Alvar Aalto Museum, Finnish Concept Design, Contemporary Building Images
Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyvaskyla
Concept Architecture, Finland – design by Melbourne Design Studios (MDS)
23 Nov 2016
Alvar Aalto Museum
Design: Melbourne Design Studios
Location: Jyvaskyla, Finland
Alvar Aalto Museum

This unbuilt project creates a ‘connector’ between the existing Alvar Aalto Museo and the Central Museum of Finland in Ruusupuisto, inspired by Alvar Aalto’s architecture, paintings and design philosophy.

Design Approach

A sculptural outer skin and green roof respond to Aalto’s originally intended continuous flow of landscape and water between the buildings. The new extension remains somewhat concealed, wait-ing quietly behind the landscape screen to be explored from inside – inviting visitors over and through – with a light visual and physical footprint.Contextual response
– Spiralling internal and external ramps generate an inclusive, legible, continuous, organic, daylit visitor journey.
– The Green Roof is a people’s park.
– A waterway emulates Aalto’s original design demonstrating a ‘living’ model for urban water col-lection, cleansing, storage and reuse.
– Water used in ponds and water/ice wall recirculates through wetlands for treatment.

Architectural form

– Organic layering of internal and external forms reflects mountainous pine covered ridges.
– Sustainable timber structural...