Naturalezas construidas: El conjunto residencial Suvikumpu por Raili y Reima Pietilä

Luis Miguel Cortés Sánchez; Javier Terrados Cepeda; Panu Savolainen

doi:10.3989/ic.6568

Authors

Luis Miguel Cortés Sánchez Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5876-6971
Javier Terrados Cepeda Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2141-8225
Panu Savolainen Departamento de Arquitectura Aalto University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-6255

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.6568

Keywords:

Landscape, materiality, morphological design, construction detail, Finland

Abstract

The theoretical discourse developed by Raili and Reima Pietilä in the 1960s on the morphological character of architecture was rooted in an interest in natural components and context, with projects strongly linked to the landscape both physically and culturally. This article focuses on the Suvikumpu residential complex (1962-82), which was overshadowed by other contemporary projects that had greater repercussions, but nevertheless serves as a paradigm of these interests. This project reaffirmed the theoretical interests shown in previous projects, making it possible to verify their implementation and constructive reality. In addition to making up for the lack of documentation of the previous studies, this text aims to show the importance of the constructive reality of the architectural detail of the project, usually overlooked in the analyses made of their works, as the tool with which the theoretical reflections that have characterised the Pietilä’s’ architectural trajectory are materialised.

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