Preliminary drawings and layouts reflect the pure form of a work of architecture, without the compromises and changes that can occur during the construction phase, they reveal the design process and bring us closer to the architect’s ideal conception of a building This is especially so in the case of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, a prolific draughtsman if we think that of the five hundred or so schemes that bore his name, just over two hundred were actually built while the others did not get further than the drawing board. Some of these unbuilt projects, selected from the lesser known designs conceived over the course of Aalto’s career, are presented through original drawings, models, animations and documents at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich until September 21. After showing in Munich, the exhibition, entitled “Drawn in sand. Unrealised visions by Alvar Aalto”, conceived by the Alvar Aalto Museum and initially presented in Helsinki at the Museum of Finnish Architecture, will then move to the Vienna University of Technology. Giulia Guzzini
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