Alvar Aalto’s Finland: Rediscovering Architecture as Urbanism for Today’s Cities

Last week, travelling through Finland, I followed the footsteps of Alvar Aalto. From Helsinki to Rovaniemi, from Turku to Jyväskylä, I visited his sanatoria, civic centres, libraries, and houses. The trip was more than architectural sightseeing – it was a living lesson in how buildings can transcend their role as objects and become nuclei of […]