the newspaper and magazine reading room can be accessed through a separate entrance.</div>
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The exterior clearly shows elements of functionalist architectural design similarities with <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/06/alvar-aalto-in-estonia.html" target="_blank">Villa Tammekann in Tartu</a> that Aalto designed about the same time, in the early 1930s. </div>
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With finally visiting the Aalto Library in Vyborg, a dream has come true for me. I have seen so many pictures of the building and have been following the news on the restorations closely. Now finally, as the building had been brought back to its original glory I am happy that I had the chance to visit and experience it first hand. The Aalto Library in Vyborg is certainly a must for every Aalto fan and a building you should not miss. Taking the cruise down the Saima Canal provides a nice and easy way to visit this icon of <span style="text-align: center;">functionalist </span>architecture while avoiding the hassle of acquiring a visa for the purpose of this visit.<br />
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Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-80765063143233336492019-08-20T12:59:00.001+03:002019-08-20T14:13:14.794+03:00Villa Kokkonen<b>Site No. 82: Villa Kokkonen in Järvenpää (1967-69)</b><br />
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After so many years of passing by Järvenpää on my way to Helsinki, today, I finally got off the train in order to visit another iconic masterpiece of Alvar Aalto's work. The building in question is no less than the former home of the well-known Finnish composer Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996) for whom Aalto designed this house. The house is located just a few kilometers off the city of Järvenpää right on the shores of Lake Tuusula. This area is also known for housing the Finnish artist community at the turn of the 20th century. Famous Finnish writers, composers and painters such as Jean Sibelius, Aleksis Kivi or Eero Järnefelt resided in this area. Joonas Kokkonen was seen as one of the last representatives of this community and it comes at no surprise that he had his home erected here.<br />
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After Kokkonen had selected the right spot for his new home, he started to look for a suitable architect. Knowing Alvar Aalto through the Finnish Academy, of which both were members at the time, he asked Aalto for advice in finding an architect. Aalto understood this inquiry as a joke because he immediately offered his services, assuming that he was the architect Kokkonen had in mind at first. Kokkonen was not necessarily interested in receiving an extravagant building, like he had perceived Aalto's previous work until then. It is said that Kokkonen was at first not very happy with all the great ideas Aalto proposed. In the end, however, he gave Alvar Aalto free hands which Aalto in return in Kokkonen's favor by not charging him for his services at all. The purpose of the building certainly was to provide Joonas Kokkonen with a quiet space where he could compose. The center piece of the building is Kokkonen's grand piano itself. Aalto kind of designed the house around the instrument. The grand piano is located in a large room that is these days used for music performances and can easily host 30 listeners at a time.<br />
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The house itself was after Kokkonen's death purchased by the City of Järvenpää and is currently run by two very engaged entrepreneurs that keep the house open to the public. Besides guided tours they also organize, on a frequent basis, concerts as being musicians themselves. Each guided tour includes also a musical performance by the two hosts, featuring works of Kokkonen him selves. The house can be visited during the frequently organized guided tours without reservation or by making an appointment in advance. More information can be found <a href="https://www.villakokkonen.fi/en" target="_blank">here</a>. I participated in one of the guided tours that provided interesting in-sights into the building, its history and its former owner. During the tour it was possible to explore the grounds as well as large parts of the buildings interior. Similar as with other private homes designed by Alvar Aalto such as <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2016/07/villa-mairea.html" target="_blank">Villa Mairea</a> or <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/07/aalto-and-tammisaari.html" target="_blank">Villa Schild</a> it was not allowed to take photographs of the interior unless agreed with the organizers beforehand.<br />
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Villa Kokkonen opens up in a fan shape towards Lake Tuusula. The building is divided into three major areas, the large concert room with the grand piano, a center tract with living and dining room for receiving guests and a third more private wing that contains the bed rooms and space for personal. In addition there is a sauna, a garage and a small cabin for storage located on the grounds.<br />
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Stairs are leading down towards the sauna, pool and garden. The roofing is kept in a very similar style as can be found at <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2016/07/villa-mairea.html" target="_blank">Villa Mairea</a> with plans covering the columns.</div>
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The wooden coating of the building kept in dark brown reminded me instantly of the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-3.html" target="_blank">Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale</a> Aalto designed in the 1950s.</div>
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Villa Kokkonen is another great example of Aalto's outstanding talents and a must to visit if you are in Helsinki region or are visiting any of the other artists home of the Finnish artist community such as Jean Sibelius Ainola. The guided tour together with a musical performance and the delicious coffee served afterwards are definitely adding great value to the experience.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-90893178564615193352019-08-09T19:35:00.000+03:002019-08-09T19:35:02.183+03:00Finlandia Hall Update 2<b>The Finlandia Hall in Helsinki (1962-75)</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhxrPBHIobyxSFoXeyBwS46j1qht45Te2ynrh6HvUhhmPS5-Ev1gbcF_4I-nJLA6oyzx4Mp0_PZci_jiTkfKzzkAfzwxSZGjGVuOfV2gu_airFN8W78P1y3XdVK_emjbMyC6tAEroLo1z/s1600/1601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="778" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhxrPBHIobyxSFoXeyBwS46j1qht45Te2ynrh6HvUhhmPS5-Ev1gbcF_4I-nJLA6oyzx4Mp0_PZci_jiTkfKzzkAfzwxSZGjGVuOfV2gu_airFN8W78P1y3XdVK_emjbMyC6tAEroLo1z/s320/1601.JPG" width="320" /></a>It has been a long time since I reported last on the Finlandia Hall, however, finally this summer a long lasted dream of mine came true, I had the chance to take part in one of the guided tours of the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki! My <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2014/03/finlandia-hall-update-1.html" target="_blank">previous update on the Finland Hall dates back to 2014</a> and <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/07/alvar-aalto-in-helsinki-and-turku.html" target="_blank">my first visit even to 2011</a>. For so many years I have been passing by or even through the Finlandia Hall but the upper floors and especially the concert hall remained always unreachable to me. Only a guided tour opened finally the doors for me to see those special halls. For those who want to see more of Finlandia Hall than just the exterior and the lobby this tour is a must. Alternatively, there is of course the chance to attend one of the many events organized in Finlandia during the year, however, it is the guided tour that gives you the in-sights and let you go backstage.<br />
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The tour started in the lobby, which in itself is of course already a work of art. Here are first a few impressions before we enter the upper floors which are not open to the public on a daily bases.<br />
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The guided tour pointed out two interesting details in the lobby of the Finlandia Hall. One of them was the sculpture of Alvar Aalto that was installed in the Finlandia Hall as the only work of art at the time of its completion. Today, the building features a wast amount of art work, however, only this one sculpture of Alvar Aalto has been original to the building.<br />
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Another interesting detail is a scale model of the Töölö bay area that shows Finlandia Hall and all the other buildings Aalto had in mind for the area such as the Opera House. Unfortunately, in the end, it was only the Finlandia Hall that was built while the remaining buildings were not realized by Alvar Aalto. Some buildings, however, were later erected featuring the works of other great architects such as the Opera House by the Töölö bay.</div>
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However, finally it is time to reveal the pictures from the second and third floor as well as from the actual concert hall. The upper lobby can be reached through a wide staircase that provides already some idea of the sheer size of the upper lobby.<br />
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Here are now the pictures of the upper lobby.</div>
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An interesting detail is the carpeting of the lobby in the second and third floor which was kept in very soft material in order to reduce noise from the outside, disturbing the performances in the concert hall. A further detail worth mentioning are the tables in the lobby and their special shape.</div>
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Two sets of stairs let to the third floor lobby and provide stunning views of the nearby Töölö bay right at the end of the staircases. The third floor lobby lacks not behind the glory of the lobby on the second floor.<br />
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Finally, it is time to take a look at the actual concert hall that I had wanted to visit for so many years and honestly I didn't get disappointed by what I found there. To be honest it was overwhelming to me.<br />
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As I already thought what could be greater than finally take a seat in one of the comfortable chairs (1,700 in total) in Finlandia Hall's great concert hall, it got even better. The guide let us to see the concert hall from the VIP balcony that is right above the stage and can be entered through a separate entrance and a VIP lounge which we of course were also allowed to see.<br />
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Entering the VIP balcony, that usually is mainly used by the President of Finland and his distinguished guests, gave me also the opportunity to have a closer look at the special wooden work of the blue piece of art that is attached to the walls of Finlandia Hall. The shapes and forms are just amazing!<br />
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After the guided tour had spent a significant amount of time in the great concert hall we took finally also a look at the second much smaller concert hall that was designed for camber music.<br />
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One interesting detail of the camber music hall are the panels put on the roof that are there for acoustic improvements. This I had in a similar function already seen in the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-2.html" target="_blank">Detmerode Church that I visited two years ago in Germany</a>. The chairs were similar to the ones built into the great concert hall, however, in the camber music hall they were kept in red fabric in order to provide a more cosy atmosphere, suitable for camber music. <br />
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The tour of the second and third floor ended as we decent down to the main lobby through the staircase leading directly up to the camber music hall.<br />
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Through another stair case connecting the main lobby with the ground floor we reached Cafe Veranda where the tour ended. A free coffee/tea at Cafe Veranda was included in the participation fee and there was some time to ask further questions from the tour guide.</div>
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In summary I must say that the guided tour had exceeded my expectations. Not so much in what the guide told about Alvar Aalto and his works, as I am by now quite familiar with those, but in the fact that I had gained access to the upper floors of the Finlandia Hall and finally being able to see with my own eyes, what is often regarded as the greatest of Aalto's works.</div>
Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-86032726257919028982019-08-04T20:14:00.001+03:002019-08-04T20:21:02.556+03:00Aalto Housing in HelsinkiDear reader,<br />
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today I would like to present two new Aalto sites located in Finland's capital region. Both are large scale housing areas and therefore I thought it makes sense to present them in a joint post. The first housing area I am going to present is the Harjuviita Apartement Houses located in Espoo.<br />
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<b>Site No. 80: Harjuviita Apartment Houses in Espoo (1962-64)</b><br />
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The Harjuviita Apartment housing area consists of seven more or less identical apartment houses that were erected during the 1960s in the area of Tapiola, which belongs to the municipality of Espoo. The seven six-story houses are divided into two groups and dominate the housing area which otherwise mainly consists of one to three story houses. The housing area can easily be reached by the newly extended Helsinki metro. Take any west-bound train and get off at Keilaniemi station. Leave through exit A and follow then the signs towards Harjuviita, crossing the pedestrian bridge. The six-story houses can already be seen from the metro station.<br />
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The housing area was part of the 1950s prototype of a garden city in the district of Tapiola. The idea of the Tapiola Garden City was to bring housing and nature closer together. Various architects were invited to present solutions, one of them was Alvar Aalto. Although Aalto didn't like the idea of building high-rise apartment buildings he also understood the need of them in areas where building land is limited. Nevertheless, Aalto put a lot of effort to integrate the buildings as good as possible into the natural surroundings. He also tried to offer the residents spacious dwellings and an ideal orientation of the buildings to allow for more natural light in the apartments.<br />
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The Harjuviita Apartment Houses share many common elements with Aalto's other high-rise buildings such as the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/12/alvar-aalto-in-germany.html" target="_blank">Hansaviertel Residential Buildings in Berlin</a> or the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/01/alvar-aalto-in-switzerland.html" target="_blank">Schönbühl Apartment House in Lucerne</a>. Especially the fan-shapes and the deep atrium-like balconies show certainly familiar elements.<br />
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As this is a residential area, the buildings are only viewable from outside. However, as they are only one metro stop from the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2012/04/aalto-university.html" target="_blank">Aalto University</a> away, they are certainly worth a visit if you are already in the area and have some time to spare.<br />
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<b>Site No. 81: Housing for the National Pension Institute in Helsinki (1952-54)</b><br />
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About a decade before the erection of the Tapiola Garden City, Aalto was commissioned to design another housing area in the capital region of Finland. This housing area was meant for the workers of the national pension institute (KELA) whose <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2014/07/more-from-helsinki.html" target="_blank">headquarters Aalto designed in downtown Helsinki</a> at about the same time. The housing area, located in the district of Munkkiniemi, is only a stone throw away from the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2013/07/alvar-aaltos-life_21.html" target="_blank">Aalto House</a>, which was Aalto's home in Helsinki for many decades.<br />
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While the Harjuviita Apartment Houses were already kept in white brick, signs of Aalto's transition to his white period, the National Pension Institute's housing area is still part of Aalto's earlier red brick phase.<br />
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The housing area consists of four volumes, each five stories high. Buildings were places following the layout of the street but with an intension of keeping a green space in the middle, like an Italian piazza. The apartments are rather kept small and ordinary, featuring, however, own balconies each.<br />
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As in the case of the Tapiola Garden City, this housing area is a residential area and can only be viewed from outside. Due to its close proximity to the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2013/07/alvar-aaltos-life_21.html" target="_blank">Aalto House and the Studio Aalto</a> a joint visit is recommendable. All three sites can easily be reached from downtown Helsinki by taking tram no. 4 towards Munkkiniemi. The closest stop is located at Munkkiniemi Puistotie.<br />
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it is once again time to take a closer look at on one of the less known and rather hidden Aalto spots that can be found all over Finland. Today I would like to share the story of my visit to the Kainula Adult Education Institute located in the town of Kajaani, in the Kainuu region.<br />
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Kajaani is about 4 hours by train or bus from Jyväskylä, however, due to the quite completed timetables conducting this visit in just one day was almost impossible. It took me quite a while to figure out a connection that works. I had to catch the 5.40 am bus to Kuopio from where I could connect to a train bound for Kajaani. Due to the bus reaching Kuopio at rush hour, I arrived late in Kuopio and just made it on the train to Kajaani at the very last second. I almost missed the chance to visit an incredible Aalto site! Anyways, I made it safe and sound to Kajaani.<br />
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Getting off the train I walked for about 15 minutes to reach the actual site, passing through the city of Kajaani. Although quite a small town with only 37 000 inhabitants, still it has many interesting things to offer. So while there I recommend to see the ruins of the old castle, the beautiful old wooden town hall, the main church and of course Aalto's piece of work.<br />
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Leaving from the railway station, which by the way is worth a closer look, I just follow the main street (Pohjolankatu) all the way down until it ends at a travel circle (about 1 km), then turn left and follow the street for another 150 meters and ended up right at the Aalto site to my left, the exact address is Sissikuja 3.<br />
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The original purpose of the building was to house the region's Adult Education Institute as well as to provide temporary housing for forest workers. Still today this building is used by the local Adult Education Institute. The building was erected in the mid/late 1950s and I just recently read in a research report that it had not undergone any renovations since.<br />
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The front appears less spectacular and blends well into its surrounding. Only the arrangement of the different sized windows and the wooden panels give a hint of the building's architect. The back, hidden in the yard area, however, contains some interesting elements. Although in use, the building doesn't appear to be in a good shape. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to visit the inside of the building as I wasn't able to arrange a viewing for the interior by the time.<br />
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Although a very simple building, that doesn't look spectacular at first, it certainly has some interesting aspects to it that are typical for Aalto and make it worth a visit such as the city of Kajaani itself.<br />
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<b> </b>Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-15383963109699110412019-04-06T18:45:00.002+03:002019-04-10T21:28:12.534+03:00Aalto in Rovaniemi - UpdateHi there,<br />
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after a seven year's break I made again my way to visit Finnish Lapland. Passing through the capital of Lapland, Rovaniemi, I had the chance to visit once again the Administrative and Cultural Center designed by Alvar Aalto. In addition, I had also the possibility to visit the two missing Aalto sights in Rovaniemi which are less well known and to which I hadn't pay much attention <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/08/aalto-summer-trip-part-ii.html" target="_blank">during my last major visit in the summer of 2011</a>. But before presenting the two new sights, I first want to share a few current pictures taken from the Administrative and Cultural Center in Rovaniemi, containing the Lappia Hall, the Rovaniemi Library and the Town Hall of Rovaniemi.<br />
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<b>Site No. 77: Maison Aho in Rovaniemi (1964-65)</b><br />
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Between 1958 and 1963 Aalto designed three commercial and residential buildings for the local business man Aarne Aho which I presented in an <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/08/aalto-summer-trip-part-ii.html" target="_blank">earlier post on Aalto sites in Rovaniemi</a>. These buildings can be found right in the city centre of Rovaniemi, located in Koskikatu. A bit further down the same street Aalto also designed a private house for the Aho family which is less well known and I was not aware of this building during my previous visit in Rovaniemi. The exact address is Pohjolankatu 32.<br />
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The building dates from Aalto's late red brick phase as it was erected in the mid 1960s. It stands in a spacious garden-like surrounding, however, as like many other private houses designed by Alvar Aalto, only the main entrance and a window can be seen from the street. Most of what the outside visitor can see from the building are red brick walls. The house is private property and unfortunately not open to the public. It can only be viewed from the street.<br />
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Unless <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2016/07/villa-mairea.html" target="_blank">Villa Mairea</a> and <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-3.html" target="_blank">Maison Carre</a>, Maison Aro shares in common with these brilliant Aalto works the fact that all three private buildings house art collections. According to local sources the floor plan of the building is slightly fan-shaped, opening out into a living room with a large corner window. A curving gallery wall, lit by a skylight provides indirect natural light to the artworks.<br />
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Although the house can only be viewed from the outside, as it is only a few meters from the actual city centre of Rovaniemi away a brief visit to see the exterior is recommended as long as one respects the fact that this is a private house.<br />
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<b>Site No. 78: Korkalorinne Housing Area in Rovaniemi (1956-60)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>Another Aalto site I was not aware of during my last Rovaniemi visit is the Korkalorinne Housing Area located in the Korkalorinne district. Korkalorinne is about two kilometers from the city centre of Rovaniemi away but can easily be reached by foot. Just follow local signs towards Korkalorinne, it is a nice walk through a quiet residential area with beautiful wooden houses build after the war.<br />
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Korkealorinne Housing Area was designed by Alvar Aalto in the mid-late 1950s in an effort to respond to the post-war housing shortage. The majority of Rovaniemi got destroyed during the second world war and the lack of housing was a huge problem at that time. The entire housing area consists of two four-story apartment blocks and three two-storey terraced houses.<br />
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Although my visit to Rovaniemi was rather brief this time, I am glad that I had the chance to catch up on the still missing Aalto sites and take a look at some of his less well known works.<br />
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Eight years ago I started this blog with the ambiguous goal to visit all Alvar Aalto sites around the world. Now eight years later, I have almost reached my goal, with only a few buildings left on my list. Also in this year I was again able to visit new and exciting Aalto sites. A special highlight certainly was the visit to <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/07/aalto-and-tammisaari.html" target="_blank">Villa Schildt in Tammisaari</a> that had been opened to the public for the very first time this summer. The remaining site visits focused more on Aalto's work in my current home town, Jyväskylä. While having a closer look at <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/06/" target="_blank">Aalto's first works</a> also attending the <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/09/alvar-aalto-week-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Aalto Week</a> brought many new in-sights on my understanding of Alvar Aalto's work. Besides that, it was also exciting to re-discover the <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/02/" target="_blank">University of Jyväskylä's main building</a>, that had undergone a very long renovation. It was interesting to see the building brought back into its original stage.<br />
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While slowly running out of new sites to discover I decided now to focus more on buildings that I had already visited in the past. Especially in Jyväskylä there are several buildings that are currently under renovation and I am happy to report more about them once they have been brought back to their old glories. Nevertheless, there are still a few buildings outside Jyväskylä that I haven't visited yet. On top of the list certainly is the Library in Vyborg / Russia. I hope I will be able to visit this exciting site in the upcoming summer. Also have I kept an eye on the guided tours of Finlandia Hall in Helsinki and the Villa Kokkonen in Järvenpää but unfortunately so far they have never matched with my busy schedule. I hope, however, that I will be successful in visit those three sites in the upcoming year.<br />
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Until now, I would like to thank all of you for your active readership and for leaving so many friendly and encouraging comments on my blog. As always please stay tuned!<br />
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<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-344762241412219302018-09-16T22:22:00.000+03:002018-09-16T22:30:39.653+03:00Alvar Aalto Week in Jyväskylä<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3b-z4b6-5ErVmETSkNkEDiLUeIHh5pNHcu017-rB5SCyBmUsEr5gK-yeMH-71hk2EXayiggyfLyGorsWG0JqujQEsHuh1rxKf7GKi6gQVIukbol1e_1OcDssJ5KYV4aE6TJnyaP1MV8p3/s1600/1509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="519" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3b-z4b6-5ErVmETSkNkEDiLUeIHh5pNHcu017-rB5SCyBmUsEr5gK-yeMH-71hk2EXayiggyfLyGorsWG0JqujQEsHuh1rxKf7GKi6gQVIukbol1e_1OcDssJ5KYV4aE6TJnyaP1MV8p3/s200/1509.jpg" width="133" /></a>Hi there!<br />
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During the last week of August (27.8-2.9.2018) the Aalto Foundation in collaboration with the City of Jyväskylä and other partners in the Central Finland region organized the very first Alvar Aalto Week in and around the Aalto City Jyväskylä. It was a fantastic week with a rich program and many great opportunities to have a look behind the scenes and get access to places that are normally not open to the public. I was lucky enough to find time to participate in many of the events and this post is dedicated to the first Alvar Aalto Week in Jyväskylä.<br />
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The week started off for me on Tuesday with the rare opportunity to visit the Aalto Foundation's archive that is located in Jyväskylä not far from one of Aalto's first realized projects, the <a href="https://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2018/06/aaltos-first-works-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Nuora House</a>, which I reported about earlier this year. Although the Aalto Foundation's chairmen had invited me already last year to visit the archive, I was glad that I had the chance to participate in one of the guided tours that were offered during this theme week. Indeed, I was lucky as I was the only participant in one of the hourly organized guided tours and received therefore a more customized tour based on my own needs and interests. It was impressive to see how many documents the archive has on file, we are talking here about tens of thousands of documents. These were not only all the original drawings and pictures taken of all the Alvar Aalto buildings but many more documents such as business letters as well as personal letters of Alvar Aalto, almost all publications ever produced about Alvar Aalto and even invoices his office had issued for their architectural services. This archive is certainly a gold mine for any researcher or historian who wants to understand better who Alvar Aalto was and how this translated into his work. I had a very inspiring conversation with the staff of the archive that helped me a lot in increasing my understanding of Aalto's work from a totally new perspective compared to the classic site visits and books that I have read about him and his work so far.<br />
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On Thursday I briefly visited the so-called Aalto Lounge that was compiled as a temporary exhibition in the Jyväskylä Art Museum consisting of furniture and other decorative elements designed by Alvar Aalto.<br />
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On Friday I participated in one of the guided bus tours which the City of Jyväskylä offered for free. Starting point of the three hours tour called Aalto Bravo was at the City Theater that was, as well, designed by Alvar Aalto. Although there were still plenty of tickets left the day before when I got mine, the bus was quite full when it left.<br />
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After viewing a few important Aalto buildings from the bus, such as the Administrative Center of Jyväskylä or the University Main Building, the bus made its way out of town to its first real destination, Säynätsalo. The town on the island is famous for its T<a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/08/aalto-in-saynatsalo.html" target="_blank">own Hall</a> which is regarded as one of Aalto's most important works. I had plans to re-visit this site this summer because the purpose of the building had changed a bit since the city council and administration had moved out of the building. After the building had been standing partially empty for some time an entrepreneur had started to open the building again for the public with a new concept of turning the building into a tourist destination with exhibitions, a bakery-shop and rooms for rent. I was curious to see the changes and happy that the tour stopped for quite a while at the town hall. The guide even showed us around before there was time left to explore the building further on our own. It was nice to be able to access more of the rooms that were formally restricted to the employees in the building only. The Town Hall of Säynätsalo is certainly a masterpiece and it is nice to see that it is now better accessible to the public as well.<br />
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After leaving Säynätsalo the tour went on to another site that I had planned to re-visit as well, the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/10/aalto-in-muurame.html" target="_blank">Muuramme Church</a>. Since my last visit in 2011, the church had undergone major renovations and the ceiling and the benches had been repainted in the original colors, giving the church a totally different look.</div>
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You can still find <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/10/aalto-in-muurame.html" target="_blank">pictures on my 2011 post</a> in case you want to compare the changes as such. The guide provided us with some interesting in-sights on the church and the renovation it had undergone. The main aim of the renovations was to bring the church as close as possible back to its original state as it was designed by Alvar Aalto. After the visit to Muuramme Church the bus returned directly to Jyväskylä where the tour ended.</div>
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For years I had dreamed of getting access to this building and one of its apartments. The chairperson of the Alvar Aalto Foundation was kind enough to let visitor to see his own studio apartment that is located in this building. The view from the 11th floor was quite impressive.</div>
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The second building open to the public that day was the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2011/03/alvar-aalto-in-jyvaskyla-3.html" target="_blank">Aira Apartment House</a> that was originally designed for railroad workers. Here the cue was even longer and some had to wait up to one hour to enter the building. In this building a three room apartment was on display and I was also approached by a journalist who asked me about my opinions on the building. Although my name was not mentioned, my comments were printed the next day in the local newspaper.<br />
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Finally, the third building that provided visitors with access was the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.com/2010/11/alvar-aalto-in-jyvaskyla.html" target="_blank">Alvar Aalto Museum</a> itself. However, this meant not only the regular exhibition space but also the small apartment in the back of the building that was originally designed to accommodate the janitor of the building.</div>
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Today, the two room apartment is occupied by the Aalto Foundation and mainly used as office space. The second room, however, is kept as a guest room for visitors of the foundation and shows still many elements of Alvar Aalto's original design.</div>
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All in all the Alvar Aalto Week was quite exciting as it provided many interesting in-sights and access to some spaces that I had hoped for quite some years to finally be able to see. I really hope that the organizers will consider to put up similar events also in the future. One could certainly see the large interest among the general public and important role Aalto and his work still plays in this city even decades after his career ended.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-19228283849089393642018-07-12T23:54:00.001+03:002018-07-13T00:06:26.246+03:00Aalto and TammisaariHi there,<br />
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just a few days ago I did a nice day trip to the city of Tammisaari which is located at the south-west coast of Finland. What is special about this small 15,000 people town is the fact that it is home to two Aalto buildings, a private home and a commercial building. While the commercial building is quite well know the private home has more been of a hidden spot. This was also due to the fact that the original owner, for whom Aalto had designed the house, had been living in the building until the beginning of this year. Because coming of age the owner moved at the beginning of 2018 to a flat and the house was finally opened to the public. Now the Christine and Göran Schildt foundation is taking care of the house and offers a limited amount of guided tours during this summer. Thanks to a work colleague who has read about those guided tours in the newspaper and alerted me I was able to attend one of those few and rare tours. Although the tours are still running until July 19th, they are all sold out by now. I was lucky enough to still get a spot in one of the tours.<br />
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However, coming the long way from Jyväskylä, I almost missed the rare chance to attend the booked tour because of a train delay due to a technical fault. Luckily I had booked tickets for the first train from Jyväskylä to Tammisaari departing at 5.28 am in order to be on time for the booked tour at noon. While I supposed to arrive in Tammisaari at 10.02 am, I just arrive on the spot a few minutes before the tour started at 12. Luckily the train company paid for a taxi that drove right to house.<br />
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Nevertheless, I still recommend to use the train in order to reach Tammisaari. About 100 kilometers from Helsinki to the west Tammisaari is a comfortable day trip destination and this lovely coastal town has certainly more to offer and to do besides visiting Aalto's great works. It takes about 1.5 hours from Helsinki to Tammisaari by train including one quick change in Karjaa. From the station all sighs are within walking distance.<br />
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<b>Site No. 75 Villa Schildt in Tammisaari (1969)</b><br />
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Villa Schildt, as named after the owner and close friend of Alvar Aalto, was one of Aalto's last works. Villa Schildt is in fact the last and the smallest private house Aalto ever designed. The building is also known under the name Villa Skeppet ('ship' in Swedish) which was formed by the local Swedisch speaking residents and also used by the owners although the official name of the building remains Villa Schildt. The name most likely came from the fact that the house had a bit the shape of a ship.<br />
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The house is located on Östra Strandgatan 6 in a quiet residential area close to the coast and only a couple of hundred meters away from the actual center and old town of Tammisaari.<br />
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As already mentioned Alvar Aalto and the owner of the house Göran Schildt were close friends. In fact Schildt, an art historian and writer, published in 1970 a biography about Alvar Aalto's work and life in four volumes which is probably until today among the greatest works that has been published on Alvar Aalto. Due to the age difference of 20 years but also due to the lack of a father figure, Aalto was like a father to Göran Schildt. What linked them both was their love for the Mediterranean.<br />
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While Aalto was designing the commercial building in Tammisaari he discovered the perfect building ground for the house. Aalto wanted to built a house for Schildt in order to bring him back to Finland. Schildt had lost his parental home just a few years earlier and spend most of his time abroad.<br />
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For the exterior Aalto used some ideas he had for an art museum in the Middle-East that unfortunately was never realized. Although the tour focused mainly on the interior it was not allowed to take any photographs during the tour. Entering the building through the main door one reaches the lobby that connects all rooms of the house.<br />
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The kitchen to the right features also the dinning room which is unusual for Aalto's private houses but is probably due to the small size of the house. The kitchen is kept open which is due to the fact that the lady of the house liked cooking and wanted to have some company while preparing food, providing enough room for people to accompany her. Behind the kitchen is the bedroom which, however, could not be seen during the tour. Opposite to the the front door is the study which functioned as Schildt's work room and is the only room in the house that can be locked. To the left stairs a leading up to the living room which is by far the largest room of the house.<br />
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Elevating the living room and putting it on top of the garage was due to the fact that Aalto wanted to use large windows letting in a lot of natural light but at the same time protect occupants to be seen by people passing by the house at the close by road. The living room features besides Artek furniture a lot of art works, such as the largest collection of paintings of the Italian artist Roberto Sambonet in Finland. Sambonet was a good friend of the house and also of Alvar Aalto. In addition there is also a painting of Alvar Aalto on display. Besides that, the chimney is hand sculptured by Alvar Aalto himself.<br />
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The backyard of the house features the separate sauna building and a pond that has the same shape as Aalto's famous Savoy vase. </div>
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The sauna is kept separate from the house and in black while the rest of the house is kept in white color.</div>
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The backyard is a quiet oasis protected from the street by the house itself.</div>
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The guided tour starts in the yellow wooden building next doors that houses also a changing exhibition about Göran Schildt and Alvar Aalto's architecture. Even if you cannot currently participate in one of the guided tours you should definitely visit the exhibition and tour the villa from the outside.</div>
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<b>Site No. 76 Tammisaari Savings Bank (1964-70)</b><br />
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The second Aalto site in Tammisaari is located right in the center of the town and you cannot miss it on your way from the railway station. Located at Stationsvägen 6 is the Tammisaari Savings Bank. What makes this building stand out is not only its white color but the fact that it features several elements of the Finlandia Hall, Aalto's landmark work in Helsinki.<br />
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The white marble and the large windows as well as the porch speak a clear language and remind anyone familiar with the Finlandia Hall immediately of this very well known building. </div>
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Although less spectacular than the bank section the commercial section clearly features Aalto's hand writing. While the inner yard of the building features some space for pedestrians and benches for rest, the less spectacular back side of the building provides parking space for customers of the bank and commercial spaces.</div>
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After participating in the guided tour and admiring Aalto's great works that Tammisaari has to offer I spend the remaining day wondering through the beautiful and well preserved old town. After a visit to the local natural history museum and a short dip in the baltic sea it was time to start my long return trip to Jyväskylä. Without any significant delay I reached back home on the last train of the day. This was certainly a beautiful summer day well spent. </div>
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Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-48463613584321396382018-06-13T16:30:00.000+03:002018-06-13T16:30:39.849+03:00Aalto's first works in JyväskyläHi there,<br />
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Last autumn I attended an interesting exhibition at the Alvar Aalto Museum on Aalto's works in Jyväskylä and learned hereby about a few less known Alvar Aalto buildings which I would like to present today. Among those are some of Aalto's first works here in Jyväskylä. These are mainly private houses. As soon as the snow had melted away I took the time to visit those sites.<br />
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<b>Site No. 72: Karpio House in Jyväskylä (1923)</b><br />
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Only about one hundred meters away from the Alvar Aalto Museum one finds Aalto's first realized work in Jyväskylä the Karpio House. The building is located in Lehtisenkuja 1. It is located in an park like area that features many old beautiful wooden houses.<br />
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This work was actually only an upgrade to an existing building, Aalto was commissioned to make some changes to this simple wooden building. Although, Aalto didn't design the entire building he certainly left some unique features to the building that almost a hundred years ago were probably striking. <br />
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<b>Site No. 73: Nuora House in Jyväskylä (1923)</b><br />
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In the same year Aalto was also commissioned to do alternations to another existing house in Jyväskylä, the Nuora House located in Taulumäentie 1. The house in close proximity to the Taulumäki Church that dominates the neighborhood. The church was erected a few years after Aalto had done the alternations to the Nuora House.<br />
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<b>Site No. 74: Casa Lauren in Jyväskylä (1925-28)</b><br />
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In contrast to the two above presented houses received Aalto in the mid-1920s the commission to build a new house for the Lauren family. This house was designed for the individual needs of the Lauren family and contained in its original design four apartments. Since then the purpose of the house has, however, changed and currently the house stands empty. Nevertheless, there are some plans under way to renovate the house and to bring some new live into it. The house is located in Vapaudenkatu 12.<br />
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An interesting detail about this house is its name which clearly shows the Italian influences of Aalto's earlier works. As Aalto created a new home for the Lauren family he called the house Casa Lauren which translates from the Italian into Lauren's home. Also the design of the house shows some interesting elements for which Aalto certainly found his inspiration in Italy.</div>
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It is certainly going to be interesting to see how this building is going to develop in the future and I will provide updates on this blog as soon as the work gets under way!<br />
<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-65076124518695146732018-02-11T13:23:00.001+02:002018-02-11T17:29:33.505+02:00Aalto in Jyväskylä - Update 3<b>The Main Building of the University of Jyväskylä (1954-56)</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5TogDQana_AGIR-YF4C_NLlPGg9cWkp1PYYOZT6l922QX0A0mIT9pzg028v6mB9rBdkDuqz-X0odiFwx6qEkH4Zy18FRt-jYDdl7P6Ks0Hovf70Ms6nRZ0pjAomlsSDeIXsEEVkiTT0B/s1600/1418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="519" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5TogDQana_AGIR-YF4C_NLlPGg9cWkp1PYYOZT6l922QX0A0mIT9pzg028v6mB9rBdkDuqz-X0odiFwx6qEkH4Zy18FRt-jYDdl7P6Ks0Hovf70Ms6nRZ0pjAomlsSDeIXsEEVkiTT0B/s200/1418.jpg" width="133" /></a>After touring Europe for so many Aalto sites last summer it is once again time to provide some updates on some of the buildings here in Jyväskylä. Today, I would like to write about a very special Aalto building here in Jyväskylä that has undergone an extensive renovation and is now shining again in its original state. The building in question is the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2011/03/my-life-designed-by-alvar-aalto.html" target="_blank">Main Building of the University of Jyväskylä, often refereed to C-building</a>. Just recently I learned the meaning behind the C and was surprised that C stands for Capitolium. Using this building for so many years during my studies here at the University of Jyväskylä and now after years of renovation for festivities that are held at the university, I never spend time on thinking about why this building is simply called C. Anyhow the name makes sense as the building is the administrative heart of the University of Jyväskylä as the rector's office is located here. Another good reason for the name is the large auditorium that seats over 700 people.<br />
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This building was erected in the mid-late 1950s as part of the master plan of the new university main campus that was designed by Alvar Aalto. After many years of use the building went under renovation in 2013. This was necessary to solve indoor air problems and to create new learning environments that serve better today's needs. Because the building is in the highest possible protection class the original structures, surfaces and furnishing were preserved carefully during the entire renovation. This is why it is not surprising that the renovation of the 9100 square meter building took more than 4 years and ended just in summer 2017.<br />
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Finally in September 2017 the building was again put back in use, however, not without celebrating the return of our university's most important building. Being a staff member of the University of Jyväskylä, I had the privilege to take a look behind the scenes at the day of the re-opening. Before having a closer look at the interior I would like to start with some impression of the exterior.<br />
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When passing through the main doors, that are facing towards the city centre of Jyväskylä, one enters first a large lobby that is mainly kept in white marble imported from Yugoslavia. The marble floor was entirely renewed during the renovation using now marble from Portugal. </div>
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Another interesting feature of the great lobby are the large window fronts that provided a beautiful view towards the pine forest that is located next to the building. Also part of the lobby is a small cafeteria called Cafe Belvedere that serves student lunches and coffee in the afternoon.</div>
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Also in the lobby one can find a coat room which features the beautiful dark blue color and provides a charm of the 1950s. This color made it by the way also into the new branding of the University of Jyväskylä. In my opinion a timeless and elegant choice that Aalto made here.</div>
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Above the lobby is the large auditorium which I mentioned already earlier. Through three different staircases visitors can enter the auditorium in a very efficient way. </div>
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Returning to the grand lobby and passing the coat room one enters the section of the building that contains the administrative section of the building and the smaller lecture halls as well as through a long corridor the library. A staircase leads to the different rooms and the lobby is illuminated through roof top windows. Marble stairs lead the way to the upper floors.</div>
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The third floor features another large lecture hall that was designed by Aalto in a U shape with terraced rows of seats, inspired by the classical Greece. Typical of Aalto, the fittings and wooden details are all carefully planned.</div>
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Finally, I would like to turn the attention to the earlier mentioned library that is also part of the building. Through a narrow corridor system, that also connects the C with the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2011/04/university-of-jyvaskyla-2.html" target="_blank">X-Building that I have already presented in this blog earlier</a>, the library can be reached. Before the new main library of the University of Jyväskylä was built in the mid-1970s by Arto Sipinen this library functioned as the main library of the university.</div>
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It was really nice to re-visit the main building of the university after such a long period of renovation and see how everything has been returned into its original state. Among all the Aalto buildings that can be found in Jyväskylä, the Capitolium certainly stands out as a great example of modern architecture and can be regarded as a one of the most significant works of Aalto's red brick phase.Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-67518575484228800632017-10-29T12:41:00.000+02:002017-10-29T12:41:41.948+02:007 years 10 countries 100 000 visitorsHi there,<br />
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on the October 29, 2010 I visited the Alvar Aalto museum in Jyväskylä for the first time. More than inspired by all the interesting things I saw there I started to create this blog and set a very ambitious goal for myself: to visit all 80 Alvar Aalto sites located in 11 countries around the world. Today, 7 years later I have almost reached this goal. By today I have visited 72 Alvar Aalto sites in 10 different countries! While this ambitious undertaking was first more a project of my own, it gradually received more attention due to the dissemination on this very blog. I am very happy to announce that by now this blog has attracted more than 100 000 readers! The line was just crossed earlier this month. By today this blog attracts more than 100 visitors daily and over 3 000 per month. At this point I would like to thank all my readers for your interest in this blog and for the many friendly comments that you have left on this blog over the years! To celebrate this great achievement I have decided to renew the appearance of the blog and the background picture is now showing the beautiful roof section of the entrance hall of Maison Louis Carre which I visited this summer.<br />
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The success of this blog has also encouraged me to get in direct touch with the Aalto Foundation and its chairmen with whom I had a meeting in the spring in Jyväskylä. We discussed different options of collaboration more of which I will probably report later. Anyhow, it was nice to hear of many insider stories and learn more about interesting details on Aalto's work and life.<br />
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The past year was filled with site visits around Europe. In fact I visited all remaining Aalto buildings outside Finland with one exception, the Vyborg Library located in Russia. In January I went to Switzerland to see the Schönbühl Apartment House in Lucerne. Then in the summer I visited 10 Aalto sites in four different countries in Sweden, Germany, France and Italy. Among those were the Wolfsburg Cultural Center, the Essen Opera House, Maison Louis Carre and the Church of Riola. But also in Finland some site visits took place which I, however, have not yet found time to report about. Among those were the Housing for the National Pensions Institute in Helsinki and the re-opening of the Capitolium, the University of Jyväskylä's main building, which underwent an extensive renovation that had taken several years. I hope I will find soon time to write about these visits on this very blog.<br />
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Also the coming year will see new site visits. Currently I am making concrete plans on visiting the last missing Aalto site outside Finland, the earlier mentioned Vyborg Library. I hope I will also finally succeed in visiting Villa Kokko in Järvenpää and that I can participate in one of the guided tours in the Finlandia Hall. Also have I recently learned about several of Aalto's earlier and less know works which are mainly located in and around Jyväskylä. So also for the future there will be new and interesting site visits of which I will be happy to tell more on this very blog.<br />
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Once again thank you for your active readership and please stay tuned!<br />
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<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-20308025820572031572017-10-15T22:55:00.005+03:002018-02-11T11:56:35.025+02:00European Aalto Summer Tour - Part 3Hi again,<br />
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after sharing pictures and stories of the first half of my European Aalto Summer Tour where I told in <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-1.html" target="_blank">part 1 about site visits in Sweden</a> and in <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-2.html" target="_blank">part 2 about Aalto buildings that I visited in Wolfsburg, Bremen and Essen</a>, I will now in part 3 tell about the remaining three Aalto sites that I visited in France and Italy. After I had taken some rest in my home town in the southern part of Germany I continued my InterRail journey taking the train via Strasbourg to Paris where I spend the night at a good friend of mine. The next day I continued from Paris Gare Montparnasse with a local train operated by Transilien line N towards Dreux. After about 40 minutes the train reached the station of Montfort-l'Amaury-Mere. Here is where one of the biggest adventures started that I had ever faced when visiting an Aalto site so far. This railway station was pretty much the closest I could get with public transit in order to reach my next Alvar Aalto site the famous Maison Louis Carre. All I knew was that the house was about 6 kilometers from the station in Montfort away. I had hoped that there would be a taxi that I could hire at the station or at least somebody who could call one for me. This was not the case and as there was no information about busses available. All that I had left was plan B. Plan B meant, I had to walk all the way to the house. Luckily I had brought enough time with me as I still had close to 90 minutes time before the guided tour supposed to start that I had booked already well in advance. With the help of the map on my smartphone I started to undertake the long walk that would take me through the French countryside right through small towns, pass farms and across fields. It was very hot that day and I hadn't much to eat or drink with me. I arrived eventually at the right destination but was certainly exhausted and tired. The tour just started minutes after I had reached the actual house. Nevertheless, Aalto's great work made up for all the struggle and justified the long work in all means.<br />
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<b>Site No. 69: Maison Louis Carre in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne / France (1956-63)</b><br />
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Frequently visiting friends in Paris I had planned so many times to do the little ride out of town in order to reach this magnificent piece of Aalto's work in the French countryside. It always felt so close. However, the uncertainty in how to actually reach this masterpiece from the train station in Montfort had always kept me from a visit. Nevertheless, I decided to finally overcome my concerns and do the actual visit. It is needless to say that it was worth all the efforts. While I normally always encourage people to use public transit to reach Aalto sites and try also to describe how to reach each and every site without a car, for this site I, however, recommend to use a private vehicle.<br />
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A bit hidden is Maison Louis Carre indeed, however, after ending up in front of this entrance gate featuring one of Aalto's famous creation of lamps, I was sure that I had ended up at the right place. A short description on the right side of the gate confirmed this further. The site can be visited after pre-argreement and with a guide that also explains all the elements of the house. After the tour visitors are allowed to discover the grounds on their own. A visit and tour can be booked by e-mail. Information of how to reserve a tour and when those are taking place can be found on the <a href="http://www.maisonlouiscarre.fr/mobile/" target="_blank">website of Maison Louis Carre</a>.<br />
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The house itself is named after its first owner Louis Carre who was an arts dealer. Carre and Aalto met the first time at the Finnish Pavilion Aalto designed for the 1956 Biennale in Venice, a building I went to see the day after my visit to Maision Louis Carre. After Carre's death his widow lived in the house until the 1990s. After her death the State of Finland purchased the house in order to preserve this great masterpiece of Finland's most important architect, Alvar Aalto, for future generations.<br />
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One very interesting aspect of this building is that Aalto designed it in such a manner that it appears like a small house from the outside but a much building from the inside. Part of this idea is also the wave shaped wooden ceiling in the main lobby that give the visitor the impression of a very high room and plenty of space.</div>
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One of the speciality of this building are also its lamps. Especially this model seen on the picture above and below Aalto designed for this house exclusively. The idea was to illuminate the art works that Carre exhibited in his house.</div>
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This pictures show the large dining room that can be found to the left when entering the house. The dinning table and the chairs are from the Artek catalogue, however, as Louis Carre as well as his wife where rather short in stature Aalto had the feet of the table and chairs shortened before they were installed in the house, fitting to the owner's needs.</div>
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The following picture provides an overview of the cross section of the house where the wave shaped ceiling in the lobby becomes clearly visible. The stairs then lead to the living room of the house while the ceiling is kind of pointing the visitor towards this direction.</div>
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Overview of the living room that has large windows letting in natural light and open the view towards the garden.</div>
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Also the living room features some very unique lamps designed by Alvar Aalto that cannot be found in any other of his buildings.</div>
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Overview of the master bedroom that features also pictures of Alvar Aalto and his second wife on the walls. Aalto and Carre became really good friends as they shared many common interests.</div>
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Overview of the bedroom that was occupied by the lady of the house. Carre and his wife did not share a bedroom as such.</div>
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Also the lady of the house had her own bathroom and a large dressing room. The cloth on display are still the one owned by the lady of the house.</div>
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Also the guest room, located right next to the bedroom of the lady of the house, is kept generous.</div>
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As Carre used this house also for his arts business the house had been by design separated into two sections, a public and a private. While the public section consisted of the living room, the library as well as the dining room, the lobby was were also the private sections could be accessed. This section was separated from the public section through these wooden panels which functioned also as doors.</div>
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Overview of the servants bedrooms. These rooms can normally not been visited during the guided tour but the guide was so friendly to allow me to have a short look at the bedrooms in the second floor after the tour had ended. Many thanks for that again!</div>
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After the guided tour had ended, visitors were allowed to discover the building from outside, its garden and swimming pool.</div>
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View of the "servants section" with kitchen entrance.</div>
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The freshly renovated pool with the house in the background.</div>
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The main entrance of the house. Also from outside the wave shaped ceiling in the lobby can clearly be seen.</div>
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After the guided tour had ended and I had discovered also the exterior and the garden I had to figure out how to get back to the far away station. During the tour I had met also another visitor from Japan who as well had taken the train and walked all the way from the station. As the temperatures were very high and we both felt tired we agreed to share a taxi back to the station. For this purpose we asked the guide whether she could call a cap for us which she was gladly to do. After she had called several companies and all of them had refused to pick us up in the middle of nowhere and drive us to a closeby railway station, we seemed to run out of options. At that time it was already to late to walk back to the station and still reach the train in time that I had to take in order to catch my night train from Gare de Lyon in Paris. The guide would have been happy to drive us but she had another tour starting so she couldn't leave the premises. In the end she called a good friend of hers who luckily was willing to help us and who<br />
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came quite soon by car to pick us up and drive us to the nearest railway station. We were still able to catch the train to Paris from Montfort-l'Amaury-Mere station. At this time I would like to express my deepest gratitude to this young lady that drove two strangers to the nearest train station and who did not accept a single cent from us or any other gift. I therefore would like to dedicate this post and all its pictures to her. Thanks to the very friendly and professional guide as well as her friend who drove us to the nearest train station I was still able to catch the night train leaving from Paris Gare de Lyon at 7.16 pm. After a good night sleep I woke up the next morning in Milano Centrale. The train had <br />
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apparently reached Milano well ahead of schedule and after a short breakfast in the dinning car I was still able to catch an early train to Bologna. The journey to Bologna took about one hour. Despite the gained time I still had to wait about 90 minutes in Bologna until the next train to Riola left the station of Bologna Centrale. I spent the time for a short walk into the historic center of Bologna which I had never visited before. Then at 9.04 am I took the local train towards Poretta Terme. After departing Bologna the train soon started to climb into the Apennine Mountains reaching the small town of Riola after about 1 hour. From the small train station it was not far to my next Aalto destination.</div>
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<b>Site No. 70: Church and Parish Centre Santa Maria Assunta in Riola / Italy (1966-80)</b></div>
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The Church of Santa Maria Assunta can already be seen when getting off from the train, however, a river is separating the station from the church. Luckily the closest bridge is only about 50 meters from the station. To reach the bridge one has to walk back into the direction from which the train came and turn then right crossing the bridge. At the other end of the bridge you will find the church to your right. The walk from the platform takes about 5 minutes. </div>
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Right to left end of the bridge opens up a square on which's end the church stands. The bell tower itself stands in the middle of the square. The church was built during the 1970s and completed in 1978 after Aalto's dead. The bell tower, however, was not erected until 1993.</div>
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My visit in Riola was short as I still wanted to reach Venice the same day. Nevertheless, having finally the chance to see this masterpiece of Aalto's work has been worth the long way to Italy. It was also nice to finally see on of Aalto's realized works in the country he loved so much. Especially when looking at Aalto's earlier works in Jyväskylä such as the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2011/12/jyvaskylas-worker-club-2.html" target="_blank">Worker's Club</a> or the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2011/10/aalto-in-muurame.html" target="_blank">Muuramme Church</a> one can clearly see where Aalto had gotten his inspiration from. Following the Church of Riola I made my way back towards Bologna and further to Venice in order to visit the last out of ten new Alvar Aalto sites during this very trip.<br />
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With some delay, caused through a power cut, I reached Venice Santa Lucia station in the late afternoon. Right in front of the island station I got on the water bus in order to reach my final destination before closing time, the Venice Biennale. You can basically take any boat that runs towards Lido on the lines 1, 4.1, 5.1 or 6 and get off at the stop Giardini or Giardini Biennale. Using the line 1 is probably mostly recommended as it goes all the way down the Canale Grande passing the beautiful Rialto Bridge, the Accademia, Santa Salute and of course the San Marco Square before reaching the Venice Biennale.<br />
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<b>Site No. 71: Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in Venice / Italy (1955-56)</b></div>
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The entrance offers the possibility to see different pavilions built by various countries. There are great buildings on display and it is definitely worth planning some time for this visit even so the historic centre of Venice is only a stone throw away and is certainly appealing. The Finnish pavilion which is located pretty much in the middle of the exhibition stands there a bit unimpressive in middle of gorgeous palaces that represent some of the largest nations in the world. Although its size and appearance seems first a bit simple, it is actually an interesting piece of architecture once viewed closer.<br />
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The name of the country the pavilion represented. The building itself is kept in the Finnish colors white and blue.</div>
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The coating is simple wood that was painted blue.</div>
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There was an exhibition going on inside the pavilion by a Finnish artist. As I was not sure whether the art can be photographed I at least took a picture of the very interesting ceiling construction. Otherwise the building is kept quite simple inside.</div>
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After I had a closer look at the surrounding pavilions I left the biennale and returned to the historic centre of Venice and the San Marco Square following Aalto's traces and enjoying the great Italian medieval architecture that has inspired the master so pertinently. </div>
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After a delicious dinner in a traditional Italian restaurant it was again time for me to leave the country that Alvar Aalto loved and inspired so much. I left Venice the same night by the overnight train to Vienna. Here is also where my European Aalto Summer Tour ends. However, my Interrail journey continued further to Vienna, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Geneva, Lyon all the way to Madrid and finally reached its turning point in Barcelona where I had the chance to enjoy the works of another great architect, Antoni Gaudi. After that I took the long way back to Finland returning with so many great memories and a total new understanding of Aalto's later work.<br />
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after I had presented the first two Aalto sites which I visited in Sweden in <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2017/10/european-aalto-summer-tour-part-1.html" target="_blank">Part 1 of my European Aalto Summer Tour</a>, I will now in part 2 tell a bit more about the five sites that I visited in the German cities of Wolfsburg, Bremen and Essen. After reaching Malmö by night train from Stockholm I briefly visited Malmö and the Turning Torso, an interesting piece of modern architecture that I always wanted to see. But also in general I must say Malmö has quite a lot to offer when it comes to modern architecture. Then, I continued my journey across the Öresund bridge to Copenhagen where I changed trains again. Traveling via Fredericia and Flensburg I reached Hamburg in Germany. After a brief stop in Hamburg I continued to Lüneburg where I was staying the following two nights with an old friend of mine. <br />
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On the following day I took the train from Lüneburg towards the south to Hannover and further to the Aalto City of Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg well known for being the home of the Volkswagen factories has also three Aalto sites to offer which certainly makes it worth visiting for every Aalto fan. However, as the Aalto sites are a bit scattered around the city it is recommended to use the bus in order to reach all sites. Therefore, after leaving the train station I turned left towards the ZOB (central bus station) which is about 100 meters from the station away where I first took bus 202 towards Detmerode. I chose the day ticket for 5,10 euros which gives the most flexibility as it is valid on all lines in Wolfsburg. The bus ride to Detmeroder Markt took about 15-20 minutes.<br />
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<b>Site No. 64: Detmerode Church and Stephanus Parish Center in Wolfsburg / Germany (1963-68)</b><br />
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Getting off bus 202 at Detmeroder Markt all you need is climbing the stairs right next to the bus stop and you will apparently end up right in front of the first Aalto site, the Detmerode Church and Stephanus Parish. The church has limited opening hours which can be found on the church's website.<br />
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The Detmerode Church is clearly a product of Aalto's white period. Interesting is also the bell tower with its differently shaped elements, something I haven't seen in Aalto's work earlier. </div>
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In order to improve the acoustics round shaped wooden elements have been installed on the roof which also enrich the interior design of the otherwise quite simply kept church. </div>
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Overview of the parish center</div>
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Also a poster was on display in the church providing an overview of all the Aalto sites that can be found in Wolfsburg.</div>
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The church and parish center blend in very well with the surrounding.</div>
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After visiting this small but fine Aalto church I headed back towards the center of Wolfsburg taking bus 202 from the opposite site of the road. As bus 202 runs every 15 minutes on weekdays I didn't had to wait long for the next bus. After a 10 minutes ride I got off at the stop Burgwall from where I had to walk about 10 minutes to the next Aalto site.<br />
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<b>Site No. 65: Wolfsburg Church and Parish Center in Wolfsburg / Germany (1959-62)</b><br />
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Located on Röntgenstraße 81 is the Church and Parish Center of Wolfsburg also known as Heilig Geist Kirche or Church of the Holy Spirit. Built in the late 1950s and completed in the early 1960s this church was undergoing a major renovation during my visit which didn't allow me to see the inside of the church. This was really a disappointment as I had seen great pictures specially of the interior, a church similar to the one in Seinäjoki but much smaller. Instead I was only able to have a look at the church from a safe distance as the renovation works were in full process.<br />
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Sign informing about the renovation works that take place from May to September 2017. </div>
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Overview of the parish center with the church and the bell tower in the background.</div>
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In addition to the parish center and the church Aalto also designed some additional buildings that most like are used for housing of the church and parish workers. </div>
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The parish center was luckily open and not affected by the renovation works:</div>
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Announcement in German that the church cannot be entered during the renovation works.</div>
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Chapel inside the parish center</div>
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A bit disappointed that I was not able to see the interior of the church I continued my journey towards the third Aalto site, located right in the center of Wolfsburg. I took bus 213 which departed only a few meters from the church and got off next at the stop Kunstmuseum. The ride took about 7-8 minutes. From the stop Kunstmuseum it was only a few steps until the Wolfsburg Cultural Center designed by Alvar Aalto.<br />
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<b>Site No. 66: Wolfsburg Cultural Center in Wolfsburg / Germany (1958-62)</b><br />
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The Cultural Center in Wolfsburg is considered the most important creation of Alvar Aalto in Germany. Located in the very center of Wolfsburg the Cultural Center houses not only the central library of the city but also an adult education school, a section for hobbies and entertainment as well as spaces for club meetings and community events. In addition to that the building also contains some local businesses and a restaurant called Aalto. <br />
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Impressive facades made of white and blue marble. </div>
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Small scale model giving an overview of the versatile function of the building complex.</div>
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Beautiful wooden works on the ceilings.</div>
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Overview of the library main reading room, outstanding here again how wisely Aalto used natural light sources.</div>
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Lobby and staircase leading to the second floor.</div>
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Overview of the roof terrace which provides also an interesting in-sight how Aalto has utilized different sources to provide light into the ground floor of the building.</div>
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Different rooms for handicraft and workshops in the rear part of the second floor.</div>
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Even an indoor-fireplace can be found on the second floor.</div>
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View of the rear side of the building.</div>
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The Cultural Center of Wolfsburg is certainly a must for every Aalto fan. The fact that almost the entire building is open to the public and that also the roof terrace can be entered makes a visit more than worthwhile as it provides a great inside into Aalto's work and his architectural philosophy.<br />
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After spending an extensive amount of time at the Cultural Center of Wolfsburg I returned to the ZOB by bus which was only a short ride from the stop called Kunstmuseum away. On my way back to Luneburg I had a brief stop at Uelzen where I had also a look at the famous Hundertwasser railway station, a building that I wanted to visit for so many years and which was certainly worth the stop.<br />
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After discovering Luneburg together with my friend and spending a second night there, I continued my journey by train and reached after about 1 hour Bremen. Unfortunately, this time I wasn't as lucky with the weather than in the previous days, heavy rain was pouring down and I had to wait quite some time in the station until the rain slowed down. Taking the local tram number 1 right in front of the central station towards Bahnhof Mahndorf I reached within about 20 minutes the stop Berliner Freiheit where I got off. From the tram stop I could already see my next Aalto site. Unfortunately, the rain had again gotten stronger.<br />
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<strong>Site No. 67: Neue Vahr High-Rise Apartment House in Bremen / Germany (1958-62)</strong><br />
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Located in the Neue Vahr suburb of Bremen stands the high-rise apartment house designed by Alvar Aalto that also carries in the name of the suburb as it is by far the highest building around. The exact address of the building is Berliner Freiheit 9 and the building is located right behind the shopping mall that is also called Berliner Freiheit. The building has a lot of similarities with one of Aalto's later work that I visited just in the beginning of this year, the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2017/01/alvar-aalto-in-switzerland.html" target="_blank">Schönbühl Apartment House</a> in Lucerne / Switzerland. <br />
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Unlike the later built Schönbühl apartment house that has 16 stories, the 65 meter tall Neue Vahr high-rise apartment building has 22 stories. Nevertheless, it features, like the building in Lucerne a so called fan-like arrangement of the apartments to optimize the space and provide every apartment with access to windows and balconies facing the west. The idea behind this arrangement was to get the evening sun into the apartments for the residents to enjoy once coming home from work.</div>
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It is also said that the arrangement of the apartments differ on every floor and that there are large spaces kept on the east side outside the apartments in order to encourage residents to socialize with each other more. The building has altogether 189 apartments and was the highest apartment building in Germany at the time it was completed in 1962.</div>
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Unfortunately, I was not able to enter the building as only resident can access the building. Nevertheless, it was very interesting to just discover the building from outside although the weather did not permit me to take many more pictures. Instead I returned back to Bremen main station by tram 1 and got back on the train again, heading to the fourth Aalto city in Germany, Essen.</div>
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<b>Site No. 68: Essen Opera House / Aalto Theater in Essen / Germany (1983-88)</b></div>
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After slightly more than two hours on the train I reached the central station of Essen. By then the weather had luckily gotten better and the rain stopped. Next on my list was one of Alvar Aalto's landmark works which he, however, had never seen with his own eyes as he died even before the constructions of the building even began. Already in the late 1950s Aalto had produced first ideas for the Essen Opera House but had modified this plans over the next years continuously. It was more than 10 years after his dead that the actual building was realized caring his name as it is now known as the Aalto Theater. The opera house was built under the German architect Harald Deilmann following Alvar Aalto's plans.<br />
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Once again Aalto's organic approach is clearly visible on the design of this building. The building features many of Aalto's typical elements such as the lamps, the door handles and marble elements. The building is realized following Aalto's white period. </div>
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The building located in a park blends in quite well with its surrounding. The building is only a stone through from Essen's central station away.</div>
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All in all a fascinating building worth a visit even when not opened as the organic approach selected by Aalto given so many interesting perspectives to the viewer depending from which angle the building is observed. After visiting the last missing Aalto work in my native country, Germany, I continued my journey further south by high-speed train in order to visit my home town located in the black forest area.</div>
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Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-44071740821383655962017-10-01T13:25:00.001+03:002017-10-01T13:34:00.415+03:00European Aalto Summer Tour - Part 1Hi there,<br />
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I hope your summers have been as great as mine! The colorful autumn has now arrived to the Aalto city of Jyväskylä and it is once again time to sit down and recapture the past summer. A lot has happened then. As already announced in April I had plans to tour all the remaining Aalto sites in North, Central and Southern Europe, 10 sites altogether. It was a long but rewarding trip and I am happy to now share all these new sites with you in the upcoming posts.<br />
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After enjoying a beautiful and warm summer day in Turku it was about time to leave Finland behind and get on the night-ferry to Stockholm. The crossing was very pleasant and I arrived early next morning in Sweden.<br />
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After a short walk I reached the Stockholm metro also called Tunnelbana which took me to the Stockholm Central. From there I was able to catch the early morning train to Uppsala. The journey to Uppsala took about 40 minutes. This was also the first trip with my 15 days in 1 month Interrail Global Flexi-Pass.<br />
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The city centre of Uppsala was only a stone throw away from the central station. I discovered a bit the beautiful old town and the impressive Uppsala Cathedral which is the largest church in the Nordic Countries.<br />
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<b>Site No. 62: Västmanlands-Dala Student Union Building in Uppsala / Sweden (1961-65)</b><br />
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At the main entrance there is also some information about the architect Alvar Aalto who was commissioned for designing this building in Swedish and Finnish.<br />
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On the ground floor several jobs can be found as well as a restaurant.</div>
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After lunch I left Uppsala and took the train further North. After passing for about one hour through beautiful Swedish farm lands the train reached Avesta in Dalarna County. As trains do not anymore stop in Avesta Central station I had to disembark at Avesta Krylbo station which is about 4 km south from downtown Avesta. Fortunately, there are frequent bus connections to Avesta operated by Dalatrafik. I took line 31 that runs directly from Krylbo station to the central bus station in Avesta, the trip takes about 12-15 minutes. I got off the bus right at my next Aalto destination at the stop called Myntgatan.<br />
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<b>Site No. 63: Sundh Centre Commercial Residential Building in Avesta / Sweden (1957-61)</b><br />
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The Sundh Centre locally also known as the "Aalto Huset" or Aalto House dominates the small city centre of Avesta although not located in the very centre of the town. Especially its tallest building can be seen from all over the city centre. Interesting about the Sundh Centre is that the entire building is coated with dark blue tiles, something Aalto rarely did anywhere else. The only building I can recall is the <a href="http://alvaraaltosarchitecture.blogspot.fi/2011/08/aalto-summer-trip.html" target="_blank">Town Hall of Seinäjoki</a>. Depending on the light and the angle of the viewer it seems as the building is changing its color. <br />
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Besides residential apartments the building complex features also several shops and a Chinese restaurant.<br />
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This building is certainly a hidden treasure of Aalto's work and despite its remote location a must for Aalto fans to visit.</div>
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After discovering the small town of Avesta, I took again the bus 31 back to the Kyrlbo station from where I could catch a direct Inter City train to Stockholm Central. After a bit less than two hours on the train I reached again the Swedish capital about 10 hours after I departed from there in the morning. Due to their close proximity one can easily visit both Alvar Aalto sites in Sweden during a one day trip from Stockholm by train, not only enjoying the beautiful Swedish country side but also some real hidden treasures of Alvar Aalto's work.<br />
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After I spent a great evening in Stockholm I got on the night train to Malmö heading finally south.<br />
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<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-10319731251979729702017-06-13T12:33:00.002+03:002017-06-13T12:34:41.322+03:00Night at the (Aalto) MuseumHi there,<br />
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I have some great news to share, yesterday I defended my doctoral dissertation! The topic of my dissertation was eco-labeling in the airline industry. This was a good reason to celebrate and as it is the academic tradition in Finland the doctoral candidate has to arrange for a dinner party (Karonka) in honor of the opponent. I decided to have my post-doctoral dinner party in no other place than the Alvar Aalto Museum's own restaurant, Cafe Alvar.<br />
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I have already reported on the Alvar Aalto Museum in some earlier posts, however, so far I haven't told much about Cafe Alvar. The restaurant of the museum is located on the ground floor and functions as cafe for museum's visitors as well as a lunch restaurant. In addition to that can the restaurant also be booked for special occasions such as dinner parties etc.<br />
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Having the dinner party in an building designed by Alvar Aalto was certainly the crowning of my defense day. Not only the building itself but also the entire interior was designed by the master himself. Even the napkins used during the dinner featured his famous Siena design.<br />
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It is needless to tell that I also mentioned Alvar Aalto in my dinner speech and pointed out my special relationship to his work reflected through this blog. Also my colleagues, friends and family know about my passion and brought me many gifts related to Alvar Aalto and his work.<br />
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<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-32590699943064209262017-04-25T19:19:00.000+03:002017-04-25T19:19:20.641+03:00European Aalto Summer TourHi there,<br />
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July 19 Sundh Centre Commercial Residential Building / Aaltohuset in Avesta/Sweden<br />
July 19 Västmanlands-Dala Student Union Building in Uppsala/Sweden<br />
July 21 Wolfsburg Cultural Centre in Wolfsburg/Germany<br />
July 21 Wolfsburg Church and Parish Centre in Wolfsburg/Germany<br />
July 21 Detmerode Church and Stephanus Parish Centre in Wolfsburg/Germany<br />
July 23 Neue Vahr High-Rise Apartment Building in Bremen/Germany<br />
July 23 Essen Opera House/Aalto Theater in Essen/Germany<br />
July 29 Maision Louis Carre in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne/France<br />
July 30 Church and Parish Centre Santa Maria Assunta in Riola de Vergato/Italy<br />
July 30 Finnish Pavilion for the Venice Biennale 1956 in Venice/Italy<br />
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This journey will certainly bring me closer to my ambitious goal, set in 2010, of visiting all 80 Alvar Aalto sites around the world. After visiting these buildings the only missing Aalto building not located in Finland will be the Aalto Library in Vyborg/Russia, however, there are some plans already in the make to also visit this masterpiece during the upcoming summer. So stay tuned for many more exciting new pictures and stories of Alvar Aalto's architecture!<br />
<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-19494920703271944482017-01-22T12:11:00.002+02:002017-01-22T12:22:51.994+02:00Alvar Aalto in Switzerland<b>Site No. 61: Schönbühl Apartment House in Lucerne / Switzerland (1964-67)</b><br />
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Grüezi and regards from Switzerland where I just recently visited a new Alvar Aalto site in the beautiful city of Lucerne. While Lucerne is famous for having the world's oldest surviving truss bridge (built in 1333), which is one of the main tourist sites in Switzerland, it also features a building designed by Alvar Aalto.<br />
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Probably less well-known and also not located in the historic centre is the so called Schönbühl high-rise apartment house that Aalto designed and built here in the mid-1960s. The building is located in the Schönbühl quarter, about 2 kilometers from the historic center. One can reach the site either by bus or by a 20 min walk from the historic center, all you have to do is to follow Tribschenstrasse.<br />
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The 16 stories building itself is the largest in the area, so you hardly can miss it. The actual high-rise apartment building is part of a larger complex that also contains a shopping center, the so-called Schönbühl Center.<br />
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The Schönbühl high-rise building follows the prototype of the better-known Neue Vahr high-rise apartment building Aalto designed in Bremen / Germany. Both buildings feature a so-called fan-like arrangement of the apartments in order to optimize space in the buildings and within the apartments.<br />
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While the staircase and elevators are on the north side, the building opens up towards the south like a fan where also all the large windows and balconies are located that bring light into the apartments. I think this is once again an interesting example of Aalto's genius design in terms of optimizing space and natural light.<br />
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The building itself differs from other high-rise buildings of that time certain through its wave like shape. Nevertheless, the building fits in my opinion very well into its surrounding. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to enter the building and to discover the interior as only people living in the building can gain entrance to the building and I didn't want to interfere with tenants and disturb their privacy.<br />
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Finally before returning to the historic center of Lucerne I noticed that there are new construction projects under way right next to the actual site presented in this post. It captured my attention because the new buildings, that are going to be build in the neighborhood, are also designed by two Finnish architects which are following the traditions of Alvar Aalto. It is nice to see that Alvar Aalto's legacy endures, not only in Finland but also beyond.</div>
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<br />Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207119861081407878.post-91976997058157997622016-10-30T11:04:00.001+02:002016-10-30T11:07:33.537+02:006 years 60 sites 66 000 visitorsHi there,<br />
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another year has passed and again a lot has happened on this blog. Today 6 years ago I started this project by formulating an ambitious goal of visiting all 80 Alvar Aalto sites around the world. Honestly by that time this goal seemed unreachable. However, today 6 years later I have visited 60 sites and the readership, which counted only a few hundred after the first year, has by now grown up to over 66 000! This blog attracts more than 2 000 readers every month. It is you guys who keep me motivated and going and I would sincerely thank you for that!<br />
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During the past 12 months I have visited two Alvar Aalto sites in Finland. One of Aalto's most famous work, Villa Mairea in Noormarkku and a much less known and almost forgotten site, the Yhteis-Sisu Corporation Housing in Hämeelinna. Plans to finally visit the Aalto Library in Vyborg couldn't unfortunately be realized this summer. Also the visit of Villa Kokkonen wasn't possible due to the very difficult opening hours of the site.<br />
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Also the seventh year will see new sites and there are already concrete plans existing to visit the Schönbühl Apartment House and Commercial Centre in Lucerne / Switzerland in December. I hope I will also be able to attend a guided tour of the Finlandia Hall in the upcoming year, in order to get to see more of the interior. Further I am planning to visit in Finland the Kainula Adult Education Institute in Kajaani and Villa Kokkonen in Järvenpää.<br />
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During the past months I have also been considering the idea to generate some earnings through this blog with adds. Nevertheless, I have dropped the idea as I would like to provide the content of this blog also in the future without any disturbing advertisements to you.<br />
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In this regard I hope you keep enjoying reading my blog. Stay tuned!Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110263875631031448noreply@blogger.com4