Abstract
In this article I examine the architecture and architectural thinking of Finnish Academician Reima Pietilä (1923–93) in relation to his design methodology. Pietilä was an architect with an original, creative, artistic personality, who set out early in his career to develop the form language, and theory of modern architecture, moving it towards an organic expressionism. Finnish nature mysticism was a source of inspiration for him, and ‘nature architecture’ one of his key concepts.
Highlights
The most far-reaching legacy of Pietilä’s life’s work is his formulation – in words, images and buildings – of an architectural theory based on a relationship with nature as well as the cultural ‘objectification’ of nature architecture
What was particularly distinctive about Pietilä was his personal and multidimensional design method, in which he utilised intuition as well as the verbal and visual ‘power of imagination’
Reima Pietilä was born in Turku, Finland, on 25 August 1923
Summary
In this article I examine the architecture and architectural thinking of Finnish Academi cian Reima Pietilä (1923–93) in relation to his design methodology. Pietilä was an architect with an original, creative, artistic personality, who set out early in his career to develop the form language, and theory of modern architec ture, moving it towards an organic expression ism. Finnish nature mysticism was a source of inspiration for him, and ‘nature architecture’ one of his key concepts
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