Working papers alvar aalto researchers network march 12th 14th 2012 seinäjoki and jyväskylä finland wood and domestic architecture in aalto s work.
Alvar aalto laminated wood.
The paimio chair quickly became popular and was produced in large quantities.
A suspended ceiling hides the space to the audience but it allows the creation of the same deep post echo as tall church towers.
Aalto s experiments in furniture date from the early 1930s when he furnished the sanatorium at paimio.
Today artek remains faithful to the aaltos basic values as their master.
Based on the metal tube wassily chair designed in 1925 by marcel breuer aalto took laminated wood and bent it like breuer bent metal to form a frame in which was placed a bent wooden seat.
It is made of bent laminated veneer and is the result of numerous bending trials using birch wood that is in part naturally damp.
Alvar aalto s idea behind the design was that a high empty space would provide better acoustics.
The l leg came into being thanks to alvar aalto s adventures in wood bending techniques which were a new phenomena in the 1930s.
In 1935 aino and alvar aalto founded the finnish company artek to manufacture their designs.
Alvar aalto made his international breakthrough as a furniture designer.
Alvar aalto created in 1931 the paimio chair which was manufactured of bent plywood and laminated wood.
In 1935 the artek company was established by aalto and maire gullichsen the wife of the industrialist and art collector.
With the help of furniture manufacturer otto korhonen aalto developed a combination of cutting and steaming local birch wood in order for it to become malleable.
Hugo alvar henrik aalto pronounced ˈhuɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto.
His furniture is noted for its use of laminated wood in ribbonlike forms that serve both structural and aesthetic ends.
Bent laminated birch textile webbing.
3 february 1898 11 may 1976 was a finnish architect and designer.
Designed to ease the breathing of a tubercular patient the paimio chair is beautiful enough to be sold to today s consumer.
Some influences on portuguese architecture ana isabel da costa e silva 1 2 2013 www alvaraaltoresearch fi 2 12 index 1.
Aalto wished to learn the language of wood fibres and believed that there is a positive effect when our skin comes into contact with natural materials.
Conceived as a variation on alvar aalto s earlier laminated wood cantilevered armchair the chair no.
When one thinks of alvar aalto images of laminated wood and plywood furniture instantly spring to mind.
Aalto used marble in both indoor and outdoor surfaces as a contrast to black granite.
Hugo alvar hendrik aalto.
The selection of the four houses 3.