AALTO wer. angielska

Alvar Aalto&nbsp (1898–1976) made a&nbsp unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed&nbsp warm, curving, compassionate buildings,&nbsp wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice.

Whether a church, a villa, a sauna, or a public library, Aalto’s&nbsp organic structures&nbsp tended to replace plaster and steel with brick and wood, often incorporating&nbsp undulating, wave-like forms, which would also appear in his chair, glassware, and lamp designs. An adherent to detail, Aalto insisted upon the&nbsp humanity of his work&nbsp stating: “Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line.”

Many of Aalto’s public buildings such as&nbsp Säynätsalo Town Hall, the lecture theatre at&nbsp Otaniemi Technical University, the&nbsp Helsinki National Pensions Institute&nbsp and the&nbsp Helsinki&nbsp House of Culture&nbsp may be seen as psychological as well as physical landmarks in the rebuilding of Finland after the ravages of war.