Teija Isohauta

Alvar Aalto and The Art of Landscape

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Produktbeschreibung

Alvar Aalto and The Art of Landscape captures the essence of the Finnish architectâ s landscape concept, emphasising culture and tradition, which characterised his approach to and understanding of architecture as part of the wider environment.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Landscape and Environmental Design
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781032116655
• ISBN-10: 103211665X
• Artikelnr.: 71236565

Autorenporträt

Teija Isohauta worked as a curator of education at the Alvar Aalto Museum between 1986 and 2009. As freelancer she has worked on exhibitions at Alvar Aalto Museum and the Finnish Architecture Museum. She received a scholarship from the Finnish Culture Foundation to investigate deeper connections between Aalto and landscape, and has an MA from Jyväskylä University, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface by Jussi Rautsi
Introduction
WRITINGS OF ALVAR AALTO
Landscape
Biology and nature
Garden and architecture
THE ORIGIN OF AALTO'S LANDSCAPE CONCEPT
The Finnish national landscape
Light and shadow in Alvar Aalto's architecture
The garden art as part of landscape
The holistic approach in Aalto's architecture
Riihitie House
The garden city movement
Sunila
The re-evaluated landscape
The shifting contours in Aalto's architecture
Muurame Church
The room in between
Muuratsalo experimental house
Towards a modern landscape
Paimio Sanatorium
The forerunners of Nordic landscape architecture, the contemporaries of
Aalto
Garden designers consulting Aalto
Ateljee Aalto
The Japanese reconstructed landscape
Authenticity of materials and forms in Aalto's architecture
Villa Mairea
The Mediterranean landscape
The constructed landscape of Aalto
Jyväskylä university
A side track to the Orient
National pensions Institute
The United States - genius loci and the raised importance of spatial
planning
Aerial plans and greeneries
Oulu river rapids centre
ALVAR AALTO - THE INFLUNCES OF THE VISUAL ARTS
The Modern art in Aalto's time
Gesamtkunstwerk
The role of sketching
Salpausselkä relief and Suommussalmi war memorial
Shaping the terrain as an attribute in Aalto's architecture
Säynätsalo Town Hall
Toward 'monumental art'
Seinäjoki
CASE STUDIES
Green flexibility - Master plans of Imatra and Lapland
Two sides of Urbanism - Helsinki City Centre and satellite centre Stensvik
Two town halls using the best out of landscape - Kiruna and Alajärvi
Cultural projects - in a valley and on top - Nordic House and Shiraz Art
museum
Churches as landmarks - Riola di Vergato and in Lahti
The private houses on the slope - Maison Carré and Villa Kokkonen
CONCLUSIONS Featuring landscape
ALVAR AALTO Architecture in the Landscape of Central Finland, 1926
CHRONOLOGY Aalto's main projects related to his writings, travels and
personal contacts
Index

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Contents

Preface by Jussi Rautsi

Introduction

WRITINGS OF ALVAR AALTO

Landscape

Biology and nature

Garden and architecture

THE ORIGIN OF AALTO'S LANDSCAPE CONCEPT

The Finnish national landscape

Light and shadow in Alvar Aalto's architecture

The garden art as part of landscape

The holistic approach in Aalto's architecture

Riihitie House

The garden city movement

Sunila

The re-evaluated landscape

The shifting contours in Aalto's architecture

Muurame Church

The room in between

Muuratsalo experimental house

Towards a modern landscape

Paimio Sanatorium

The forerunners of Nordic landscape architecture, the contemporaries of Aalto

Garden designers consulting Aalto

Ateljee Aalto

The Japanese reconstructed landscape

Authenticity of materials and forms in Aalto's architecture



Villa Mairea



The Mediterranean landscape

The constructed landscape of Aalto

Jyväskylä university

A side track to the Orient

National pensions Institute

The United States - genius loci and the raised importance of spatial planning

Aerial plans and greeneries

Oulu river rapids centre

ALVAR AALTO - THE INFLUNCES OF THE VISUAL ARTS

The Modern art in Aalto's time

Gesamtkunstwerk

The role of sketching

Salpausselkä relief and Suommussalmi war memorial

Shaping the terrain as an attribute in Aalto's architecture

Säynätsalo Town Hall

Toward 'monumental art'



Seinäjoki



CASE STUDIES

Green flexibility - Master plans of Imatra and Lapland

Two sides of Urbanism - Helsinki City Centre and satellite centre Stensvik

Two town halls using the best out of landscape - Kiruna and Alajärvi

Cultural projects - in a valley and on top - Nordic House and Shiraz Art museum

Churches as landmarks - Riola di Vergato and in Lahti

The private houses on the slope - Maison Carré and Villa Kokkonen

CONCLUSIONS Featuring landscape

ALVAR AALTO Architecture in the Landscape of Central Finland, 1926

CHRONOLOGY Aalto's main projects related to his writings, travels and personal contacts

Index