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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Alvar Aalto"”.
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Sense of touch: an in depth study of the Villa Mairea
In 1937 Alvar Aalto began work on the Villa Mairea which over the years became regarded as a sensual and tactile building by architectural experts. An in depth study of this building was used to develop tools that may be helpful in analyzing the sense of touch in other architectural work either …
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How will well-being insights change architecture in the post-pandemic era?
… 20th century architects such as Le-Corbusier and Alvar Aalto during the tuberculosis epidemic. The Paimio Sanatorium, which was a collaboration between doctors and architect by Alvar Aalto in 1929-33, was one of the most famous projects that shows the tuberculosis influence on architecture. …
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Defining Sustainability Through Bentwood Lamination
… emulate the sculptural plywood experiments of Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames. The final manufacturing process will make use of these study models with the intent of generating a modular system of interchangeable formwork to customize sustainably produced pieces. Final deliverables …
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Between the experiential and intellectual
… years, this process began to reverse itself. Alvaro Siza uses the experiential world to gain the intellectual. While these processes are pursued from opposite extremes, the final works reach a common goal. That goal being a complete fusion of the experiential and intellectual worlds which …
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Lightweight plywood construction assembly : a lightweight approach to the elegant utilitarian form
… by a mere handful of designer, most notably Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames, but the application of this material remained in furniture scale.
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Building Alvar Aalto's Church of the Three Crosses (1955–58)
This thesis is a monographic analysis of Alvar Aalto’s (1898–1976) Church of the Three Crosses (1955–58) in Imatra, Finland. This thesis shows that the design and construction of the Church of the Three Crosses involved concerns and themes unique to, or especially relevant in, the ecclesiastical …
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Design as a context for research : the design of a museum of modern art as a vehicle for studying Alvar Aalto's work
… This thesis is an inquiry into the work of Alvar Aalto conducted through the process of two separate design exercises. The objective of the enquiry is to demonstrate that a reflective and self-critical design process can be a useful tool for extracting design knowledge embedded in Aalto's …
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Diospi Suyana Building Hope in the Andes
… This is the only true style in architecture." Alvar Aalto For me architecture has the power to enhance human's lives. Our beautiful world needs a fine and delicate touch to modify their nature and abstract their essences without changing its soul. The focus of this thesis is to empathize with …
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Evolving with the sun
… were Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn and Alvar Aalto. These men were able to design buildings based on the climatic conditions of a site and integrate those designs with twentieth century technology.