The Municipal Center of Saynatsalo
Description
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto designed the Säynätsalo Center, which houses local government offices and a public library on an island in Lake Päijänne. Inspired by Italian Renaissance architecture, a raised courtyard is bordered by a glass-enclosed circulation space and accessed by grass stairs. The town hall is crowned by the council chamber, a double-height space which is capped by innovative "Butterfly" trusses supporting both the roof and the ceiling. Aalto used traditional brick materials and juxtaposed opaque and transparent lighting in his work that asserts urban civic architecture and incorporates natural landscape elements.
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26 min 1 sec
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