The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case

The relationship between architecture and nature has always been one of the key topics of interest in architectural debate, even more so in the present day. Among the architectural approaches commonly described as “natural” and “landscape-oriented,” the work of Raili and Reima Pietilä stands out for...

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Autores: Cortés Sánchez, Luis Miguel, Terrados Cepeda, Francisco Javier, Savolainen, Panu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/177095
https://doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2024.25.04
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Palabra clave:Pietilä
Landscape design
Nature
Materiality
Finland
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spelling The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli caseCortés Sánchez, Luis MiguelTerrados Cepeda, Francisco JavierSavolainen, PanuPietiläLandscape designNatureMaterialityFinlandThe relationship between architecture and nature has always been one of the key topics of interest in architectural debate, even more so in the present day. Among the architectural approaches commonly described as “natural” and “landscape-oriented,” the work of Raili and Reima Pietilä stands out for the radical nature of its proposals in pursuit of an architecture that could be understood as inspired by natural forms in a specifically balanced manner, avoiding both the mere imitation of natural shapes, bordering on caricature, and illegible abstract interpretations. This article is based on the analysis of the design and construction of the Dipoli Centre (1961–66) as a paradigmatic example of this way of generating architecture inspired by the landscape or, in the words of the architects themselves, as an “extension of the landscape”. Through a detailed exploration of the graphic documents produced by the architects during the design and construction process of Dipoli, preserved in the archives of Arkkitehtuurimuseum, Museum of Finnish Architecture (MFA), as well as their conceptual descriptions and project reports, and an analysis of the built work itself, this article reveals the strategies and formal mechanisms through which the architects manage to present their architecture as a clear ‘continuation’ of nature, as a cultured extension of the Finnish landscape. These strategies can be encompassed within the concept of “dissolution of boundaries,” which manifests both in the architects’ metaphorical descriptions of the project and in the morphology of the building itself. The building is presented in such a way that no clear perimeter can be defined, but rather a diffuse, ambiguous territory of fragmented exchanges between exterior and interior. This idea is also reflected in the selection of construction components and basic materials —stone, concrete, wood, and copper— arranged in an innovative manner for its time, still unmatched today. In this approach, it becomes difficult to clearly define the boundary between the natural and the artificial, the preexisting and the superimposed, the interior and the exterior, and between the environment and the architectural artefact.Latvia University of Life Sciences and TechnologiesProyectos ArquitectónicosHUM1065: All Possible Lives. Design and Critique of Contemporary DomesticityMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU). España2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/177095https://doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2024.25.04reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésLandscape Architecture and Art, 25 (25), 36-45.FPU19/04929EST24/00472https://journals.lbtu.lv/laa/article/view/248/117info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1770952026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case
spellingShingle The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case
Cortés Sánchez, Luis Miguel
Pietilä
Landscape design
Nature
Materiality
Finland
title_short The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case
title_full The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case
title_fullStr The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case
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title_sort The dissolution of boundaries: landscape strategies applied to the Dipoli case
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cortés Sánchez, Luis Miguel
Terrados Cepeda, Francisco Javier
Savolainen, Panu
author Cortés Sánchez, Luis Miguel
author_facet Cortés Sánchez, Luis Miguel
Terrados Cepeda, Francisco Javier
Savolainen, Panu
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Savolainen, Panu
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HUM1065: All Possible Lives. Design and Critique of Contemporary Domesticity
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU). España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pietilä
Landscape design
Nature
Materiality
Finland
topic Pietilä
Landscape design
Nature
Materiality
Finland
description The relationship between architecture and nature has always been one of the key topics of interest in architectural debate, even more so in the present day. Among the architectural approaches commonly described as “natural” and “landscape-oriented,” the work of Raili and Reima Pietilä stands out for the radical nature of its proposals in pursuit of an architecture that could be understood as inspired by natural forms in a specifically balanced manner, avoiding both the mere imitation of natural shapes, bordering on caricature, and illegible abstract interpretations. This article is based on the analysis of the design and construction of the Dipoli Centre (1961–66) as a paradigmatic example of this way of generating architecture inspired by the landscape or, in the words of the architects themselves, as an “extension of the landscape”. Through a detailed exploration of the graphic documents produced by the architects during the design and construction process of Dipoli, preserved in the archives of Arkkitehtuurimuseum, Museum of Finnish Architecture (MFA), as well as their conceptual descriptions and project reports, and an analysis of the built work itself, this article reveals the strategies and formal mechanisms through which the architects manage to present their architecture as a clear ‘continuation’ of nature, as a cultured extension of the Finnish landscape. These strategies can be encompassed within the concept of “dissolution of boundaries,” which manifests both in the architects’ metaphorical descriptions of the project and in the morphology of the building itself. The building is presented in such a way that no clear perimeter can be defined, but rather a diffuse, ambiguous territory of fragmented exchanges between exterior and interior. This idea is also reflected in the selection of construction components and basic materials —stone, concrete, wood, and copper— arranged in an innovative manner for its time, still unmatched today. In this approach, it becomes difficult to clearly define the boundary between the natural and the artificial, the preexisting and the superimposed, the interior and the exterior, and between the environment and the architectural artefact.
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