Alvar Aalto Atelier of Studio Aalto - WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Series Window Behaviorology on Nordic Architecture

Alvar Aalto
Atelier of Studio Aalto

Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory (Institute of Science Tokyo)

17 Feb 2026

Keywords: Architecture; Columns

A series of horizontal windows are repeated along the stone steps of the amphitheater in the courtyard, forming the uppermost indoor seating area. In winter, a movie projected on the courtyard wall can be watched from the inside. The interior side of the double sash can be flipped up for cleaning, and the bottom of the frame has a drainage slot that allows water condensation to flow out between the panes. There is a wooden door for ventilation at the end of the continuous row of horizontal windows.

Atelier of Studio Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, 1962

This article is an excerpt from “Windows Stranding the Ethnological and Industrial Networks,” a joint research project concerning windows and the behaviors around them done in collaboration with Institute of Science Tokyo’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.