Scandanavian Architecture Flashcards
What was Aalto’s “Architecture in Karelia” (1941) about?
It was a perspective essay on the farmhouse vernacular of eastern Finland.
What were the two stylistic themes of the Nordic tradition?
National Romantic Manner (1895)
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Doricist Sensibility (1910)
Who was Alvar Aalto / what was his importance?
Finnish architect and designer
He was influenced by Asplund and Bryggman.
He had a life long concern for the overall ambiance of a space and for the way it may be modified through the responsive filtration of heat, light and sound.
The “National Pensions Institute”. Helsinki (1956) established him as one of the master architects of the post-war period.
Who was Asplund?
He influenced Aalto.
His “Stockholm Public Library” Sweden. 1928. - shows a stripped back language of simplicity; it is an important precursor to Modernism in Sweden.
What was National Romanticism?
It forms a historic root of what Frampton more recently termed ‘Critical Regionalism’
It was a response to the desire to create architecture that conveyed character, climate, and culture of a particular place.
