The Style Examiner Expansion of Alvar Aalto’s Seinajoki City Library


Municipal Library in Seinäjoki. Designed by Alvar Aalto http//www

Prizes. The Concrete Structure of the Year 2012. The extension of the Seinäjoki Public Library and Provincial Library, Apila ('Clover'), was opened to the public in August 2012. The library building is located adjacent to the cultural and administrative centre designed by Alvar Aalto. The new building is linked via an underground passage.


www.archipicture.eu Alvar Aalto Seinäjoki City Library

Ayuntamiento y biblioteca, Seinäjoki. La idea de centro cívico como espacio en el que los ciudadanos se reúnen en torno a funciones públicas representadas por edificios monumentales ocupa un lugar central en el pensamiento de Aalto. El plan para la población sueca de Avesta, de 1944, fue la primera ocasión en que el arquitecto reflejó.


Gallery of Alvar Aalto's Restored Viipuri Library Wins 2014 Modernism

Town Hall and Library, Seinäjoki. The notion of a civic center where people can gather around public functions represented by monumental buildings took up a central place in Alvar Aalto's mind. The 1944 masterplan for the Swedish locality of Avesta was the architect's first opportunity to put on paper a conception that he would go about.


Aalto Library Seinäjoen kaupunginkirjasto

The library gives access to knowledge, learning and new experiences for people of all ages. The Apila Library is designed by JKMM Architects and it was completed in 2012. The library is located next to Seinäjoki civic center designed by Alvar Aalto. A central aspect of the design is a dialogue between the new Apila Library and the Aalto Library.


JKMM architects expands alvar aalto's seinajoki city library

City Library in Seinajoki. The civic center of Seinäjoki is a uniform building complex designed by Alvar Aalto. The building complex showcases Aalto's exquisite touch from the details of door handles to the scale of urban planning. The center is a masterpiece of modern architecture and a highly valuable cultural environment.


JKMM, Seinäjoki City Library Alvar Aalto ampliación Tecnne

Alvar Aalto won the design competition for the new Vyborg Central library in 1927 with a proposal to which he gave the pseudonym 'W.W.W.'. The design was modern, yet still steeped in the Classical tradition. Funds for building the new Central Library had been left in the will of Maria Lallukka, wife of Juho Lallukka, a Vyborg business tycoon.


Ayuntamiento y biblioteca, Seinäjoki Alvar Aalto Arquitectura Viva

The Alvar Aalto Foundation considers the total renovation of Seinäjoki Library completed last year to be a great success and an example to other projects. The Alvar Aalto Foundation has proposed the restoration of Alvar Aalto's Seinäjoki Library (1965) for the Europa Nostra Award. The new "Apila" (Clover) library building exemplifying successful contemporary architecture and […]


The Style Examiner Expansion of Alvar Aalto’s Seinajoki City Library

The old Seinajoki library designed by Alvar Aalto was built in 1965. The fan shape of the main room of the library is the most striking feature of the building. The light falls through the room's slatted windows and projects beautiful shapes onto the ceiling, walls and shelves. The restored library designed by Aalto was opened in May 2015.


Arqbibliotecas BIBLIOTECA EN EL CENTRO CÍVICO DE SEINÄJOKI (FINLANDIA

El complejo de edificios expone como una vitrina el exquisito detalle de Aalto, desde las manillas de las puertas hasta la escala de la planificación urbana. El centro es una obra maestra de la arquitectura moderna y un ambiente cultural muy valioso. La biblioteca se completó como parte del centro cívico en 1965.


Galería de Biblioteca en Seinäjoki / JKMM Architects 24

Biblioteca Seinajoki. La vecchia biblioteca di Seinajoki progettata da Alvar Aalto è stata costruita nel 1965. La forma a ventaglio della stanza principale della biblioteca è la caratteristica più sorprendente dell'edificio. La luce cade attraverso le finestre a doghe della stanza e proietta belle forme sul soffitto, sulle pareti e sugli.


www.archipicture.eu Alvar Aalto Seinäjoki City Library

Completed in 2013, the Seinäjoki City Library joins a complex of public buildings designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto for the small town in western Finland, including the original fan.


JKMM architects alvar aalto's seinajoki city library expansion, birds

La Biblioteca de Seinäjoki fue proyectada por Alvar Aalto en 1963 y construida entre 1963 y 1965.. En 1951, Alvar Aalto se presentó a un concurso para desarrollar un centro parroquial en Seinojoki. Si bien no lo ganó, en 1956 se le encargó desarrollar el proyecto presentado, sumando a éste, un plan para la ordenación de toda el área y otro para la realización del edificio del ayuntamiento.


Alvar Aalto Seinajoki Library Alvar aalto, Architecture

A biblioteca foi concluída como parte do centro cívico em 1965. Como exemplo da famosa série de projetos de bibliotecas de Aalto, serviu como a principal da cidade por mais de quatro décadas. Com a expansão do município e a evolução das atividades da biblioteca, no entanto, ela não era mais capaz de atender às demandas atuais.


La biblioteca de Aalto en Oregón Arquine

The civic centre of Seinäjoki is a uniform building complex designed by Alvar Aalto. The building complex showcases Aalto's exquisite touch from the details of door handles to the scale of.


Biblioteca de Seinäjoki. arquitectura internacional architecture

Alvar Aallon katu 14 / P.O. Box 217 60101 Seinäjoki tel. +358 6 416 2326 or 06 416 2318 (renewals, reservations) tel. +358 6 416 2317 (information) kirjasto@. [email protected] Location on a map. Aalto library. Koulukatu 21 60100 Seinäjoki tel. +358 6 416 2638 Location on a map. Kyrkkäri library. Östermyrankatu 9 60220 Seinäjoki


The story of Alvar Aalto Library in The Strength of

Aalto Library. Alvar Aalto´s original design was completed in 1965 and until 2012 it served as the main library in Seinäjoki. The library was refurbished and restored back to the original design and reopened in 2015. The refurbishment (2012-2015) was designed by Arkkitehdit Mustonen Oy. Also the furniture and the lighting for the reading.