From the architect. This is JKMM’s second project reworking an Alvar Aalto designed library. The first was at Seinäjoki where the existing library was extended with a new copper-clad wing. At Otaniemi, JKMM was appointed to restore and update the listed Modernist interiors in the upper floors of the building and to create wholly new interiors to its lower floors that were previously used as bookstores. These have been remodeled to house new media spaces as well as to enable both solitary and collaborative ways of working, research as well as social interaction.
The project is an interesting example of working with twentieth-century interiors of great importance while introducing a wholly new layer of Scandinavian design to the building. Light has been an important factor in the overall design concept. On the upper level, where much of the Aalto interior was intact, there was abundant light making this an ideal space for exhibiting materials from the University archive.
Magazine racks were replaced with glass-topped tables for display, enhancing the overall feel of this part of the library as a civic and cultural space. On the lower level, the challenge was to introduce natural light. At ground level, a top-lit atrium space cuts through to the basement floor enabling daylight to filter in and around the main staircase uniting the three levels.
The artificial lighting scheme by JKMM has, nonetheless, been critical in turning the basement into a convivial space. Its plentiful white pendant lighting is not only striking but will be effective in illuminating the space even in the darkest periods of the year. It works well with JKMM’s use of deeply colored textiles that add a youthful sense of warmth to the interior. This is about making the building feel inviting to students who also like to use this space as a common room and a place to bring their laptops.
Cave-like upholstered enclosures in the walls provide seclusion for quiet research and even a catnap much as the iconic Eero Aarnio Globe chair from the sixties did. In fact, the Nordic influences on JKMM’s work in this part of the building are part of a wide tradition that gently introduces a new chapter to the timelessness of Alvar Aalto’s interior above.
Päivi Meuronen, senior architect at JKMM interiors says, “We wanted this building to be about something that is perhaps at the very heart of Scandinavian design ideals, making the everyday special for everyone.”
地下一层功能让平面图/Upper Basement Floor Functions Plan
底层公共平面图/Ground Floor Services Plan
一层公共平面图/First Floor Services Plan
地下一层公共让平面图/Upper Basement Floor Services Plan
地下室公共平面图/Basement Floor Services Plan
室内概念剖面/Interior Concept Section
建筑设计：JKMM
地点：芬兰，埃斯波
面积：7505平方米
项目时间：2017年
摄影：Tuomas Uusheimon
制造商：KVADRAT, Wastberg, Woodnotes, Artek
室内设计：JKMM
室内建筑师团队：Päivi Meuronen, Noora Liesimaa, Rami Lehtimäki
主创建筑师：Arkkitehdit NRT
服务设计：Kuudes Kerros Oy
承包商：NCC Rakennus Oy
外观施工：Arkkitehdit NRT Oy
灯光：Artisan Rinaldo
固定家具：Retent As
客户：阿尔托大学及房地产公司
非固定家具：Verhoiluliike Wiik Oy ja Verhoomo Julkistila Oy
Architects:JKMM
Location:Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland
Area:7505.0 m2
Project Year:2017
Photographs:Tuomas Uusheimon
Manufacturers:KVADRAT, Wastberg, Woodnotes, Artek
Interior Design:JKMM
Interior Architect Team:Päivi Meuronen, Noora Liesimaa, Rami Lehtimäki
Lead Architects:Arkkitehdit NRT
Service Design:Kuudes Kerros Oy
Contractor:NCC Rakennus Oy
Refurbishment Exterior:Arkkitehdit NRT Oy
Lightning:Artisan Rinaldo
Fixed Furnishing:Retent As
Client:Aalto University Campus & Real Estate
Non-Fixed Furnishings:Verhoiluliike Wiik Oy ja Verhoomo Julkistila Oy
