CONTENTS
- TIIVISTELMÄ
- ABSTRACT
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 The Research Question
- 1.2 Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network Theory
- 1.3 The Research Context
- 1.4 The Research Methods and Materials
- 1.5 The Scope and the Concepts
- 1.6 The Structure of This Dissertation
- ALVAR AALTO’S PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS
- 1 Aalto’s Literary Output
- 2.2 The Sphere of Avant-Gardist Influences
- 2.3 “My Latest Buildings Will Be Built Exclusively from Concrete”
- 2.4 The Dwelling for Minimum Existence
- 2.5 On the Relationship between Sven Markelius and Alvar Aalto
- 2.6 The Horizontal Sliding Window
- 7 The Rational Site Planning
- 2.8 Building Paimio Sanatorium in the Media
- 2.9 The Wizard of the North
- THE BUILDING OF PAIMIO SANATORIUM
- 1 The Social Stakeholders of the Sanatorium Building Project
- 3.2 The Financial Circumstances Surrounding the Building Project
- 3.3 The Reinforced Concrete Frame: A Great Architectural Challenge
- 3.4 The Hybrid Windows
- 3.5 The Standardised Patient Room
- 3.6 A Massive Infrastructure Project Brought into a Pristine Landscape
- CONCLUSIONS
- 1 Aalto’s Concept of Technology
- 4.2 The Locality of Construction
- 4.3 Latour’s Concepts at Work
- SOURCES