Wolfsburg Cultural Center
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 | Wolfsburg Cultural Center |
| Designer | Alvar Aalto |
| Location | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| Date | 1958 to 1962 |
| Building Type | cultural center |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | Porschestrasse 51 Walk Score |
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| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Wolfsburg_Cultural_Center.html |
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"… In typical Aalto fashion, the centre of the building is a roof terrace, an image of a Greek ‘agora’ within the privacy of the building, but surely juxtaposed with the town square opposite.
"In a sense, this is Aalto at his most abstract: a building constructed around a metaphorical public offering but at the same time making quite clear the conditions of that gift. Despite the impressions given by photographs, the only consistent element, and even that pertains only to the public edges of the building, is the arcade connecting all the many public entrance points."
— David Dunster, ed. Architectural Monographs 4: Alvar Aalto. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. p90.
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- "The Architectural Detail: Maybeck and Aalto" by Edward R. Ford, ArchitectureWeek #555, 2012.0404, pC1.1
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN 0-442-21668-8. LC 84-3543. NA2750.C55 1984. drawings and diagrams, p14-15.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
David Dunster, ed. Alvar Aalto. London: St. Martin's Press, 1978. p90.
