18. Scand Flashcards
The elevational treatment used in the entrance facade of Grundtvig church is best described as __________.
Where did this form originate in Denmark?
steeped gable
Copenhagen/local churches
What device is used in the Stockholm City Hall to link it with the adjacent lake?
open arcade, see water from ground level
List two precedents fro Saarinen’s final design of the main entry in the Helsinki Railroad Station:
- Sullivan Golden Door
2. Olbrich’s Ernst Ludwig House
The Kallio Church was designed by _________.
Sonck
Describe the elevational treatment Saarinen typically used in the towers of his Finnish building:
slightly stepped vertical tower, horizontal massing, heavy corner bookends
The building typically credited with the start of the National Romantic movement in Scandinavia is __________.
Copenhagen City Hall
The Tampere Cathedral was designed by ________.
Sonck
“The arrangement of a vertical force against a contrasting and balancing horizontal volume” best describes the compositional theory employed by __________.
Saarinem
The movement in Scandinavia at the turn of the century that was a genuine attempt to interpret the indigenous tradition of each of the respective countries is referred to as ___________.
National Romantic
List two reasons why Saarinen preferred to incorporate a vertical element in the massing of his buildings:
- anchor in landscape
2. contrast/balance with horizontal base
The style that evolved in Finland to express and reserve the indigenous culture in the face of increasing pressure by the czar to “russify” Finland was _________.
National Romantic
Saarinen’s favorite interior color was _________.
green
The typical Saarinen formal composition incorporated a _________ element to __________.
vertical, anchor building and balance horizontals
____________ is the name of residential compound of Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen.
Hvittrask
“Hvittrask” was the name given to the residential complex of ____________.
Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen.
