The Studio Aalto is a house in the Tiilimäki neighbourhood of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, which Alvar Aalto designed during 1955–56 to be the studio of his architect bureau. Due to a large number of commissions, the office needed more space in which to work. The studio is said to be one of his best buildings from the 1950s. Near the studio there is also Villa Aalto, the home (and previous office) of the Aaltos. Both the studio and the Villa are now part of the Alvar Aalto Museum, and they are open to the public. The Alvar Aalto Academy and Alvar Aalto Museum Architectural Heritage Department are housed in Studio Aalto.Make your Helsinki itinerary with Inspirock to find out what to see and where to go.
The building is designed to be used as an architect’s office. It is not a conventional office building. Aalto is reported to have said that “architectural art can not be created in an office-like environment.”
The façade is built in plain style, in white-painted, lightly rendered brickwork. The closed-in mass of the building conceals a garden shaped like an amphitheatre in its inner courtyard.
The slender mass of the office wing is in white-painted, lightly rendered brickwork. From the working space upstairs, large windows give a view to both east and west.
An extension was built in 1963, with a kitchen and a dining space. These two were referred to as “the taverna”. In the courtyard there is an amphitheatre-like small space, the steps being built out of natural slate.
Alvar Aalto ran the office until his death in 1976. After that, the office continued under the leadership of Elissa Aalto until 1994. The building came into the custodianship of the Alvar Aalto Foundation in 1984 and today it houses the Alvar Aalto Foundation, the Alvar Aalto Academy and the Alvar Aalto Museum Architectural Heritage.
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I toured this before seeing Aalto's house, and I think that was a good order to see them in. There is a 30 minute tour, and then you are free to wander the studio for 30 minutes and take as many... more »
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Paired with the Aalto home tour, this makes for a great outing when visiting Helsinki. Similar to the home tour, it’s nice to have half an hour to look around on your own and take photos. We took a..... more »
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Aalto Foundation makes guided visits to the Aalto Studio. The ticket cost 18 Euros per person. Please book your visit online, although yesterday there were available spaces on all the scheduled visits. The host gave a great explanation for approximately 40 minutes and the remaining time of the 1 hour visit is for you to take photos. Excellent place especially for architects.
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An amazing place to see true Finnish treasure. You get to see some inspiration of a great family that shook the world of design.
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