Aalto, Utzon, Fehn : txt three paradigms of phenomenological architecture /
Tyrrell, Roger,
Aalto, Utzon, Fehn : three paradigms of phenomenological architecture / txt Roger Tyrrell. - First Published 2018 - xxv, 219 p. ill. 24 cm. book
Include index.
List of Figures ix --
Acknowledgements xiii --
Foreword by Juhani Pallasmaa xv --
Preface: The Shaman, the Theoroi and the Storyteller xxiii --
1 Of Beneath the Table 1 --
2 Of Phenomenology and Paradigm 18 --
3 Alvar Aalto — the Sophisticated Shaman 54 --
4 Jorn Utzon — the Theoroi 99 --
5 Sverre Fehn — the Storyteller 134 --
6 Of Commonalities, Distinctions and Speculations 169 --
FIGURES:
1.1 Danish Landscape Parti Diagram. 3 --
1.2 Finnish Landscape Path Diagram. 4 --
1.3 Norwegian Landscape Path Diagram. 4 --
1.4 The Utzon Paradigm Framework. 6 --
2.1 Aalto Chair Components, Artek Showroom, Helsinki. 18 --
2.2 Sandbag Stepping Stone Bridge, Morocco. 21 --
2.3 Ait Benhaddou, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. 26 --
2.4 Utzon's House, Denmark. 28 --
2.5 Kiasma, Helsinki, Steven Holl. 38 --
2.6 Sydney Opera House Plateau. 42 --
2.7 Log Foundations, Aalto Experimental House. 45 --
3.1 Helsinki Railway Station (1919). 55 --
3.2 Aalto's Paradigm. 57 --
3.3 Railway Workers Housing. 57 --
3.4 Jyvaskyla Workers Club. 58 --
3.5 Workers Housing Plinth. 59 --
3.6 Portico and Plinth of the Workers Club. 60 --
3.7 Door Handle Detail, Workers Club. 60 --
3.8 Paimio Tuberculosis Sanatorium. 63 --
3.9 Paimio Site Plan. 64 --
3.10 Paimio Staircase Detail. 65 --
3.11 Paimio Plumbing and Sanitary Ware. 66 --
3.12 Paimio Chair. 66 --
3.13 Paimio Light. 67 --
3.14 Riihitie House Entrance. 68 --
3.15 Living and Studio Space. 69 --
3.16 Landscape Setting. 70 --
3.17 Villa Mairea from the South. 72 --
3.18 Entrance Canopy. 72 --
3.19 The 'Forest Stairs'. 73 --
3.20 South Elevation Study. 74 --
3.21 Bedroom Windows to South Facade. 75 --
3.22 Tectonic Exactitude in Biomorphic Expression. 76 --
3.23 Hearth. 76 3.24 Saynatsalo Town Hall. 77 --
3.25 Elevated Council Chamber. 78 --
3.26 Elevated Courtyard. 78 --
3.27 Cloistered Circulation Route. 79 --
3.28 Stair to the Council Chamber. 80 --
3.29 Clerestory Lighting of the Public Space. 80 --
3.30 Aalto Light Fitting. 81 --
3.31 House of Culture. 81 --
3.32 Aalto's Brick. 82 --
3.33 Copper Pergola Caps. 82 --
3.34 Handrail Detail. 82 --
3.35 Wrapping Wall and Blind Facade. 83 --
3.36 Door Handle. 83 --
3.37 The Workspace. 83 --
3.38 The Studio Space. 84 --
3.39 External Amphitheatre. 84 --
3.40 Early Front Wall Sketch. 85 --
3.41 Later Front Wall Sketch. 85 --
3.42 City Theatre Plateau. 86 --
3.43 Clerestory Lights to Gallery. 87 --
3.44 Clerestory Lighting to Major Gallery. 88 --
3.45 Handrail Detail. 88 --
3.46 Amphitheatre. 88 --
3.47 Museums Juxtaposed. 89 --
3.48 Museum of Central Finland. 89 --
3.49 Aalto Museum Entrance Door. 89 --
3.50 Low-Set Window Openings and Ceramic Facade. 90 --
3.51 Experimental House Fire Pit. 91 --
3.52 Steps to the Pier Cut around Rock Outcrops. 92 --
3.53 Experimental House. 93 --
3.54 Brick Detailing. 95 --
3.55 Log and Stone Detail. 96 --
4.1 `Spidsgatter' Yacht Designed by Aage Utzon, housed in the Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark. 101 --
4.2 Utzon's Paradigm. 103 --
4.3 Utzon's Revised Paradigm. 104 --
4.4 Ait Benhaddou, Southern Atlas Mountains, Morocco. 105 --
4.5 Kingo Housing Project, Denmark. 106 --
4.6 Sydney Opera House - the Stereotomic Base and 'Woven' Shells. 107 --
4.7 Typical Summer House Landscape Setting - Near Elbetoft, Denmark. 108 --
4.8 The Kingo Housing Project. 108 --
4.9 Bagsvaerd Church Exterior. 110 --
4.10 Bagsvaerd Interior. 110 --
4.11 Structures of Nature. 111 --
4.12 Reinterpreted at the Opera House as Structures of Man. 111 --
4.13 Light Falling on Vaulted Surfaces, Bagsvaerd Kirke, Denmark. 113 --
4.14 The Ceramic Shells of the Opera House. 113 --
4.15 Clerestory Light Slot, Can Lis. 115 --
4.16 Can Lis Viewed from the Sea. 118 --
4.17 Can Lis - the Existential Cave. 121 --
4.18 The Cave Below Can Lis. 122 --
4.19 The Gate. 123 --
4.20 The Dancing Route. 124 --
4.21 The Ordered Route to the West. 124 --
4.22 Desk in the Bedspace. 125 --
4.23 The Gatehouse. 127 --
4.24 The Place to Be. 127 --
4.25 The Temple. 128 --
4.26 Essences. 130 --
5.1 Norwegian Landscape. 136 --
5.2 Borgund Stave Kirke, Norway. 137 --
5.3 Villa Sparre. 137 --
5.4 Fehn's Paradigm. 138 --
5.5 The Glacier Museum. 140 --
5.6 Skagestad House Stair. 141 --
5.7 Stair in the Bodker House. 142 --
5.8 Hedmark Museum. 142 --
5.9 Bodker House Fire. 143 --
5.10 Bodker House Snug. 144 --
5.11 Skagestad House. 145 --
5.12 Publisher's House, Oslo. 146 --
5.13 Villa Busk. 147 --
5.14 The Villa Busk Tower from the West. 152 --
5.15 Villa Busk Wall. 155 --
5.16 Villa Busk Tower. 156 --
5.17 Villa Busk Entry Path. 157 --
5.18 The 'Bridges': Villa Busk. 158 --
5.19 The Stair from the 'Cave', Villa Busk. 158 --
5.20 The Hearth, Villa Busk. 159 --
5.21 View from the Tower, Villa Busk. 160 --
5.22 The Bath, Villa Busk. 160 --
5.23 The View from the Living Space, Villa Busk. 161 --
5.24 The Post and Stone Detail, Villa Busk. 162 --
5.25 The Circulation Spine, Villa Busk. 163 --
5.26 Ventilation and View Disaggregated, Villa Busk. 165 --
5.27 Bathing Space, Villa Busk. 165 --
5.28 Conjunction of Concrete and Stone. 166 --
6.1 Mt Benhaddou. 171 --
6.2 Mt Benhaddou Detail. 172 --
6.3 Mt Benhaddou Landscape. 173 --
6.4 The 'Great Spot' - Can Lis. 174 --
6.5 The Bath, Villa Busk. 175 --
6.6 The Harbour Village. 177 --
6.7 Tectonic Expression with Limited Material Palette. 179 --
6.8 Oslo Opera House. 180 --
6.9 Performance Space. 181 --
6.10 The Forest of Coats. 181 --
6.11 Reindeer Pavilion. 182 --
6.12 Kampii Chapel. 184 --
6.13 St Henry's Chapel. 185 --
6.14 Turn End, Buckinghamshire. 186 --
6.15 Peter Aldington, January 2016. 186 --
6.16 Turn End. 187 6.17 Thrifty Beeches. 188 --
6.18 Thrifty Beeches 'Sedimentary' Wall. 189 --
6.19 Thrifty Beeches Sleeping Space. 190 --
6.20 Concept Sketch, Thrifty Beeches. 191 --
6.21 Tower. 193 --
6.22 Tower Stair. 193 --
6.23 Sedimentary Spine Wall. 195 --
6.24 Plywood House Rear Elevation. 196 --
6.25 Saw Plywood Detail. 197 --
6.26 Plywood Detail. 198 --
6.27 SAAW Concrete Samples. 199 --
6.28 Putney Cellar. 200 --
6.29 Putney Cellar Stairs. 201 --
6.30 Putney Cellar Wine Rack. 201 --
6.31 PCA Sketch Wall. 202 --
6.32 PCA Innisfree Competition Entry. 203 --
6.33 PCA Le Touquet House. 204 --
6.34 Kiasma. 206 --
6.35 Kiasma Weaving. 206 --
6.36 Kiasma Stair. 208 --
9781138960992 9781138961005
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 --Criticism and interpretation.
Utzon, Jr̜n, 1918-2008 --Criticism and interpretation.
Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture--Philosophy.
NA2500 / T975 2018
720.1
Aalto, Utzon, Fehn : three paradigms of phenomenological architecture / txt Roger Tyrrell. - First Published 2018 - xxv, 219 p. ill. 24 cm. book
Include index.
List of Figures ix --
Acknowledgements xiii --
Foreword by Juhani Pallasmaa xv --
Preface: The Shaman, the Theoroi and the Storyteller xxiii --
1 Of Beneath the Table 1 --
2 Of Phenomenology and Paradigm 18 --
3 Alvar Aalto — the Sophisticated Shaman 54 --
4 Jorn Utzon — the Theoroi 99 --
5 Sverre Fehn — the Storyteller 134 --
6 Of Commonalities, Distinctions and Speculations 169 --
FIGURES:
1.1 Danish Landscape Parti Diagram. 3 --
1.2 Finnish Landscape Path Diagram. 4 --
1.3 Norwegian Landscape Path Diagram. 4 --
1.4 The Utzon Paradigm Framework. 6 --
2.1 Aalto Chair Components, Artek Showroom, Helsinki. 18 --
2.2 Sandbag Stepping Stone Bridge, Morocco. 21 --
2.3 Ait Benhaddou, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. 26 --
2.4 Utzon's House, Denmark. 28 --
2.5 Kiasma, Helsinki, Steven Holl. 38 --
2.6 Sydney Opera House Plateau. 42 --
2.7 Log Foundations, Aalto Experimental House. 45 --
3.1 Helsinki Railway Station (1919). 55 --
3.2 Aalto's Paradigm. 57 --
3.3 Railway Workers Housing. 57 --
3.4 Jyvaskyla Workers Club. 58 --
3.5 Workers Housing Plinth. 59 --
3.6 Portico and Plinth of the Workers Club. 60 --
3.7 Door Handle Detail, Workers Club. 60 --
3.8 Paimio Tuberculosis Sanatorium. 63 --
3.9 Paimio Site Plan. 64 --
3.10 Paimio Staircase Detail. 65 --
3.11 Paimio Plumbing and Sanitary Ware. 66 --
3.12 Paimio Chair. 66 --
3.13 Paimio Light. 67 --
3.14 Riihitie House Entrance. 68 --
3.15 Living and Studio Space. 69 --
3.16 Landscape Setting. 70 --
3.17 Villa Mairea from the South. 72 --
3.18 Entrance Canopy. 72 --
3.19 The 'Forest Stairs'. 73 --
3.20 South Elevation Study. 74 --
3.21 Bedroom Windows to South Facade. 75 --
3.22 Tectonic Exactitude in Biomorphic Expression. 76 --
3.23 Hearth. 76 3.24 Saynatsalo Town Hall. 77 --
3.25 Elevated Council Chamber. 78 --
3.26 Elevated Courtyard. 78 --
3.27 Cloistered Circulation Route. 79 --
3.28 Stair to the Council Chamber. 80 --
3.29 Clerestory Lighting of the Public Space. 80 --
3.30 Aalto Light Fitting. 81 --
3.31 House of Culture. 81 --
3.32 Aalto's Brick. 82 --
3.33 Copper Pergola Caps. 82 --
3.34 Handrail Detail. 82 --
3.35 Wrapping Wall and Blind Facade. 83 --
3.36 Door Handle. 83 --
3.37 The Workspace. 83 --
3.38 The Studio Space. 84 --
3.39 External Amphitheatre. 84 --
3.40 Early Front Wall Sketch. 85 --
3.41 Later Front Wall Sketch. 85 --
3.42 City Theatre Plateau. 86 --
3.43 Clerestory Lights to Gallery. 87 --
3.44 Clerestory Lighting to Major Gallery. 88 --
3.45 Handrail Detail. 88 --
3.46 Amphitheatre. 88 --
3.47 Museums Juxtaposed. 89 --
3.48 Museum of Central Finland. 89 --
3.49 Aalto Museum Entrance Door. 89 --
3.50 Low-Set Window Openings and Ceramic Facade. 90 --
3.51 Experimental House Fire Pit. 91 --
3.52 Steps to the Pier Cut around Rock Outcrops. 92 --
3.53 Experimental House. 93 --
3.54 Brick Detailing. 95 --
3.55 Log and Stone Detail. 96 --
4.1 `Spidsgatter' Yacht Designed by Aage Utzon, housed in the Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark. 101 --
4.2 Utzon's Paradigm. 103 --
4.3 Utzon's Revised Paradigm. 104 --
4.4 Ait Benhaddou, Southern Atlas Mountains, Morocco. 105 --
4.5 Kingo Housing Project, Denmark. 106 --
4.6 Sydney Opera House - the Stereotomic Base and 'Woven' Shells. 107 --
4.7 Typical Summer House Landscape Setting - Near Elbetoft, Denmark. 108 --
4.8 The Kingo Housing Project. 108 --
4.9 Bagsvaerd Church Exterior. 110 --
4.10 Bagsvaerd Interior. 110 --
4.11 Structures of Nature. 111 --
4.12 Reinterpreted at the Opera House as Structures of Man. 111 --
4.13 Light Falling on Vaulted Surfaces, Bagsvaerd Kirke, Denmark. 113 --
4.14 The Ceramic Shells of the Opera House. 113 --
4.15 Clerestory Light Slot, Can Lis. 115 --
4.16 Can Lis Viewed from the Sea. 118 --
4.17 Can Lis - the Existential Cave. 121 --
4.18 The Cave Below Can Lis. 122 --
4.19 The Gate. 123 --
4.20 The Dancing Route. 124 --
4.21 The Ordered Route to the West. 124 --
4.22 Desk in the Bedspace. 125 --
4.23 The Gatehouse. 127 --
4.24 The Place to Be. 127 --
4.25 The Temple. 128 --
4.26 Essences. 130 --
5.1 Norwegian Landscape. 136 --
5.2 Borgund Stave Kirke, Norway. 137 --
5.3 Villa Sparre. 137 --
5.4 Fehn's Paradigm. 138 --
5.5 The Glacier Museum. 140 --
5.6 Skagestad House Stair. 141 --
5.7 Stair in the Bodker House. 142 --
5.8 Hedmark Museum. 142 --
5.9 Bodker House Fire. 143 --
5.10 Bodker House Snug. 144 --
5.11 Skagestad House. 145 --
5.12 Publisher's House, Oslo. 146 --
5.13 Villa Busk. 147 --
5.14 The Villa Busk Tower from the West. 152 --
5.15 Villa Busk Wall. 155 --
5.16 Villa Busk Tower. 156 --
5.17 Villa Busk Entry Path. 157 --
5.18 The 'Bridges': Villa Busk. 158 --
5.19 The Stair from the 'Cave', Villa Busk. 158 --
5.20 The Hearth, Villa Busk. 159 --
5.21 View from the Tower, Villa Busk. 160 --
5.22 The Bath, Villa Busk. 160 --
5.23 The View from the Living Space, Villa Busk. 161 --
5.24 The Post and Stone Detail, Villa Busk. 162 --
5.25 The Circulation Spine, Villa Busk. 163 --
5.26 Ventilation and View Disaggregated, Villa Busk. 165 --
5.27 Bathing Space, Villa Busk. 165 --
5.28 Conjunction of Concrete and Stone. 166 --
6.1 Mt Benhaddou. 171 --
6.2 Mt Benhaddou Detail. 172 --
6.3 Mt Benhaddou Landscape. 173 --
6.4 The 'Great Spot' - Can Lis. 174 --
6.5 The Bath, Villa Busk. 175 --
6.6 The Harbour Village. 177 --
6.7 Tectonic Expression with Limited Material Palette. 179 --
6.8 Oslo Opera House. 180 --
6.9 Performance Space. 181 --
6.10 The Forest of Coats. 181 --
6.11 Reindeer Pavilion. 182 --
6.12 Kampii Chapel. 184 --
6.13 St Henry's Chapel. 185 --
6.14 Turn End, Buckinghamshire. 186 --
6.15 Peter Aldington, January 2016. 186 --
6.16 Turn End. 187 6.17 Thrifty Beeches. 188 --
6.18 Thrifty Beeches 'Sedimentary' Wall. 189 --
6.19 Thrifty Beeches Sleeping Space. 190 --
6.20 Concept Sketch, Thrifty Beeches. 191 --
6.21 Tower. 193 --
6.22 Tower Stair. 193 --
6.23 Sedimentary Spine Wall. 195 --
6.24 Plywood House Rear Elevation. 196 --
6.25 Saw Plywood Detail. 197 --
6.26 Plywood Detail. 198 --
6.27 SAAW Concrete Samples. 199 --
6.28 Putney Cellar. 200 --
6.29 Putney Cellar Stairs. 201 --
6.30 Putney Cellar Wine Rack. 201 --
6.31 PCA Sketch Wall. 202 --
6.32 PCA Innisfree Competition Entry. 203 --
6.33 PCA Le Touquet House. 204 --
6.34 Kiasma. 206 --
6.35 Kiasma Weaving. 206 --
6.36 Kiasma Stair. 208 --
9781138960992 9781138961005
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 --Criticism and interpretation.
Utzon, Jr̜n, 1918-2008 --Criticism and interpretation.
Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture--Philosophy.
NA2500 / T975 2018
720.1