The Idea of
Building
Thought and action in the
design and production of buildings
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The Aalto Atelier,
architect's
office for himself, designed by Alvar Aalto, on a suburban site. The site
slopes down from the road and one enters at the lower level. There is a
secondary entrance direct to Aalto's own work space. The stair to the upper
level takes one to the main office and to Aalto's own work space (which looks
down the garden through the curved wall). The garden is an amphitheatre, formed
by the walls and by literalizing the natural contours of the ground.
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Aalto's own work space.
Note
the secondary entrance, the high window (at right) and the rooflight in front
of the short, free- standing wall. Photo: Leonardo Mosso, courtesy the