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Alvar Alto: I Do Not Write I Build

Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect known for his organic modernist style. He designed over 500 buildings as well as furniture. Aalto was influenced by nature and used organic materials and forms unlike the steel tubing popular at the time. His Viipuri stacking stools were made of just four wooden parts that could interlock and stack compactly, making them functional for spaces needing flexible seating and storage.

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Alvar Alto: I Do Not Write I Build

Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect known for his organic modernist style. He designed over 500 buildings as well as furniture. Aalto was influenced by nature and used organic materials and forms unlike the steel tubing popular at the time. His Viipuri stacking stools were made of just four wooden parts that could interlock and stack compactly, making them functional for spaces needing flexible seating and storage.

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I DO NOT WRITE I BUILD

ALVAR ALTO

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:


DR. MEHRAN QURESHI ABID WACHKOO
&
KHAN IQRA IQBAL
HISTOR
Y
• Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland.[
• His father, Johan Henrik Aalto, was a Finnish-speaking land-surveyor and
his mother, Selly Matilda was a Swedish-speaking postmistress.
• When Aalto was 5 years old, the family moved to Alajärvi, and
from there to Jyväskylä in Central Finland. Aalto studied at the
Jyväskylä Lyceum school, completing his basic education in 1916.
• In 1916 he then enrolled to study architecture at the Helsinki
University of Technology. His studies were interrupted by the Finnish
Civil War, which he fought in.
• He built his first piece of architecture while still a student, a house
for his parents, at Alajärvi.[
• Afterwards, he continued his education, graduating in 1921.
CAREER
• Aalto's career spans the changes in style from (
Nordic Classicism) to purist International Style
Modernism to a more personal, synthetic and
idiosyncratic Modernism.
• Aalto's wide field of design activity ranges from
the large scale of city planning and architecture to
interior design, furniture and glassware design and
painting
• It has been estimated that during his entire career
Aalto designed over 500 individual buildings,
approximately 300 of which were built, the vast
majority of which are in Finland
• He also has a few buildings in France, Germany,
PHILOSOPHY
• His design philosophy was influenced by nature and
organic materials, unlike other furniture of the same
period with materials as tubular steel, which were
quite modern at the time.
• With his innovative designs and natural forms he
changed the course of design towards organic
• Modernism
The beauty of his work is hidden in his design
approach of
Functionalism but with a strong connection to the
organic relationship between man, nature and
buildings.
• He coordinatedthese three components and
created a synthesis of life in materialized
form.
VIIPURI STACKING STOOLS

 The Viipuri collection of furniture  They then take up a minimal


complemented Aalto's forward thinking storage space so are ideal for
design. schools, meeting rooms or
 The stacking stool - this was made up of offices.
only four wooden parts, three Aalto Legs  They were available in children
and a round seat. and adult sizes.
 These three legged stools are versatile  The legs were varnished natural
and functional Birch timber and the seats were
 The stack ability means that they are ideal made from natural Birch timber,
for large gathering areas with small primary and white laminates.
storage spaces.
 The legs were attached to the seat at 120
degree angles which meant they could
interlock and stack easily.
END


THANKS

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