Deliberate Engineering In Architectu
, 1.1 Introduction
Table of contents This portfolio contains all I have researched and learned w
Engineering In Architecture’. During this course, which took
1.1 Introduction................................................. 2 analyzed a modernist building based on multiple aspects. St
to choose from, I chose Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto.
1.3 Alvar and Aino Aalto .................................... 2
The first week I have gathered information about the buildin
1.2 Villa Mairea ................................................. 2
out the architectural thought behind the villa. The week
1.4 Analysis of the Villa...................................... 3
visualizing new design proposals to ‘improve’ the building.
calculations, and drawings.
1.5 The design ................................................... 4
In weeks 2 and 5, I was given feedback from the teacher and
2.1 Floor plans ................................................... 5 this document.
2.2 Geometric and Line Diagram ........................ 5
Feedback week 2 ............................................... 5
1.2 Villa Mairea
2.3 Construction ................................................ 6
Location: Pikkukoivukuja 20, 29600
3.1 Proposal to change structure ....................... 6 Noormarkku, Finland
Construction year: 1937-1939
5.1 Proposal to prefab ....................................... 7 Architects: Alvar Aalto and his wife
Aino Aalto
4.2 Section......................................................... 7
Function(s): Villa, guest-house, and rural
4.1 Construction method and maintenance ....... 7 retreat
Clients: Harry and Maire Gullichsen
Feedback week 5 ............................................... 7 Style: Modernism, functionalism,
organic
5.2 Structural elements overview ...................... 8 Living space: 250 square meters
5.5 Details (last version) .................................... 9
5.4 Routing ........................................................ 9
5.3 Details (first version).................................... 9 1.3 Alvar and Aino Aalto
6.2 Detail with improvement ........................... 10 The architect Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898-
1976) is a famous Finnish architect, town
6.1 Materials and colors .................................. 10
planner and designer, he is known for aiming
6.3 Proposal to improvement .......................... 10 to make a work of art of all buildings he
designed. He would not only design the
6.4 Construction .............................................. 11 exterior and function of the building, but he
would also design the interior, like furniture
6.5 Design proposal ......................................... 11 and even light fittings. Buildings he designed,
can be found in countries all over the world.
Sources............................................................ 12 Peter Reed says Alvar Aalto is “one of the most
influential modern architects of the twentieth
century”. With the design of Villa Mairea, they
made the shift from functionalism to organic
modernism. Not only that, but also the
integration of both Finnish and Japanese
elements, make this villa a true architectural
highlight.
His wife, Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto (1894-1949)
, 1.1 Introduction
Table of contents This portfolio contains all I have researched and learned w
Engineering In Architecture’. During this course, which took
1.1 Introduction................................................. 2 analyzed a modernist building based on multiple aspects. St
to choose from, I chose Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto.
1.3 Alvar and Aino Aalto .................................... 2
The first week I have gathered information about the buildin
1.2 Villa Mairea ................................................. 2
out the architectural thought behind the villa. The week
1.4 Analysis of the Villa...................................... 3
visualizing new design proposals to ‘improve’ the building.
calculations, and drawings.
1.5 The design ................................................... 4
In weeks 2 and 5, I was given feedback from the teacher and
2.1 Floor plans ................................................... 5 this document.
2.2 Geometric and Line Diagram ........................ 5
Feedback week 2 ............................................... 5
1.2 Villa Mairea
2.3 Construction ................................................ 6
Location: Pikkukoivukuja 20, 29600
3.1 Proposal to change structure ....................... 6 Noormarkku, Finland
Construction year: 1937-1939
5.1 Proposal to prefab ....................................... 7 Architects: Alvar Aalto and his wife
Aino Aalto
4.2 Section......................................................... 7
Function(s): Villa, guest-house, and rural
4.1 Construction method and maintenance ....... 7 retreat
Clients: Harry and Maire Gullichsen
Feedback week 5 ............................................... 7 Style: Modernism, functionalism,
organic
5.2 Structural elements overview ...................... 8 Living space: 250 square meters
5.5 Details (last version) .................................... 9
5.4 Routing ........................................................ 9
5.3 Details (first version).................................... 9 1.3 Alvar and Aino Aalto
6.2 Detail with improvement ........................... 10 The architect Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898-
1976) is a famous Finnish architect, town
6.1 Materials and colors .................................. 10
planner and designer, he is known for aiming
6.3 Proposal to improvement .......................... 10 to make a work of art of all buildings he
designed. He would not only design the
6.4 Construction .............................................. 11 exterior and function of the building, but he
would also design the interior, like furniture
6.5 Design proposal ......................................... 11 and even light fittings. Buildings he designed,
can be found in countries all over the world.
Sources............................................................ 12 Peter Reed says Alvar Aalto is “one of the most
influential modern architects of the twentieth
century”. With the design of Villa Mairea, they
made the shift from functionalism to organic
modernism. Not only that, but also the
integration of both Finnish and Japanese
elements, make this villa a true architectural
highlight.
His wife, Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto (1894-1949)
