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| Architect | Alvar Aalto |
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| Location | Otaniemi, Finland | |
| Date | 1962 to 1966 timeline | |
| Building Type | hostel | |
| Construction System | brick | |
| Climate | cold | |
| Context | open campus | |
| Style | Modern | |
| Notes | Student's Hostel at Otaniemi Institute of Technology (OIT) | |
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| Discussion | Student's Hostel at OIT Commentary
“It is in many way a very normal building, accepting the repetitiveness of the brief and preserving rhetoric for the entrance and communal facilities and the faceted block by which the scheme is identified from a distance. The organisation of rooms is a model of clarity. Groups of eight to eleven rooms, each with their own shower and WC, are assigned a shared kitchen and lounge. While the scheme is a variant on the three-sided courtyard format, each group of rooms is accessible without impingeing on other groups, thus preserving a civilised degree of privacy within the students' life.” — David Dunster, ed. Architectural Monographs 4: Alvar Aalto. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. p92. | |
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David Dunster, ed. Alvar Aalto. London: St. Martin's Press, 1978. p92-94.
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