The Savoy Vase in the Aalto’s architecture

When looking into one specific group of or individual architect(s) and finding several recurring elements one might realize that following the catalog or archive shows that every single building is not always a new concept in itself but rather an evolution of previous ideas in a more developed form. Perhaps this evolution of ideas and concepts also transfers between disciplines of design? Touching upon the organic shapes often found in the Aalto’s works, the parallel to the very famous Savoy vase is not unreasonable to see.

The connection may be somewhat far-fetched and imposed onto simply a curved element in some cases, but it is hard to deny that the curved stairs in Alvar’s office or the pool in Villa Mairea don’t follow the same logic that the lines of the vase itself does.

Villa Mairea

The Savoy Vase in the Aalto’s Architecture

Paimio Sanatorium

Studio Aalto