Some of the drawings were marked with a special ‘standard’ stamp. Most of such
drawings were dated between August 1929 and September 1932, while some were
undated. The numbered standards 201–206 were not related to Paimio Sanatorium, as
earlier mentioned in Chapter 2.6 “The Horizontal Sliding Window”. The door stand-
ards were to do with the plate frame, curved threshold and the cladding materials of the
flush panel door. The plate frame was used for patient room doors and it is quite possible
that the curved threshold was also realised in patient rooms. The fixture standards were
for a glass shelf, presumably designed for the operating theatre^609 , various tables and
iron shelves in the work spaces^610 and patient room furnishings, hand-washbasins and
wardrobes^611. Standards for windows included, among others, the numbered standard
signed by Aalto, drawn in October 1930.^612 Visual presentations, sheets and montages
created for publications, which contain both drawings and photographs, formed a sep-
arate group. These images were created in 1932 or later.
The catalogued material held by the Alvar Aalto Museum also included unfinished
or for some other reason undated drawings related to Paimio Sanatorium. The archives
also included drawings for other buildings within the sanatorium compound and later
alterations, which have been excluded from the present research. Some detail drawings
were originally from Aalto’s other projects.
609 Drawings Nos. from 50-199 to 50-201. AAM.
610 Drawings Nos. 50-175, 50-176 and 50-190. AAM.
611 Drawings Nos. from 50-177 to 50-189. AAM.
612 Drawings Nos. from 50-169 to 50-174. AAM.