MUNICIPAL LIBRARY VYBORG,RUSSIA

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTUREAAKRITI BHATNAGARIII YEAR , VI SEM , SEC A, BATCH 11 YEAR : 2012AAYOJAN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ,JAIPUR

ALVAR AALTO

ALVAR AALTO

•b. FEB 3,1898, KOURTANE FINLAND - d. 11 MAY,1976 ,HELSINKI

•EDUCATION: GRADUATED IN ARCHITECTURE FROM HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, IN 1921

•INFLUENCES: INFLUENCED BY THE CULTURE OF MEDITERRANEAN REGION,PRACTISED AS MODERN ARCHITECT

•WORKS: •PAIMIO SANITORIUM,PAIMIO, FINLAND,1928-1929

•FINNISH PAVILION, AT 1939 WORLD’S FAIR

•HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ESPOO, FINLAND,1949-1966

•TOWN CENTER, SEINAJOKI,FINLAND,1958-1987

•MT. ANGEL ABBEY LIBRARY, ST. BENEDICT,OREGON,U.S.A, 1970

MUNICIPAL LIBRARY, VIPURI

•LOCATION : VIPURI,FINLAND(NOW VYBORG,RUSSIA)

•TYPE : LIBRARY BUILDING

•YEAR ::1930-1935

• MATERIAL : WHITE STUCCO FOR ENTIRE BUILDING,

•KEY FEATURES :•LIGHT IS A PRIMARY CONDIDERATION IN LIBRARY

.PROVIDED ROUND,CONICAL SKYLIGHTS,ABOUT 6FT. IN DIAMETER

•FUNNEL LIKE FORM ALLOWED THOUSANDS OF REFLECTIONS HENCE PROVIDED DIFFUSE SHADOW FREE LIGHT i.e. IDEAL FOR READING

•ACOUSTICS IS A PRIMARY CONSIDERATION IN LECTURE ROOM.

•UNDULATING CEILING OF THIN WOODEN STRIPS WAS SO DESIGNED THAT EVERY POINT IN THE ROOM WAS ACOUSTICALLY ALIVE.

•SOUND INSULATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH THICK WALLS OF 30”. ALSO VENTILATION DUCTS & MECHANICAL PIPING PASS THROUGH IT.

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VIEWS

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PLANS

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

BASEMENT PLAN

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ROOF PLAN

SECTIONS

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ANALYSIS

•CONCEPT: DERIVES FROM NATURE”SOME KIND OF MOUNTAIN

LANDSCAPES WITH CLIFFS LITUP BY SUNS DIFFERENT POSITIONS”

• FORM: IT IS A LINEAR PLANFORM.

TWO RECTANGLES ARE COMBINED.

• CIRCULATION: ENTIRE BUILDING IS SPLIT IN VARIOUS LEVELS.LEVELS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DEFINING AREA FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS IN BUILDING

• DESIGN: HEIRARCHY IS CLEARLY SEEN IN PLANNING.

EG. CHILDREN AND MAIN ENTRY ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS

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