31. Saarinen and Aalto Flashcards
What is the name of the school of art in Detroit designed by Eliel Saarinen?
Cranbrook
___________ was given responsibility for the design of all of the buildings at the Cranbrook school of design?
Saarinen
Sketch the typical floor plan of a classroom wing in the Crow Island School:
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Crow Island School, which set the model for the design of the post WWII elementary school in the US was designed by ___________?
Saarinen
What grade school established the prototype for the post WWII baby boom and who designed it?
Crow Island School; Saarinen
The formal pivot point of the composition in the Otaniemi Technical Institute is the ____________?
Lecture hall
Sketch the section of the Saynatsalo Town Hall:
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Sketch the ground plan of the Saynatsalo Town Hall:
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List three points of human contact in buildings that Aalto exploited with a change of materials.
Handrails, door knobs, columns
The building usually credited as the inspiration for the design of the interview floor in Aalto’s National Pension Institute is?
Johnson Wax Building
The formal pivot point of the massing in the Saynatsalo Town Hall is the _______________?
Council hall
The best example of Aalto’s undulating wall in his American buildings is ________________?
Baker House
The fan-shaped plan is a typical scheme in the planning of many buildings designed by _______________?
Aalto
Which building by Aalto was the first to use wood in any significant way, marking his move away from pure Functionalism?
Viipuri Library
Discuss the reasons for the final configuration of the floor plan of the Vuoksenniska Church.
Come in on the side, forced to look at the altar; three small spaces for classes
Describe the ideas behind the massing of the Baker House.
The side facing campus is orthogonal, while the side facing the river is more fluid and curved
Sketch the cross-section of a reading room in a typical Aalto-designed library:
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What did Aalto do in the National Pensions Institute to articulate the massing of the building so that it reads as interpreting masses rather than a continuous volume?
Used facades that don’t quite line up
Which building designed by Alvar Aalto marked his attempt to transcend the International Style? What is the reason for your answer?
Baker House; he used red brick instead of white stucco and broke out of glass box
