Description
Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 7
Technology of Sensations: The Alvar Aalto Vyborg Library (September 2004) (143 p.) (English / Russian)
Introduction: Preface by Tatyana Svetelnikova — The Technology of Sensations by Ola Wedebrunn
Case Studies: Zonnestraal: Restoration of a Transitory Architecture by Wessel de Jonge — The Narkomfin House and the Modern Movement in Moscow by Anke Zalivako — The Alvar Aalto Library in Vyborg by Maija Kairamo & Tapani Mustonen — The 1950s Renovation of Viipuri Library by Kirsti Reskalenko — What’s the Time in Vyborg? by Liisa Roberts with Olga Fedotova, Dina Grigorieva, Yana Klichuk, Lyuba Mukhorova & Anya Yaskina
Construction of Sensations: An Analysis of the Daylighting Principles in Two Libraries Designed by Alvar Aalto by Merete Madsen — The Structure and System of Alvar Aalto’s Round Skylight by Markku Norvatsuo — Aalto and Natural Light Constructions by Tina Sarawgi — Thermal Comfort in the Viipuri Library by Emmanuelle Gallo — Architectural Paint Research in the Vyborg Library by Mariël Polman — An Acoustic Research of the Undulating Wooden Ceiling in the Vyborg Library by Bob Mortensen — Description of the Building’s Construction (English Translation of a Text) by Alvar Aalto — Epilogue by Maija Kairamo
