Browse Day February 5, 2010

Alvar Aalto Villa Mairea Diagrams

An experimentation of a variety of diagrams; relationships with the surrounding site, material relationships, enclosed space vs exposed space, form alignment to create semi-enclusive spaces and exclusive space, interior space vs. exterior space, relationships between interior/exterior thresholds, and structural diagrams.

Aalto’s enthusiasm for the design, Schildt tells us, that he tried to persuade the Gullichsens to build their home over a stream on Ahlström land a few miles out of Noormarkku. The influence of Fallingwater is evident in several sheets of studies, which show boldly cantilevered balconies and an undulating basement storey intended as a substitution for the natural forms of the stream and rocks.

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BCN Sustainable Transport Center

The goal of this competition is to achieve an architectural ensemble that responds to the multiple scales that these kind of projects require. The project to develop must not only attend to the specific function it’s designed for but also to its urban insertion and impact.

Team Members
Martinas Adruiskiavichus
Thom Boessel
Jesse Hans
Rilwan Kujenya
Micheal Velentzas

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