A műemlékek sokszínűsége (A 28. Egri Nyári Egyetem előadásai 1998 Eger, 1998)

Előadások / Presentations - The architecture of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976)

architecture through foreign influences, through external impulses, sometimes even transplanted directly from other cultures, where it be a minor detail or a certain feature in the overall design. My sole intention is to underscore the fruitful influence of these outside impulses in our artistic heritage. After all, these 'superfluities' have had a far-reaching influence, adding fresh new elements to an existing architectural tradition that was perhaps invented by some rural artisan from within an inherited cultural Aalto's travel sketch Delfoi theatre 1953 legacy. To dergee to which our early architects remined faithful to themselves and our modest conditions in nevertheless reflected in the fact that these imported motifs, even in their earliest manifestations, were crafted in a way that is perfectectly acclimatized to their Finnish context." (Alvar Aalto, Menneitten aikojen motiivit, Arkkitehti 2,1922, s 25) In Aalto's first works classicism was the main theme. From that he grew out towards functionalism. This is very envious trend, if you follow the completition work of Viipuri city library (1927) into the last plans of the library, which lastly were built after eight years process. Aalto's pioneering contribution to ecological awareness is important. For Aalto, nature was not only a source of inspiration, but also something for which he held the utmost respect. To Aalto, organic growth was the opposite force of economic growth and technological progress. Since Aalto's time, ecological considerations have begun to steer our choices in ever deepening ways, both at the individual level and in public decision-making. Here, too, Aalto was well ahead of his time (Hirvi, 1998). In Aalto's work the human scale and its ineffably complex human quality is important. In both his buildings and his town plans, Aalto wove together the forms and shapes of Finnish nature, the architecture of