Legacy. A word which demands attention. Also a word used to describe something not just of importance but also of influence.
The spread of Scandinavian design throughout the world brought modernism to many shores. A shore in particular can be observed from the building designed by Alvar Aalto, a Finnish architect who during World War II taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Out of the many architects of this age i feel Aalto's work is imperative to the movement of design through the times because of all the modernist architects Aalto embraced functionality.
THE BUILDING: "Baker House"
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| Alvar Aalto's Baker House, Massachusetts |
A students dormitory, this building was constructed to fit the uses of a humans point of view. Very much unlike other architects of this time who were convinced that the design of the building was static and it was the people who had to dynamically shape themselves around the architecture. Very different from other buildings of the time the Baker house also curved to fit in to its appropriated space unlike other modernists buildings which were very cube-like. This building offered views of the river in the bedrooms and the city from the other sides. Scandinavian design in the purpose to achieve functionality is the essence of what I think is an important legacy to pass to other designers. With embracing the needs of people a building succeeds in its most essential, and carnal, purpose. Alvar Aalto's scandinavian design lies in importance with "accomidating utilitarian function."
The building is like a wave upon the shore. The functionality of stacked rooms is evident as the wave mimics liquid fluid motion. Possibly bringing the river to the structure.
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