Koskikeskus Landscape and Urban Plan
- Oulu
- 1944
- Architect
- Alvar Aalto Aino Marsio-Aalto
- Completion
- 1925
- Category
- Assembly buildings
- Tags
- brick furniture pioneering female architects theatre
Jyväskylä Workers’ Club, designed 1924 for the Jyväskylä workers’ association and erected the following year, marked Aino Marsio-Aalto and Alvar Aalto’s breakthrough. The largely windowless upper floor contained an auditorium used for political assemblies and as a theatre with stage, parterre, balconies, and foyer. These facilities were used by the workers’ theatre and later by the city theatre until 1982.
A monumental staircase led from the foyer down to the lower level, which was basically a glazed colonnade containing a restaurant, two café rooms, and the entrance hall to the theatre. Aino Marsio-Aalto and Alvar Aalto designed the furniture, light fixtures, and fittings specially. The restaurant spaces have later been fully remodeled.
Location
Väinönkatu 7, Jyväskylä
62.2434529, 25.7500051
62.2434529, 25.7500051
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