Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature (1987)

ALL 12/28/1987 (fi) Documentary 59 Min
  • Release
    12/28/1987
  • Production
    Finlands Svenska Television
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Alvar Aalto: tekniikka ja luonto
  • Original language
    fi
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Ywe Jalander

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Alvar Aalto

    Himself (Archive footage)

  2. Maire Gullichsen

    Herself

  3. Elissa Aalto

    Herself

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 2

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Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature (1987) 59 Min

ALL 12/28/1987 (fi)
Documentary
  • Release 12/28/1987
  • Production
    Finlands Svenska Television
  • Original title Alvar Aalto: tekniikka ja luonto
  • fi
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Ywe Jalander

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer