Descriptive Geometry Exam WS 21/22 Object chosen: Poltrona 41 or Paimio chair By: Alvar Aalto Professor: Arambula Lara Rigoberto Student: Poschiavin Martina
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Kuortane, February 3° 1898 - Helsinki, May 11° 1976 - The most important Finnish architect of the 20th century - Undisputed leader of European Organic Architecture - Travelled throughout Europe, acquiring extensive knowledge of contemporary trends in the architectural and artistic fields, - Graduateted in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Helsinki in 1921 - Two years late he opened his first professional studio
https://www.domusweb.it/en/biographies/alvar-aalto.html
Viipuri Library - He received positive critics by international critics when he designed and constructed the famous library in Viipuri - collaborated with his newly-wd Aino Marsio - furnished with stackable stools and “Ibrida” chairs
- He began to work in the Paimio Sanatorium, which he used to experiment a number of theories on the themes of ergonomics and comfortable environments - The armchairs Paimio have an highly modern lines - not like the consolidated metal structure of Bauhaus - Already world famous by the end of the 1920s, and a permanent member of CIAM, he later went on to also work in Zagabria, Vienna and Paris. - After the war he designed the entire urban areas, as well as regional projects - Between 1943 and 1958 he headed the association of Finnish architects - Between 1946 and 1948 he was visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
“A standardised object should not be a finished product, but on the contrary be made so that man and all the individual laws controlling him supplement its form”
Paimio chair or Poltrona 41, 1931 Drawing
Paimio chair or Poltrona 41, 1931 Details
Paimio chair or Poltrona 41, 1931 Orthogonal projections
Paimio chair or Poltrona 41, 1931 Axonometric view
Paimio chair or Poltrona 41, 1931 Perspective
Paimio chair or Poltrona 41, 1931 Constructive particulars/exploded view
Choice of materials - birch wood - bending ability - for the base and structure he used laminated birch wood and curved birch veneer - for the seat he used varnished birch wood - his intention was to create furniture that was more comfortable - the sanatorium needed furniture that was better for the human touch and more suitable
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18714213/