The exhibition presents the single-family houses and interior design of the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898–1976). A series of photographs, architectural sketches and models of individual houses will talk about his work, furniture, glassware, textiles and the interior of the Villa Maire will be exhibited. The exhibition...
The exhibition presents the single-family houses and interior design of the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898–1976). A series of photographs, architectural sketches and models of individual houses will talk about his work, furniture, glassware, textiles and the interior of the Villa Maire will be exhibited. The exhibition is accompanied by films: Studio Aalto, Alvar Aalto's Journey to Summer and Aalto's House.
The exhibition takes place as part of the accompanying program of the 22nd Biennale of Industrial Design. It was prepared by the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat, the Alvar Aalto Foundation, the Embassy of Finland in Ljubljana and the National Museum of Slovenia.
Public administrations:
• Wednesday, October 6, at 5:00 p.m. (Dr. Maja Lozar Štamcar)
• Sunday, 10 October, at 12:00 (Dr. Maja Lozar Štamcar)
• Wednesday, 13 October, at 17:00 (Dr. Maja Lozar Štamcar)
• Wednesday, October 20, at 5:00 p.m. (Dr. Maja Lozar Štamcar)
• Sunday, 24 October, at 12:00 (Dr. Maja Lozar Štamcar)
(entrance fee according to the price list, additional charge for the guide: €1)
Accompanying exhibition:
AALTO AND SLOVENIANS
Between the wars, the tradition of wicker seating furniture made from bent beech sticks and wicker or willow continued in Slovenia. Niko Kralj gained the most recognition with his designs for the Chair in Kamnik. Our designers sought inspiration mainly from modern Scandinavian furniture. In Arhitekto, for example, in 1952, they could read Alvar Aalto's description of how he and his wife Aina developed frames made of bent laminated wood.
Seating furniture made of bent wood and metal is still relevant today: on the manufacturing side, due to the economical use of materials, suitability for mass production, lightness, stability, durability, natural flexibility; on the side of use, due to its cheapness, practicality (loading and collapsible versions) and extremely elegant with simple thin frames (overhanging versions give the impression of floating in the air).
