12 giugno 2008 - 21 settembre 2008, München, Germany
Unrealised designs are an important part of an architect’s work. The first fleeting sketches frequently illustrate more clearly than the actual realised building the genuine basic idea of a design and mirror the process of establishing shape and form. The hand drawings of Alvar Aaltos, one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, are of the highest artistic quality. This ingenious draughtsman once said »God created paper in order to draw architectural plans«. The exhibition »Set in sand - Unrealised designs by Alvar Aalto« is showing 120 drawings and 18 models of those projects by the Finnish architect and designer that were never realised. The impressive works from the 1950’s include international plans for projects such as the Piazza in Montreal, a Columbus Memorial in Santo Domingo and Museums of Art in Shiraz and Tallinn. The exhibition was devised by the Alvar Aalto Museum in Helsinki. Info: tel +49 (0)89 23805-118 fax +49 (0)89 23805-125 e-mail: presse@pinakothek.de; www.pinakothek.de