El silo de almacenamiento de virutas de madera de Alvar Aalto se convertirá en el espacio cultural Aaltosiilo. Oulu (Finlandia)

La organización sin ánimo de lucro Factum Foundation y el estudio londinense Skene Catling de la Peña van a transformar este silo de hormigón como espacio cultural.

Imagen silo https://www.dezeen.com

El proyecto comenzó en agosto de 2020 cuando Charlotte Skene Catling vio una publicación de Instagram de la Brutalism Appreciation Society anunciando que el silo de Alvar Aalto sería subastado. Finalmente el silo fue comprado por Factum Foundation y el estudio londinense Skene Catling de la Peña, por 6.250 € (fuente información)

Año construcción: 1930-1933

Arquitecto: Alvar Aalto

Imagen histórica fábrica, fuente https://www.dezeen.com

Uso de la fábrica a la que pertenecía el silo: Toppila Cellulosa Fabrik (Fábrica de celulosa de Toppila)

Localización: Oulu (Finlandia)

Fin vida productiva fábrica: En desuso desde la década de 1980.

Se trata de una de las primeras obras industriales de Alvar Aalto.

DESCRIPCIÓN SILO

This paper mill for the company Serlachius is a little-known work by the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and one of his first commissions for an industrial building. The complex, built in the early 1930s, included all the buildings and facilities necessary for the manufacture of cellulose. Some of them, of little architectural value, were torn down after production was halted in 1980. Fortunately, others, such as the building for drying wood chips pictured here, have survived to this day.

It is a small building which stands out for its architecture, despite its industrial purposes. The shape of the steep gabled concrete roof, truncated at the top, satisfies the functional needs of the industrial production process, while generating a characteristic profile: its form – which Aalto called “organically functional” – is emphasized through the expression of the constructive and structural geometry, taking the form of delicate concrete ribs on the exterior surface.

Bright colors, now gone, once enlivened the exposed concrete surfaces of the exteriors and elements of the building systems, such as pipes or fans. Since the factory was shuttered, the silo, pending renovation, has housed cultural uses.

Fuente texto https://100of20.innovaconcrete.eu