Word: saynatsalo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only a short boat ride from his experimental summer house is one of Aalto's favorite projects-the small town hall for Saynatsalo (pop. 3,000). "I wanted to make it a town center, a building that would gather in people," Aalto explains, making a gathering-in motion with his arms, "so I put the garden inside, and then the inside is no longer neutral. I lifted the building up to make a vertical difference between the traffic in the street and the people meeting inside. The street is full of the gases of automobiles. We lift...
...land, Aalto can do no wrong, is held in awe as a kind of national monument. When Saynatsalo allowed the electric-light company to erect a hideous neon advertising sign that marred the view, Aalto led a night boat-raiding party, stoned the offending sign to smithereens. The electric company started to sue for damages, then thought better...
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