An attempt to analyse, handle, and present the whatever information is needed to understand the building and its various aspects.

1. History iii
ARCHITECT: ALVAR ALTO
BUILDING: VIPURI LIBRARY

2. INTRODUCTION
Architect Alvar Aalto
Location Vyborg,USSR
Date
1927 competition,built october 13
1935
Building Type
Lecture halls,children’s
library,periodical room,reading
room,stacks and admin offices
Construction System
Stone cladding and stucco
Climate
Cold
Context
Urban Park setting
Style
Modern

3. ARCHITECT ALVAR AALTO
Born in Kuortane, Finland in 1898.
Aalto died in Helsinki in May 1976
Aalto’s Education
Graduated with honors from Helsinki Polytechnic,
Professor of Architecture at MIT 1946 to 1948,
President of the Academy of Finland 1963-68.
Aalto’s Work Style
Aalto’s Early work borrowed from the neoclassic movement,
Eventually adapted the symbolism and functionalism of the Modern Movement to generate his plans
and forms.
Aalto generated a style of functionalism which avoided romantic excess and neoclassical monotony.
Aalto borrowed from the International Style, he utilized texture, color, and structure in creative new
ways.
Aalto's designs were particularly significant because of their response to site, material and form.
Aalto's mature work embodies a unique functionalist/expressionist and humane style, successfully
applied to libraries, civic centers, churches, housing, etc.
Aalto generated a large body of work in Germany, America, and Sweden. Often at work on multiple
projects, he tended to intermingle ideas and details within his work. The spectrum of Aalto's work
exhibits a sensual detailing that separates him from most of his contemporaries.
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4. Concept
The library’s architectural core consists of reading and
lending areas at different levels and plateaus, while the
central and control area form the high point above the
different levels

5. Building Plan Analysis

6. Building Plan Analysis

7. Building Plan Analysis

8. Building Plan Analysis

9. Building Plan Analysis-Conceptual

10. Building Plan Analysis-Conceptual

11. Building Plan Analysis-Conceptual

12. Building Section Analysis

13. Building Section Analysis

14. Building Section Analysis

15. Building Section Analysis

16. Daylight

17. Artificial Lights

18. Artificial Light

19. Artificial Light

20. Entry

21. Accoustics

22. Accoustics

23. Ventilation System

24. Children vs. Adult

25. ISOMETRIC
MAP

26. PREYAN MEHTA
B.ARCH –B.