31. Saarinen and Aalto

Question 1

What is the name of the school of art in Detroit designed by Eliel Saarinen?

Answer 1

Cranbrook

Question 2

___________ was given responsibility for the design of all of the buildings at the Cranbrook school of design?

Answer 2

Saarinen

Question 3

Sketch the typical floor plan of a classroom wing in the Crow Island School:

Answer 3

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Question 4

Crow Island School, which set the model for the design of the post WWII elementary school in the US was designed by ___________?

Answer 4

Saarinen

Question 5

What grade school established the prototype for the post WWII baby boom and who designed it?

Answer 5

Crow Island School; Saarinen

Question 6

The formal pivot point of the composition in the Otaniemi Technical Institute is the ____________?

Answer 6

Lecture hall

Question 7

Sketch the section of the Saynatsalo Town Hall:

Answer 7

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Question 8

Sketch the ground plan of the Saynatsalo Town Hall:

Answer 8

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Question 9

List three points of human contact in buildings that Aalto exploited with a change of materials.

Answer 9

Handrails, door knobs, columns

Question 10

The building usually credited as the inspiration for the design of the interview floor in Aalto’s National Pension Institute is?

Answer 10

Johnson Wax Building

Question 11

The formal pivot point of the massing in the Saynatsalo Town Hall is the _______________?

Answer 11

Council hall

Question 12

The best example of Aalto’s undulating wall in his American buildings is ________________?

Answer 12

Baker House

Question 13

The fan-shaped plan is a typical scheme in the planning of many buildings designed by _______________?

Answer 13

Aalto

Question 14

Which building by Aalto was the first to use wood in any significant way, marking his move away from pure Functionalism?

Answer 14

Viipuri Library

Question 15

Discuss the reasons for the final configuration of the floor plan of the Vuoksenniska Church.

Answer 15

Come in on the side, forced to look at the altar; three small spaces for classes

Question 16

Describe the ideas behind the massing of the Baker House.

Answer 16

The side facing campus is orthogonal, while the side facing the river is more fluid and curved

Question 17

Sketch the cross-section of a reading room in a typical Aalto-designed library:

Answer 17

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Question 18

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?

Answer 18

Used facades that don’t quite line up

Question 19

Which building designed by Alvar Aalto marked his attempt to transcend the International Style? What is the reason for your answer?

Answer 19

Baker House; he used red brick instead of white stucco and broke out of glass box