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Jyväskylä Workers’ Club was designed 1924 for the Jyväskylä workers’ association and erected that and the following year; this building marked Aalto’s breakthrough.

Designed in

1924-25

Location

Finland, Jyväskylä

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Jyväskylä Workers' Club in 1997. Photo: Maija Holma, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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The earliest sketches show a large, colonnaded forecourt which was not built. Drawing: Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Perspective sketch of the building. Drawing: Alvar Aalto Foundation

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The building in 1924. Photo: Päijänne, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Restaurant spaces were located in the ground floor. Drawing: Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Plan of the upper floor auditorium. Drawing: Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Construction work of the building. Photo: Päijänne, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Unfinished building in 1924. Photo: Päijänne, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Street façade. Photo: Kari Hakli, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Sketch of the wall in upper floor foyer. Drawing: Alvar Aalto Foundation

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The wall in upper floor foyer. Photo: Maija Holma, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Upper floor foyer. Photo: Maija Holma, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Plan of the foyer and the auditorium with balcony. Drawing: Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Auditorium with the balcony. Photo: Martti Kapanen, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Stage in the auditorium. Photo: Maija Holma, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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The balcony. Photo: Maija Holma, Alvar Aalto Foundation

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Stairs leading to the upper floor foyer. Photo: Maija Holma, Alvar Aalto Foundation

More information

Jyväskylä Workers’ Club (Aalto-sali) can be booked for events.

See their website for more information: aaltosali.fi

Photo: Martti Kapanen, Alvar Aalto Foundation