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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Alvar Aalto and the expression of discontinuity |
Author: | Radford, A. Oksala, T. |
Citation: | The Journal of Architecture, 2007; 12(3):257-280 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 1360-2365 1466-4410 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Antony Radford, Tarkko Oksala |
Abstract: | We examine recurring patterns of discontinuity in the designs of the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976). Discontinuity expresses an ambiguous duality of incompletion (growth) and ruination (decay). We take examples from architecture, painting, sculpture, glassware, furniture, landscape and urban planning. We suggest that the typically fragmented skylines, voids and irregularity of Aalto's architecture all rely on the repeated use of a relatively economical (but infinitely elaborated) set of form-making strategies. Further, we argue that these same strategies of discontinuity and incompletion extend over all branches of his design work. Discontinuity echoes the essential nature of the human condition and is a reason for the continuing appeal of Aalto's work. |
Rights: | © 2008 Informa |
DOI: | 10.1080/13602360701469986 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602360701469986 |
Appears in Collections: | Architecture publications Aurora harvest |
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