Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature
Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature

Movie·1987·0h 59m

Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature

Directed By

Ywe Jalander

Country

Finland

Language

English

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The Story

Original title: Alvar Aalto: tekniikka ja luonto

The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) is one of the great figures of modern architecture, ranked alongside Gropius, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. This film analyses Aalto’s uniquely successful resolution of the demands and possibilities created by new technology and construction materials with the need to make his buildings sympathetic both to their users and to their natural surroundings. His inventive use of timber in particular represents both a reference to the forest landscape of Finland and a building material that is ‘warm’ and extremely adaptable. Filmed in Finland, Italy, Germany and the USA, this documentary shows how the Finnish natural environment and art traditions were essential elements in Aalto’s pioneering harmonization of technology and nature.

Themes

architecture

Production House

Finlands Svenska Television

Audience Score

60%

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Cast

Alvar Aalto

Alvar Aalto

Himself (Archive footage)

Maire Gullichsen

Maire Gullichsen

Herself

Elissa Aalto

Elissa Aalto

Herself

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Crew

Ywe Jalander

Director

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